2-wheel Drive Light Indicator

[LL - NY]

I inherited the same generation Legacy with the 4EAT auto tranny. On
taking off in slippery conditions, it acted like a slow Haldex, the fronts
would slip, then the rears kicked in, usually right when you decided that
you DIDN'T want to enter the busy intersection. So you ended up stopped
and repeated the cycle over and over again, the set-up hardly being as
transparent as quattro when timing your launches was important. However,
unlike George's Legacy, once moving, the car was actually quite balanced,
driving four wheel drifts and lurid tail slides was easy. In many respects,
that
old wagon drove a lot like my old 4KQ, it was just so cheap feeling, with
the
safety impression of an aluminum soda can.

Currently, my daily driver is a Saab9-2X Aero (i.e. a GM forced WRX wagon)
with the current 5 sp Scoob tranny. It accelerates just fine, certainly as
transparent as quattro, however, in spite of it's supposed 50-50% torque
distribution, it's a whole lot tail happier, which is fun when you're
playing,
but at bit disconcerting (can't relax) in slick conditions (snow/ice) when
you
really need to be somewhere. A part of this may be the relative light weight

(3300 lbs) vs the bigger brakes limiting me to 205/55-16's, which feel
perfectly
stable on my 3800 lb UrS.

LL - NY

On 1/7/06, George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 07:07 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
> >The old VC diff cars were 100 FWD until the VC started locking up.
>
> I was totally unimpressed with my old (92) Legacy wagon's manual tranny
> AWD
> setup.  Sure, it would more forward in slippery conditions, but try to
> turn
> or stop and the front wheels slid like crazy - even with just a wet road,
> much less icy.  I understand the newer manual trannys gears are made of a
> special break prone glass.
>
> George Selby
>
>
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