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naz,Feb 22 2008, 03:28 PM Wrote:one thing about  haldex AWD that may not matter to you.. when i drove a car with a part time awd setup (forester) i could feel the rear wheels get power and lose power when i was pushing the car around an offramp at the traction limit of the front tires. it was very hard to drive the car smoothly as the power transfer made the weight shift front/back in a way that wasn't intuitive to me.

personally.. i would get AWD with a full time mechanical center diff.. or not bother and get a 2wd car.  i think the loss in predictability is a deal breaker b/c it ruins the vehicle dynamics
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The suspension setup with lower center of gravity should make the car easier to whip around the corners then the Forester, if Im also not mistaken its wider.

You are right though I can also feel the shift of power , but if you ever have the change to get into an AWD Fusion in an empty parking lot or track try to break the back end loose its pretty hard.