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by Progress
Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:15 pm
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: New member from Western NY
Replies: 18
Views: 8621

Re: New member from Western NY

Agreed. I've driven RWD in New England winters for the past 5 years, including a recent year that was more like an upstate NY winter. I can drive in any Noreaster without any questionable safety or getting stuck (except in my own damn driveway). In storms I sometimes waltz up icy hills past stuck A...
by Progress
Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:52 pm
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: New member from Western NY
Replies: 18
Views: 8621

Re: New member from Western NY

If it's really snow driving your desire for AWD, remember that tires make vastly more difference than the driveline configuration. Proper snow tires will make any vehicle better in snow than an AWD vehicle on all-seasons or especially performance tires, and unlike AWD they'll help with braking and ...
by Progress
Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:46 pm
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: New member from Western NY
Replies: 18
Views: 8621

Re: New member from Western NY

Hey man welcome- hope you find some threads interesting and useful. Living in WNY makes AWD important but I'm leaning toward a FWD car at the moment (GTI). The Golf Sportwagen is another option but I'd need to seek a retrofit since the MT only comes with halogens. Oh first world problems! I can wei...
by Progress
Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:52 am
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: New member from Western NY
Replies: 18
Views: 8621

Re: New member from Western NY

tankinbeans wrote:Welcome to the boards. I don't have experience with any of those cars, but drove a friend's 07 TL-Type S; did want.
Thanks! If there's one thing I've learned it's that Honda/Acura can make one hell of a stickshift.
by Progress
Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:31 pm
Forum: New Member Introductions
Topic: New member from Western NY
Replies: 18
Views: 8621

New member from Western NY

Hi guys, just found this board because it was linked in a signature of a member on another board where I lurk. I'm a big manual transmission fan. My current car (2011 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT) and the previous three cars (2000 Nissan Maxima SE 5MT, 1993 BMW 318is 5MT, 2005 Subaru WRX 5MT) before it were ...