"M.J." <M.J. (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

As the Subaru drives up the hill the commentator says that the Subaru has a
full time four wheel drive with a 50/50 split.
Before he tries to drive the Volvo up the hill, he states that both cars are
automatic and have the exact same tires. Before he tries the Volvo a second
time, he says that Volvo claims they have to apply more throttle, and as the
Volvo fails again, the commentator says that the Volvo has a 95/5 split and
that the rear should get more when the front is slipping.


CE

On Jan 28, 9:45 am, Phil <p... (AT) phil (DOT) com> wrote:
Pay attention to the video. The rears are spinning a
little bit, but not nearly enough to have any effect.

As a swede (therfore being able to understad what is said in the
movie) I can confirm that the Volvo in the clip is a V70XC, meaning it
is 2002 or earlier and has the old viscous (passive) coupling. Don't
confuse this with the
Haldex system used from 2003 (the car was at the same time renamed to
XC70) - the two are like night and day. The Haldex is used both in
Volvo and Ford Freestyle. For more technical info see the Haldex
website: www.haldex-traction.com.

Strange how these old videos can pop up every now and then and every
time be misunderstood. Is it done deliberatly, are do people just
assume what they want to assume???

On Mar 10, 7:13 am, "staffann" <staffan.e.nils... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

What we want to assume. Bottom line is: it's part time. And 60ms is
way too slow. End of story.
You have a video of a drifting XC70?

For some reason the outback seems to have better traction than a cat
wearing horse-shoes.

I remember about 5 years ago, one of the automotive magazines brought
several suvs to the sand dunes, and the subaru would go up like nothing
while the others could not. The only problem they found was the small
ground clearance.

CE wrote:

staffann wrote:
I was unable to find anything at this website that explains the
different AWD systems on each of the cars that use Haldex. So which AWD
system does the newer Volvo use and where can we find any specs.

I find it interesting that Haldex claims you can have different sized
tires and not damage their AWD system.

I believe Volvo has used the Haldex system for about 5-6 years now. Previous
to that, the system they used was inferior in performance and reliability.
The video clip is definitely of an older system-equipped Volvo.
DS

"Ed" <edwardbruce (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

On Mar 14, 3:44 am, Ed <edwardbr... (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:
zero use for spirited cornering. It's probably barely enough for an
elderly board members not to get stuck on their way up to their ski
chalets up in the sierras. Amen to that.

I can't wait for Acura to slice a very sharp TSX katana
up the arses of the makers of the crappy awd systems that are abundant
on the market these days. Though people have bought
that part time garbage before despite the availability of Subaru
and audi systems and probably would buy in the future.

Some cretins are just flush with cash.