In your opinion....

Lets face facts. The US moved from PREDOMINANTLY RWD systems to FWD systems years ago. If they were PATENTLY UNSAFE... would you please explain the lack of data showing a HUGE DEATH jump from the move? MOST OF THE VEHICLES on the roads today are FWD... and the accident rate has gone DOWN... I'm not saying FWD made it go down... but it doesn't seem to have made it go UP.

Yeah... torque steer can get you into problems... If you behave yourself, you are fine. Having the engine weight OVER the drive wheels can often GET YOU OUT OF problems too.

I've got to say.. I'd rather drive my old ZX2 on snowy packed roads than a RWD pickup any day of the week. Been driving FWD for 22 years.... I've NEVER encountered any problem where I've had the **** thing loose traction in the front with torque steer. I live in MI... I lived in Vermont for 3 years and the upper penninsula for 5 years... been on ice MANY TIMES. Perhaps its just not driving like an idiot on ice? I've used my front wheel drive to PULL me out of slides when I was hitting the brakes many times... thats not torque steer slides mind you and I'd argue most times you slide on ice its when you are hitting the brakes... not when you are GENTLY accelerating...and thats the KEY... GENTLY!

I've actually never been in an accident on ice or snow, but driven on it many times. Seen plenty of pickup trucks in the ditch during those years.... lots of 4WD SUV's as well...

Only accident I've had was on dry pavement when I was an idiot and looked away from the road.

I wouldn't call it definitive but check out

http://www.cartalk.com/content/colum.../March/10.html

Even the car talk boys say its not true...

Basically its mostly an overreaction and a load of mis information.