Hey all!
Looking into options for my gf with the Mazda 3 GS. Was debating between the FWD or AWD option ($4000 CAD difference between the two but AWD comes with luxury package). She lives out in Montreal Quebec where winters can get a little rough sometimes. Would just FWD with a good set of winter tires suffice with the Mazda3? Or should she try to save up more for the AWD option? Trying to look into the most budget friendly option but also suitable for the area she lives in.
Note: she also commutes 45mins to a smaller city for work if we are taking in gas mileage into consideration as well
AWD!
It will activate in like 2-5% of the driving time, but when it will do it, it will allow to easily pass the difficult weather and road conditions.
I will for sure not go back to FWD, even if the majority of time I’m driving on dry roads. But the fact that I have good sets of summer and winter tiers + AWD, it gave me confidence to drive on muddy, icy, heavy snow or wet mild-off-road conditions (in the small amount of situations I have been through). Except floods, in all the other situations I just get up and drive.