Yaris vs. Ford Explorer 4x4 - Toyota Yaris Forums

PetersRedYaris · 04-18-2007, 06:54 PM

Four wheel drive allows you to speed up faster, that's it. All cars have four wheel brakes, SUV's can't stop any faster. The fact is, tires make the biggest difference.

A few weeks ago we had some nasty weather and on my commute I was passing cars like they were standing still. I was only going 55 MPH on the Interstate which has a speed limit of 75MPH. After awhile I noticed a Ford Explorer Sport-trac following me. Not more than five minutes later I look in my rear view mirror and he's fish-tailing left, then right, then left again, finally spinning all the way around and into the ditch. He didn't roll, luckily. I kept going but had to laugh out loud. Can't even keep up with a Yaris with 17 inch low profile tires.

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04-18-2007, 06:54 PM	#7
PetersRedYaris View User's Garage Drives: 2005 Scion xB Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota Posts: 1,059	Four wheel drive allows you to speed up faster, that's it. All cars have four wheel brakes, SUV's can't stop any faster. The fact is, tires make the biggest difference. A few weeks ago we had some nasty weather and on my commute I was passing cars like they were standing still. I was only going 55 MPH on the Interstate which has a speed limit of 75MPH. After awhile I noticed a Ford Explorer Sport-trac following me. Not more than five minutes later I look in my rear view mirror and he's fish-tailing left, then right, then left again, finally spinning all the way around and into the ditch. He didn't roll, luckily. I kept going but had to laugh out loud. Can't even keep up with a Yaris with 17 inch low profile tires.