all wheel drive

[fitness freak]

Another Michigan winter is on its way, my second in my AWD Vibe. I was unable to find the answer to the following question in the owners manual: Is power normally transmitted to the four wheels continuously? Or is power normally transmittted to the front wheels, until a wheel starts to slip?

[pmh013]

Really? Do you have a source for you numbers? (I'm not being snarky ... it's just that they're different than what I was told.)I was told 70% front & 30% rear by the Toyota dealership, and 100% front by the Pontiac dealership. I think the brochure for my car backs up the Pontiac claims.I think the guy at Toyota was smoking crack.

[ToolGuy]

Get to know your car and test it out. Go to a snow covered parking lot, get out and have someone else drive the car making the tires spin. I did this with my first ABS car and my 4x4 Blazer to see and then feel how it would react under certain condidions.

[fitness freak]

Thanks for your response silveawd. Sounds like all the power goes to the front, unless a wheel starts to slip.