AWD VS 4x4 | How it Works | Donut Media 

Matias Vega He did not explain this very well at all, and way over complicated it.

Agreed

I find that with all his videos

andrew malhotra AWD: gearbox sends power to front and back differential. 4X4 or 4WD: Gearbox sends power to a center differential which then goings to the front and back differential

Oppressing Gamers • 21 years ago you just simplified the whole video and many people are thankful.

smack him :)

Teach him and smack him

Tell him he dumb lol

I mean yeah but its usually the back wheels getting power and not the front wheels. So therefore they're not all wheel drive cars because not all 4 wheels are getting power, The more you know...

God dammit..

Maybe this is the reason why we dont see him anymore 🤔

@@gabzila1218 i think he is still here sometimes

Mr. K why they fired him?

@Mr. K i thought he was on paternal leave?

@@ghostmain1538 Nope! He got let go a while back, unfortunately. If I'm not mistaken, he works for Motortrend now

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What happened to him

Same (minus the goddammit part)

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Fr, what even happen did he just leave

Exactly where I fucking live.

And G Wagons too

TheguycalledAustin ew

Lol niice lol

But what if it's a SRT Trackhawk? That ain't for the dirt.

Vodka gives you 4X4

Mitch West 😂 You’re absolutely right.

@@mitchwest6453 considering some of the weird places I've seen drunk college kids wind up in the morning, I would actually agree. Tree houses, top of closets, the roof of that one hotel in Vegas...

Let's be zombies.

C G same. We had a guy that was missing for a day and a half. We found him on a tiny island right off the coast of PR by the Bacardi factory. We don’t know how the fuck he got there from the party.

What happened to him?

@@NightcrawlerNC he became a dad

Hollow ohhh

@@c3_hollow which seems to make that "unlike full-time employees of Donut" line hit a little harder....

His voice just kept getting higher and higher so they had to let him go 😂😂

Wow that's weird

Not weird if you think about it. 1. The video shows... 2. Then the "commercial for the sponsor" comes on. And that Sponsor add is pre recorded so they can use it over and over and over and over... well, you get the point. That's how most youtubers with self-made sponsor clips do. Easier i guess. (The commercial was made before the video, probably like 2-3 days before)

Im speed

Lol true

This video is sponsored by ManScape

Guy is funny

When he said that it came to my mind asdf-movie

I like trains.

No kidding I would like to do the same

I was about to write the exact same comment 😂

Since full time 4WD is less common than part time, focus on part time 4WD. Part time 4WD is usually completely mechanical and almost always has a dual range transfer case. 2WD - transfer case isn't sending power to the front wheels, 4WD - transfer case is sending power to all wheels (depending on the surface and what the axle diffs are doing). Most conventional AWD systems are front wheel drive based and use a variety of center diffs and ways to control it. When traction is lost, the system will try to send power wherever it needs to go. Most of these FWD based AWD systems have a tough time sending a lot of torque to the rear wheels. Subaru actually has like four different AWD configurations. On my 2002 Outback with a manual transmission, all four wheels are always technically getting power. It has a limited slip center diff and limited slip rear diff. The center diff is called a viscous center diff, its actually filled with liquid silicon and friction plates (similar to a torque converter I suppose). When the plates start spinning at different rates, friction is generated and the silicon viscosity increases by a LOT, forcing the plates to spin at the same speed again. That's how my AWD system's center diff distributes power between the front and rear axle. I will always have about the same amount of power going to both axles when I need it, which is a huge advantage over the simple but ineffective FWD based AWD systems. Mine is purely mechanical, zero electronic parts to fail, and I am guaranteed max power to at least three wheels when needed.

So 4wd is mostly part time and that's where the difference between 4wd and awd come in?

4wd can NOT bias the power front to back AWD CAN bias the power front to back That's the only difference anyone needs to know

There is no real difference, just marketing. Cars that use a permanent all wheel drive system are mostly labeled AWD, while cars with a non permanent system are badged 4WD or 4x4.

My Infiniti is AWD and the power distribution is 70% to the rear and 30% to the front. I believe that 4x4 is 50% to the front and back. Also as far as I understand, AWD cannot be turned on and off where 4x4 can be switched between 4x2 or 4x4. I am by no means a car guy but these are the things I’ve noticed from having both AWD and 4x4

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the big problem with all this and the reason it gets so confusing is that there are no legal or official definitions or requirements anywhere for what 4x4, 4wd, or awd actually mean. in fact, the sae recommends the use of the term awd to refer to all vehicles that have any sort of system that drives all four wheels, regardless of how that system works. because there are no official definitions and there are so many ways to make a system that drives all wheels the question should not be "what's the difference between awd and 4wd?" but rather "how does the awd system work on this particular vehicle, and what are its pros and cons in relation to the systems on other awd vehicles?". the sticker on the back of the vehicle is just marketing and tells you nothing about how the drivetrain actually works.

Can someone please give me more information about this?? For um. Research purposes.

How that meat tast. Are school just got cow meat, so they say.

MaltaV6 that’s all they eat in Venice, apparently is leaner than cow...

I was paid in bones, it was the best job of my life.

Wtf

I think we're gonna get either a Subie or Porche video soon.

Rival-Sama Subaru’s are the greatest thing ever

Please let it be a Subie Vid, something on their liberty/Legacy

ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

How do Vapes work?

Good one

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Wrong video pal

Please please please

Up to MAZDASPEED

This is really really important, the styling of ads for these are getting so much better, actually watched

Agreed 100%. I actually watched the ad this time for that precise reason. I was happy with the video so I wasn’t annoyed too much by the ad.

I just was thrown off by the fact that he shaved between cuts😂

Mike Arredondo wrong

Dirt is for racing asphalt is for getting there

Perry2186 lol just spit my drink out ! As a grip guy, but growing up in Ontario Canada, I tend to agree somewhat that Asphalt doesn’t compare to loose surface racing. There’s a reason why Many professional drivers will tell the people that rally drivers are the best in the world.

no, RWD race track

branden d no, AWD is banned from practically every mainstream sanctioned grip series in the world for a reason.

I'm in a Land Of Confusion right now lmao

@@eaylhtwls68 I know right? There must be some misunderstanding.

Made my head hurt. Feels like I've been hit with a Sledgehammer

@@suspicioususer Perhaps a bit of Steam will clear your head. Personally, it just muddies mine up more.

@@artistwithouttalent nah its fine. I Don't Care Anymore

Susudio

Fosil fuel vehicles break down unless they are a honda or a toyota or our 16 year mazda 6 rolling coal without mods and without a check engine light

All wheel drive and four wheel drive are being made redundant by electric vehicles...HOW exactly?

@@derrenwood-peterson8518 4 rotor electric cars, but I’d still want me a gtr lol

@@seagreen01 ALL WHEEL drive is when you're driven by all wheels...one electric motor on each wheel means you're being driven by...

III BMW III sadly gran tourismo doesn’t know the difference neither they call a bugatti veyron,all the gtrs and the r8,... 4wd 😬

I blame Jeremy Clarkson for that. He calls AWD 4WD all the time and kids take him as an expert.

Nicholas Rodrigues Why kids watch that? Damn if there’s kids watching Top gear that means most commenters are probably kids

my 97 dicovery 1is both awd and 4x4 depending on if i lock the center diff

Exactly, I was recently watching Top Gear, and Clarkson calls AWD 4WD all the time, the same goes for wings and spoilers. I've never heard him say wing, except for the time koenigsegg added one to their CCX for a better lap time. TBH though it's confusing AF because of manufacturers as well, I'm pretty sure the Skoda octavia scout and Fiat Panda are not 4x4, but AWD...

Thanks I like to think I'm the best too

Max Fisher simple, you press a button on the steering wheel that completes a circuit that sends a signal to the noise making devices that create sound waves with the electrical current surging through it

It *DOOOOOOT*

Haha

You close the circuit when you press on the steering wheel center. Technically its always on, you just ground the horn, allowing it to sound off. Its actually a very simple system, there was no need for manufacturers to make it complicated.

I don't think you're talkin to me but I figured I'd respond anyways High

I think you mean fucking, and hilarious

Ben McInnes I’ve been waiting for this moment, alll my liiiife, so long

I'm a little sad he didn't throw another one in when talking about the Mars rover... some reference to being the "Eleventh Earl of Mar(s)"

Phil and Peter are two different people but Supper's Ready is amazing no matter which of the two sings it.

I can feel it

Its another day for you and me in this paradise xD

I want to know about the strangers like me

After a long chat with my lawyer, as long as those horrible ballads is not included.

Yo. That's me.

Missing hot lap too bruv

Season ended bro, they had to return the Miata

iea96 Bruce won. Sooo, it’s over? I guess

I belive they are going for as season thing for this big shows, like Hot laps it's going to stop for a while, and we got Miracle Whips for now.

GOGOgomes yes exactly how it’s gonna go

Tru, but this is more for entertainment. Something like Engineering explained is better for pure info. You still have a good point though.

Nope, def not just you.

No.

Thank you. Super annoying.

I literally scrolled through the comments section for this comment. I was gonna say the same thing.

Space Boy if it’s your 1st Quattro, your life is about to change friend ! Get a good set of snows and hopefully your local Quattro club or Audi store has a winter (performance) driving course/classes. And I’m telling you all, after 20+ years in the auto wholesale biz in Canada, there is No Better AWD than a Quattro with snow tires. I’ve tried them all, multiple times, and every winter I find a good off lease or trade-in A4 for my winter driver.

I used to have an S4, it did great in the snow even with summer tires, but you're better of with winter tires for more grip on packed snow or icy conditions.

It came with studded snow tires (required where I live) and they seem to be in pretty good shape so I'm definitely looking forward to it! I'm no stranger to winter driving but performance driving courses sounds interesting.

Ha. X Drive is useless compared to Quattro and Subaru Symmetrical.

Space Boy I test drove a 4.2 Quattro Q7 it's fun. I ended up getting a Hemi 5.7 Jeep Commander instead, I regret that, it's a Chrysler, fucking thing constantly breaks down.

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