Quote Originally Posted by mfl View Post
having gone from RWD, to FWD to AWD and now back to FWD, the AWD certainly was an advantage in accelerating through and out of corners in the wet. the first FWD I owned was a V6 Vectra, which threatened to understeer off the road any time it rained and you encountered a corner. The Liberty could go through corners in the wet at speed which would have had the Vectra leave the road.

I was surprised last night in rain, how easy it was to break traction in low speed corners in the GTI and I wasn't travelling fast.
As an owner of and AWD Liberty I agree, there is no way I would throw an FWD in the wet into corners or sweeping bends at the pace of the AWD. Maybe the FWDs have all the kit to make them handle it but the confidence just isn't there for me.. the reason why the missus immdiately said we would get the R over the GTI.