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Re:4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference? by mikeash on Saturday August 27, 2016 @04:31PM (#12374035)
For anyone interested in turbines and cars, there's a delightful episode of Jay Leno's Garage about a Chrysler turbine car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A5ijU3Ivs

He talks extensively about how it works, what it's like to drive, and the various difficulties that resulted in it never entering mass production.

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Re:4WD vs. AWD. What's the Difference? by fnj on Sunday August 28, 2016 @04:27AM (#12375785)
It sounded like a gigantic loud vacuum cleaner even just idling, and gave the impression of straining mightily to achieve even mild acceleration. Fuel consumption was TERRIBLE.
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