Pete. (l33t FS) said:vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:A close friend with impeccable car control and a great driver said so what to the lack of an LSD as many of you have mentioned. Add one later if you really need it.
No rust on this one too. So i could treat it to protect it.
Argh, so flip floppy right now.
limited slip makes a rear drive car undriveable in the winter. When one tire slips, both slip, and the back of the car falls down the slope of the road.
My opinion is colored by cars with a wheelbase short and track width wide. My first experience with limited slip in the winter was trying to make a tight turn in a parking lot, and the rear tires could not turn at different rates, so the direction the car was pointed at stayed the same but it just went sideways to the left when I was just trying to creep around a fuel station island.
The highway was similarly fun. With an open diff, one tire might spin but the other gives you directional stability. Limited slip, falling to the inside of a curve on the Interstate at 40mph was butt puckering.
I've driven RWD with and without LSDs in the snow. Unless it's a highly preloaded LSD and a very short wheelbase, it's not an issue. The stuff with an LSD likes the tail hung out a little more if trying to accelerate in a turn, but it's not drastic. And yes, the rear end will go sideways if you push it too hard in a straight line with the LSD, but that's never been a real world problem. I've never had a situation where wheelspin at 40+ on snow tires was an unavoidable reality...
