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Originally Posted by idg
I live in San Diego, so weatherwise, a heavy downpore is the most I can expect. On the otherhand, if the only disadvantages of AWD are the cost and potentially the slight reduction in acceleration, I can see the advantage of an AWD for the occassional mountain trips
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You are a RWD match IMHO. Now if you want to do the hill climb at Pikes Peak I'm not sure which to choose. Even though its available in AWD I wouldn't recommend Baja.....
In this months Lexus magazine (quarterly) David Feige talks about a road trip to the Bonneville Salt flats. He makes about a dozen passes on the Salt and pegs his IS300 at 142 MPH. That's about a quarter mile every 6 seconds. I would like to try to break his record using a GS430!