WRX is not truly 50/50 all the time, is it? Arent those cars like20/80 or 30/70? Even if the power is distributed 50 % front 50% rear, would the front tires wear out more quickly since it's carrying the engine?
Recent tire fiasco has made me very senstitive to tire maintenance price. I'm driving real slow nowadays.

 

The front tires will still wear faster as they take most of the cornering load.

 

I would hope all 4 are spinning all the time.

 

If it is the same setup as our old Subaru SVX Lsi then you are correct. It was AWD and would redirect power to a slipping tire. However the fronts would wear more on the sides due to the load it bears when cornering.

 

The #1 reason for tire wear is proper alignment. If it's off, your tires will wear ALOT faster. From what I understand the Scubys are full time AWD w/ a split of about 60-40 front bias. Might be 70-30 though. I know they have a lsd for front/back bias but don't know if they have one for the frt or back wheel lsd too. Maybe for the frt wheels.

 

Haha its me lee. Vanessa will rarely post. She just drives

 

It's still a function of weight distribution and the fact that the fronts still do the steering and most of the braking. The fronts will wear faster on most rear wheel drives too, unless you do a lot of burnouts.

Dave

 

<I>It's still a function of weight distribution and the fact that the fronts still do the steering and most of the braking. The fronts will wear faster on most rear wheel drives too, unless you do a lot of burnouts.</I>

from my experience, the RWDs will wear out the rear tires quicker than the fronts no matter what you're driving style.