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Old 02-16-2010, 09:11 AM
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I disagree. An auto locker will never be as stable as an open diff on ice or snow. I totaled my ZJ last spring on snow in part because of the limited slip in the rear. I wasn't giving it any gas and it decided to swap ends on me. Zero time to react to correct it. It was probably a fluke, never happened to me before in the eight years of owning it, but it only takes one time happening to either kill yourself or someone else, let alone totaling the vehicle.

Since the OP is in Iowa where the roads can be frozen for months at a time, he needs to be aware of the drawbacks of driving an auto locker on ice and snow.
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