AWD

95-99% of the time AWD is running rear only (I’m using ScanMyTesla to read out can bus data and store them in Teslalogger)

ive never felt any hint of torque steer

Thanks

Yes, AWD only engages if you floor it or the car senses slip. [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/\_XC4Q4fJIUY](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_XC4Q4fJIUY)

Which of course means #2 is nonsense. Tire wear won't be very different when it's mostly RWD in practice. As for #3, I personally don't notice much torque steer but the Y does have unequal length half shafts and open differentials. There's going to be some torque steer in a setup like that.

Thank you does make sense! I live in Southern California. Trying to justify AWD. It does feel more positive during tight turns at speed.

Thanks that’s was handy to watch

I don't have a can connection to check, but it definitely feels more like a 30/70% power distribution than pure rwd. Engaging terrain mode makes it 50/50%. That's my experience of the car on snow/ice/slush anyway. Could just be that it's pretty fast to plug the fronts in when they are needed (rears start slipping). -21 AWD LR

Torque steering? Haha. I hear Rimac does that. I think the Lucid Sapphire does that. I sincerely doubt a Model Y does.

I have a OBDII reader. Unless you stomp on it (and I have a MYP), the car is rear wheel drive most of the time.