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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JackT" data-source="post: 20094" data-attributes="member: 7055">I have read the links. The second one clarifies things for me and is more logical than a video I saw on YouTube which claimed the axles stopped. Leaving it on all the time seems to indicate it can be left on continuously if desired. I don't see people pressing the AWD button when they determine they need it because distractions such as pushing the AWD button is not the first thing on their mind when trying to get up a hill or finding their car starting to get bogged down on a not-so-well-plowed street. Pressing the button in spring and fall is probably more realistic. That introduces more wear on the system. Hopefully it's up to that.I would think the 360-degree Surround Vision system to see how close you are to things while parking, and the automatic parking assist would also be very useful. I have a 2006 Saturn Vue Redline and you can see out of it everywhere. On the new SUVs, they seem to take pride in flaring fenders to blend into pillars so there is no way to ever learn where the front of the car is, and small, aerodynamically slanted mirrors with very limited fields of view don't help.With all of the roll-over pillars, airbags, and aerodynamic, small, limited view mirrors, today's SUVs are rolling blind spots. Blind-spot monitoring is not optional.</blockquote>