If I should ever buy an FEH (actually my preference is the MMH) the first thing I would do is buy the REMCO(sp??) (TOAD) device that allows one of the front halfshafts to be "opened" and then I would have a switch to energize the rear driveline clutch full time.

A RWD MMH with the ability to manually switch to 4WD.

 

I drove the RX about 10 miles today, Woodinville/Duvall road from ~Avondale to/from the west side of the valley. Each time I even touched the brakes the ABS would activate continuous, at one point it was so bad I decided the ABS was not going to allow me to stop before entering the "travel" roadbed so I intentionally steared into the small ditch to bring the RX to a stop.

Slow speed, SLOW speed, and keeping a goodly distance between myself and the cars in front of me allowed a safe trip.

In all that time/distance with the ABS activating continuously the VSC only triggered once, a sure indication that ABS was worse than useless, an actual detriment. Tomorrow I will remove the rachet lock for the foot actuated e-brake so I can have, use, SOLID/FIRM braking without the undue interference of ABS.

My RX was AWD, F/AWD ,but I'm quite sure the VC has failed (70,000 miles) so I guess I'm now driving around in a FWD SUV. On the other hand I do have TC for apportioning engine torque in the worse case.