All wheel drive tires.

Oh its great on road, no arguement there
Id take a wrx as my DD and just use the taco on trails if i could

 

4X4 is no different. All 4 tires should be the same size, brand, and type with very near the same miles on them with 4X4 or AWD. All tires when near the end of their life are approximately 1 size smaller in diameter than they were when new. Changing less than all 4 results with different size tires on each corner. Not good with any 4X4 or AWD vehicle. The only real difference is that it won't hurt as much on a 4X4 if you don't operate in 4X4.

 

You might think it sucks -- that is -- till you are out in the snow with a drive system like Subaru has. And for all of the "naysayers" don't knock (the Subaru drive system) till you have owned one!

 

Just 1 year old? With typical usage (~10,000 miles per year), her old tires shouldn't be worn enough to matter.

One drawback of Subaru's "symmetric" AWD system is the engine sits fully in front of the front diff, that means a long front overhang and front-heavy weight distribution.

You see this with Tacomas, too. I measured the hub-to-ground distance (aka the tire's loaded radius) on my truck, and it's about 3/8" lower in the front. This is with the front tire pressure being 2 psi higher. This works out to 2.4 inches difference in rolling circumference between front and rear tires. I'm sure with the softer P-metric tires on Subarus, there's already a large difference between front and rear tires, that tread depth gets lost in the wash.

 

there are quite a ffew systms out there

i found the RAV to be good tho not complicated

on some AWD actually means ‘ Any Wheel Drive ‘

a far cry from 4 wheel drive

 

Hmmmm.....I think the Owner's Manual or the Subaru Shop could definitively answer the question......

 

Having owned my Subaru, I'm never going back to a non-AWD car again. Even on dry pavement, the AWD system makes the car's balanced handling extremely accessible and tolerant of driver error.

 

BTW not all Subarus have mechanical limit-slip diffs with clutch packs. Mine (base model Impreza) are all open. In Sept 2019, I replaced a punctured rear tire with a new one after almost 4 years of use, with no AWD system issues or spurious traction control activation afterwards.