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Originally Posted by frozenchief
A few years ago, we were going to visit family in eastern Washington over holidays.
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Hey, that's where I live.
I have experience with both setups here. My wife had a FWD Honda CR-V for years. We put snow tires all around and, for the most part, it was fine. She could get around okay most of the time. The problem was on hills. Going uphill would unload the front tires and she would lose traction. There is a long ass hill just off of our road and she would frequently get stuck trying to get out onto the hill through the berm the snow plows left.
On the other hand, I drive a similar size Forester that is full time, 50/50 AWD and the difference is night and day. I put snow tires on it too and it goes anywhere. I've been through some pretty deep snow and had zero issues.
We lost the CR-V to a deer this last summer and she now has a AWD Honda HR-V with snow tires. We haven't had a lot of snow yet but the one morning that we had 3 or 4 inches of snow overnight, she was pretty impressed with how it got out onto the highway..
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Originally Posted by frozenchief
I do not understand why someone would buy a 2WD truck.
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I bought a 2016 Frontier that is 2wd. It was $6000 cheaper than the equivalent 4wd and gets better mileage. I got it to move my boys back and forth to college and for projects around the house. It's been a great vehicle so far. I solved the snow issue by not driving it in the winter. However, I think with some weight in the back and snow tires, it would actually do pretty well. It has a limited slip rear end and gets around in the snow okay when I've had to move it during the winter.