Originally Posted by Nospinzone

There is definitely a skill to driving in winter weather. As someone who has always been in winter snow (except for a 4 year stint in LA LA Land), I have seen unskilled drivers regularly run off the road while piloting AWD SUV's. By the same token, skilled drivers in RWD and without snow tires no less, go smartly, if not gingerly, through the same conditions. In the rare instances that some southern states get a snowfall, there are more cars off the road than on it. With no winter driving skills, those drivers are helpless.

Two keys are knowing how to feather the throttle, and most importantly, looking well ahead to where you are going. Driving with an eye to 100 to 300 or more feet ahead of you is critical. Being prepared to take on a curve or an incline is 80% of the battle.

To be sure, with two drivers of equal ability, the one with AWD has the definite advantage. However, the skilled winter driver in a RWd can quite literally run circles around the unskilled regardless of the vehicle.

Originally Posted by daryll40

I am just not gonna spend 70 grand to continue with this aggravation when, as said before, everyone else and their grandmother (except, for some odd reason, BMW 7 series) makes a flagship car with AWD.