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Old 09-07-2009, 06:23 PM
 
Location: The City of St. Louis
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AWD is unnessesary in STL. Denver, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, and other western mountanis cities, that is a diffrent story.
Meh...last time I went skiing we flew into Denver, rented a FWD Chrysler Sebring, and proceeded to take it up over the continental divide and drive it in many snowy, icy parking lots and roads. It did just fine with the experienced driver at the wheel. In years past we've taken a RWD Chevy Astro van out there, all the way from Missouri, and again...it did just fine.

AWD is nice, and a true 4x4 SUV or truck will take you through deep snow that any car couldn't go through. However, both are completely unnecessary even in cities like Salt Lake or Denver, unless you routinely plan to drive through snow that is several inches deep.
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Old 09-08-2009, 06:41 AM
 
Location: constant state of confusion
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Meh...last time I went skiing we flew into Denver, rented a FWD Chrysler Sebring, and proceeded to take it up over the continental divide and drive it in many snowy, icy parking lots and roads. It did just fine with the experienced driver at the wheel. In years past we've taken a RWD Chevy Astro van out there, all the way from Missouri, and again...it did just fine.

AWD is nice, and a true 4x4 SUV or truck will take you through deep snow that any car couldn't go through. However, both are completely unnecessary even in cities like Salt Lake or Denver, unless you routinely plan to drive through snow that is several inches deep.
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Old 09-08-2009, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Boilermaker Territory
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I would be very careful when driving on the icy roads. Snowpacked roads are much easier to navigate. AWD is unecessary in the lower Midwest.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Fairview Heights, Hellinois
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I have a FWD car (grand prix) and a RWD truck (S-10). When the weather gets bad, I just put 5 cinder blocks in the bed of the truck over the drive wheels and have no problem. I've driven the car in bad weather too without incident. The thing to remember in a FWD vehicle is that you need to slow down before making a turn. When your drive wheels are also your steering wheels, they tend to want to go straight when you want to turn if driving too fast. Just slow down and take your time getting where you need to go.
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Old 09-10-2009, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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I have a Ford Ranger, Super light. I thought I would have to weigh it down, but had no problems last winter with nothing in the back.
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Old 09-11-2009, 01:09 AM
 
Location: Saint Louis, MO
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My recommendation would be great snow tires over AWD. Growing up in Chicagoland, my family always told my the tires make a world of difference. This winter I invested in a set and noticed a big improvement.
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Old 09-12-2009, 01:45 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Snow tires are a good investment for winter driving. You can usually get about 5 winters out of them (if you store them in a cool place like a basement)
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Old 09-20-2009, 10:38 AM
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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in 23 years here.... after having moved from houston, where i had seen snow exactly 3 times in my life...... i can say that i have had a problem getting around in snow or ice exactly twice......

once in the city when i had a toyota tercel that wound up pretty much buried.... i just stayed home that day.... and once in the winter of 1990 when we had a very thick layer of ice down for several weeks......

as everyone else has said, front wheel drive, good tires and common sense will serve you just fine.....

and actually, we are not getting nearly as much snow in recent years as we had in the past.......
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