[David70]

AWD with snow tires is the best option but virtually everyone around here instead goes with AWD and All Seasons. I prefer Winter tires and RWD, mainly because of the negatives of the AWD system and how little it is really used throughout the year. I guess maximum acceleration in bad weather, not something that I care much about. I also live in a city, not Alaska, the Rocky Mountains or the frozen tundra of N. Dakota. Reality is a FWD with All Seasons works pretty well almost all of the time in the city I live in or staying on the major highways, another vehicle that I am not a huge fan of but by far the most practical.

I can never get random people to buy into the idea that my RWD with Winter tires will stop far better than their AWD with All Seasons in the snow/ice. Seems like I am suddenly speaking another language.