LOVE my 4x2!!! Here's a quote from my 50 something mother who does exteme (many, many miles, camp, many, many miles back) hiking..."4x4's tear up the woods, get your lazy ass out of the truck and hike"!!!! She uses her 02 2wd XE to carry her and friends plus gear to hiking destination. Parks it on the side of the road and disappears for a few days. Much to my amazement the "X" is ok (not broken into, stolen) when she returns. With the "huge" :rolleyes: amount of snow here in NC my LSD is plenty capable. I just love my "X" and would not want to tear something up every weekend "rockcrawling"! Backroads in the mtns. are handled just fine and I don't have to drive across a tree, rock, deep mud, to enjoy my "X"!!! Hmmm....I can go fishing, hunting, hiking, pull boat, without 4x4...imagine that!!! Plus my sweet "X" stays looking NEW without scratches, dents, and dings! If I did want to go tear up a 4x4 in the woods then I could find something much, much, MUCH less than $20K plus!!!