I bought a 2wd, 5 speed, xterra w/ LSD (it helps.. A LOT) about a month ago. Here in the northeast, about 2 days ago we just got hammered with 6 inches of some really nasty wet snow. This is the kind of stuff that sticks to phone and powerlines, and the second that you drive over it, it becomes like ice. Really nasty stuff. It took some of my co-workers 5 hours to get home. I was actually dreading the drive, until i realized that if i took it slow, i wouldn't have a problem and for the most part i didn't. In all honestly there was a place where i encountered a little trouble going up an incline and one turn did pose some handling problems, but i never got stuck. In the future i'll really consider paying the extra cash for a 4x4, but for now I'm pretty happy with the way the truck handled that nasty commute home.

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