[theman23]

I recently was in central Washington during a snow storm and it dawned on me why people buy huge SUVs even if they don't usually use the space. If you live in a medium to small sized city where it snows often, chances are you WILL be driving on unplowed road frequently. The extra clearance and AWD really does help. I did ok in my FWD hatchback, but the driving would have been substantially less nerve wracking in my colleague's SUV.

And with that being said, I have no idea why so many people in Vancouver drive pickup trucks. I'm happy with my hatchback as my daily and small little roadster for the weekends.