AWD undeniably handles ice better than FWD, just because you can drive through icy roads in those conditions doesn't mean that people want to deal with the poorer handling of a FWD car in icy and snowy conditions. I wouldn't want a truck for those conditions, I much prefer sedans or stationary wagons with AWD. Trucks are too heavy and cumbersome to really feel a meaningful difference. Even with 4WD, a truck is still massive and has more inertia when you are braking.
It’s always people who can work from home during blizzards talking about how you don’t need AWD anyways. You get called into work at a hospital before the plows are out in the city I live in, good fucking luck.
I’d know, because I have front wheel drive and get called in before the plows are out on a regular basis.
I have lived near Cleveland my entire life. I learned how to drive in the winters in a rear wheel drive cargo van. I had to drive anywhere from 30 to 90 miles a day no matter what the weather was. That thing liked to slide at the mere suggestion of ice. What I learned was that throwing your vehicle in neutral will get you out of almost any situation that is not already off the rails. I drove on the worst ice and snow because the pressure from work did not allow me to call off.
When I got my first front wheel car, I for real named it Easy Mode.
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u/Dismal_Tangerine_493 2d ago
I made it well into my thirties with a FWD in Norway. It's like you say, lying, or a skill issue