While it's true there are some things you can do with 4x4 in the snow and ice that you can't with RWD, a RWD car with good tires is still perfectly adequate in ice and light snow. You start to encounter problems trying to climb steep grades on ice or when the snow starts getting deep enough to high center the vehicle.

As for FWD: No thanks. I'd rather save power understeer for those rare occasions when the front wheel of my motorcycle comes off the ground, and lift off understeer for "never".

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.