Oh, it snows, but we rarely get more than a few inches in one shot, and they are good about getting the plow trucks out on all the major roads. With good tires and a little driving skill, it's quite doable with RWD only. I used to commute to a job that was located on a dirt road that turns to mud in the winter. I made it through the first winter there with a Lincoln Town car (RWD) and mud tires on the drive axle. After that I did get a 4WD vehicle, but when I quit working at that place I got rid of it as I didn't need it anymore.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.