Are these good vehicles? DO they go good in ice and snow with a 4x4
model?

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Are these good vehicles? DO they go good in ice and snow with a 4x4
model?


We had a 2001 and now have a 2005. On the 2001 you could choose between
'manual' and 'automatic' 4WD, on the 2005 it's all 'automatic'. They're
nice vehicles, had no real problems with either, but they're not exactly
serious off roaders. The do work well in snow and ice though. These were
our first 4WD vehicles, and I can see why 4WD are overrepresented in the
'vehicle in ditch in snomstorm' category. They are very confidence
inspiring, but of course in the end don't stop or regain control, once
lost, any better than most cars.

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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Are these good vehicles? DO they go good in ice and snow with a 4x4
model?

We have an 02 my better half drives... I can testify that we had about
3/4" of solid, slick ice on our uphill driveway - bad enough you
couldn't even stand up to walk across it, and she started out from a
dead stop right up out of the driveway (about 167' long) and never
spun a wheel. Hers is the auto/man model which basically means you
leave it in auto mode all the time unless you have about 6 or 8" of
snow solidly covering the roadway, then if you have problems, you can
switch it into manual to keep the 4WD active all the time. She likes
it, good vision, a little road noisy, but basically a good vehicle for
her on Southwestern PA winter highways. Never gotten stuck - yet.
Seems to be a good vehicle.
HTH
Ken.