[SentraSE-R]

I owned a 4X4 for 10 years in Alaska and Utah. My wife and I both preferred our RWD Datsun B210 for snow driving. We were never confident the 2-1/2 ton 4X4 could stop in time, even with its studded snow tires. The 1-1/2 ton lighter Datsun stopped a lot quicker with studded tires on all four corners, a simple matter of less mass, less inertia.

Our other snow car (for my 5 years living in Colorado) was a RWD Datsun pickup truck. There were times the truck's higher ground clearance made the difference between getting there, when other vehicles couldn't. But the B210 only got stuck twice, and the PL521 only got stuck once, in the snow. There's an old saying in snow country. Four wheel drive just helps you get stuck worse. Give me a heads-up driver in a 2WD over the average tyro in a 4X4 anytime.