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Old 01-06-2011, 07:18 PM   #131 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by taco View Post
I say 75hp per 1500lbs is good.
I drive 130mile round trip a day.so Fe is good but it is all backcountry 2 lane roads that arnt well maintained. Usually no scraping in the winter, so 4x4 is needed and that is y it is stupid around here to buy a 2wd. I have had to use 4wd about a dozen times this year so far.
Most of my memories as a teen learning to drive were bucking 2' snow drifts in the 82 suburban going to a craft show in the early morning or coming back late at night, it was 2wd and no I didn't need 4wd but then again, I had a lot of weight in the back so it would just keep plowing through. Needless to say Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan did not always maintain all their roads very well. Unless you are going off road a lot my 2wd suburban likely has gone through exactly the same situations you do without issue.

I never did manage to get stuck, but occasionally I had to drive backwards to go in deep mud. Ice was always irritating but I always made it using a bit of common sense.

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Ryan

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