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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
Given that you are in Washington, I can appreciate your desire for 4wd; however, and please don't take offense at this, I am concerned that you have the same misconceptions as my parents: "larger equals safer." What you trade for your ability to bulldoze other vehicles is the nimbleness and agility to avoid accidents altogether.
Personally, it sounds to me like you could do very well with just about any of the lighter 4wd/awd cars and CUVs on the market right now. Used, you'd probably need to stick to Subaru or something similar.
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The OP is in Eastern WA in a place where the temperatures get much colder than the Seattle area and they see a lot more snow. Also there is lots of farming equipment/semis/pickup trucks around so I can see their reasoning behind wanting something with mass.
I would HIGHLY reccomend against getting a diesel, even a diesel plugged in will have a hard time getting to operating temperature when its 10-20* and you open yourself up for lots of problems.
I would look around at subarus as they are good cars and get decent mileage and do well in the snow.