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I have lived in snow country most of my life. I have never owned a 4WD vehicle. I do keep a set of tire chains, which get used about once every two or three years. When you look at all costs, good snow tires are much cheaper than 4WD. All costs include tire cost, gas mileage, maintenance, and purchase cost.
I was able to pull about 2000 lbs of loaded trailer in heavy wet snow (the absolute worst kind) without putting the chains on. That was with my truck in winter of 2011-2012.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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