[War_Wagon]

I have driven a lot of different vehicles. The best vehicle I have ever driven when it comes to snow is my friend's '87 Tercel 4x4 wagon. That car will go anywhere. If you get it stuck, you deserve to have to walk home. That being said, '87 is the last year of production and all of them are carbureted, and those carbs are crappy to say the least. A Weber conversion would be in order if you wanted to keep it.

As for a Sidekick, I liked the ones I had, but the 5 speed models come with 5:13 gears in the differentials, so don't expect any kind of good fuel economy out of them if you need to drive on the highway a lot. And make sure you get a '95-'98 to get the 16v engine, the 8v ones are scary underpowered.