#backwoodinspector

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Very curious what you recommend for an all season chassis in a place that gets snow. Ive had Toyota's, fords mostly and usually stick to rwd but I think I need to consider a 4wd/awd. A bit wary of subies because of the head gaskets and general particularity of them. Please advise!

if you wanna stick to what you know, the toyota rav4 is great, pretty much any generation, same with the tacoma. the toyota matrix also had an awd option, if you don’t want an suv or truck. you could also go with a honda cr-v, especially the older ones

if you wanna go older i can personally vouch for the jeep cherokee xj, the 1997-2001 specifically (just bc that’s what i have) i like in new england in an area where we get some pretty dense and heavy snowfall, and i haven’t had to touch a snow shovel since i bought my 01 xj. just powers over or through it

i wanna say subarus post-2005 or so were less prone to the head gasket problems, and i can vouch that my 04 wrx did great in snow (sold it when the clutch went out)

tbh though the most important things are your tires and driving skill. a muscle car with snow tires practicing gentle acceleration and not turning while braking will do better driving in the snow than a lot of awd cars out there. i’m planning on my next car probably being big, heavy, and rwd, and i will definitely be investing in some good snow tires. a lot of people will put a set on cheap steel wheels so they can just swap out their wheels in the spring instead of buying new tires every 8 months. helps both sets go longer

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Another one for the blocklist:

@ backwoodinspector. This one's a plain old boring ruscist as far as I can tell, nothing too fancy.

You'd think with all the complaining about Nazis he does, that backwoodinspector wouldn't be one himself, right? Lmao wrong: