I just finally sprung for 4-Wheel Drive vehicles for the first time. I bought a poor mans Land Rover, A Toyota 4Runner just shy of four years ago. We were traveling through the Colorado mountains during the last big snowfall last spring, I was glad to have it. Last spring I bought my wife a Toyota Highlander 4WD, I was hoping it would kick the 4WD in today, to see how it worked, but it didn't. Living in Minnesota, major snow is almost a guarantee....................