Out of curiosity, how far north might you be? We've had record snow in MN this year for February and own an SUV and half-ton truck. This month had a few painf

Out of curiosity, how far north might you be? We've had record snow in MN this year for February and own an SUV and half-ton truck. This month had a few painful days for what normally would be fine in an M3 with winter rubber. While these types of days aren't always the norm I would argue there's a lot of value in AWD and 4WD systems, especially with appropriate seasonal tires. Ultimately though I agree with your logic. An AWD with improper tires is worse in the snow than a RWD vehicle with the right ones. I think the fallacy many fall into is AWD is a silver bullet. Ground clearance is another issue in itself, however. I've often wondered how often this becomes an issue in Tesla vehicles.