last winter we got 3' of snow in four hours. I was 37 miles from home at work as the hardest part of the storm hit and made it down 15 miles of unplowed highway, across 6 miles of turnpike and another 16 miles of unplowed back road without a single slip in 4x4. People were sliding into ditches, sliding backwards down inclines on the road and spinning tires everywhere, even the guys in their explorers, pathfinders and Xterras were in trouble. At one point getting onto the turnpike and making our way up the incline towards the toll booths, a couple semi tractor trailers where stuck spinning their tires and had the entire exit backed up. As others had to stop behind the semi, they gradually began sliding backwards down the hill. I put it in low, and krept easily around the stuck semi, around the sliding cars (bumper to bumper traffic) and made it up over the snow covered hill easily. It was awesome in the KJ. I was amazed at how easily it ate up the snow. all these other SUVs were going nowhere. Well it snowed all night and the next morning I made my way back to work. There were SUVs all over the road in the ditches and berms. abandoned by their owners the night before. I made it back to work and back home again that night much in the same fashion and never had an issue...I had only had the KJ for a couple weeks at that time, and it simply solidified my love for this vehicle. It was pure pleasure driving in deep deep snow. 2-3 feet was a cake walk. Now with the new ATs on this fall, I am looking forward to anything old man winter has to throw at me...
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