I use mine as a DD and rompin around in the snow here....buuuuut, that's a bit different here than most places with the odd weather system in Juneau. It was snowing a few weeks ago, 80 degrees most of last week, and raining heavy and 50 degrees this week. We really put VX's through their paces out here, but there couldn't be a more perfect vehicle than the VX for Alaska. To prove that point....there are only 30,000 in this land locked town and there are 4 VX's....and all still running and in good condition. Unfortunately, the other 3 don't seem to like forums.....the wankers