ORIGINAL: sbrennan007

I don't quite understand how your 'out' $40,000. Did you not have it insured? I also wouldn't be thinking your going to find something 'better' in the snow than an H2 either. I've done snow plowing on the side for the past 22 years now, and been out in some of the worst conditions you could possibly imagine. Snow demands respect and control. Can you have fun driving in the snow, sure, but like with many other things in life, you need to know when and where and know your limits as a driver.

I can't tell you how many people I saw with 4x4's in the ditch, cussin up a storm about their POS 4x4's. While stopping to see if they were ok and needed any type of medical assistance, I would tell them, having a 4x4 doesn't mean that your glued to the road, your going to slide and not be able to stop just the same as any other vehicle. Problem with the majority of 4x4 owners is that they think they can drive 100MPH in the snow and stop on a dime. Just doesn't work that way.

As others stated, I think there's a little buyers remorse in there with the H2 purchase. If your looking for a true 4x4, try an H3 if the H2 was too much for you. H3's are great and nothing wrong at all with admitting that the H2 was just more than you needed. It happens, people make impulse buys and then have a change of heart or mind.

But regardless of what you end up getting, take it slow while on city streets around other cars. Consider yourself lucky you walked away from it. It could have been alot worse or you could have injured someone else...