Ultimate winter driving vehicle??

[NIGHTMAREuki]

IMO its not fair to compare XDrive equipped vehicle to your average SUV or Truck. most of them rely on traction control to transfer power, anything that has mechanical diffs will be better. old school audi would be awesome in snow with manual locking center and rear diffs.
i had a chance to drive my frien'ds G35x in snow and i like that it has snow mode(makes 50-50 TQ split), feels more confident.
i see you also have 04 maxima, i used to have two 03 maximas, auto and manual, miss them both everyday.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by NIGHTMAREuki

IMO its not fair to compare XDrive equipped vehicle to your average SUV or Truck. most of them rely on traction control to transfer power....

But x-Drive also relies on traction control intervention (brake application) to transfer power left to right, both front and rear. It is only the centre (front/rear) diff that is different with x-Drive.

I've had both x-drive, and an X5 without x-drive, and both tires and weight made more difference than x-drive or not, in my experience.