We have some snow where we live, but not as much as the poster has. My wife and I wont even own a car now unless it is AWD. We own 4 automobiles and all are AWD. Personally a must have for me. Even when it is not snowing ,its nice to have in the rain even. I just like how they handle, much better than front wheel drive and rear wheel can be a mess in the snow or even just the rain. I like to get on the gas and not have to worry about the wheels spinning.
Even my Porsche 911 is AWD turbo.