[tturedraider]

I'm confused. Are you suggesting that southerners and west coasters ought to just go ahead and get xDrive?

I can buy a separate set of winter wheels and a couple of sets of winter tires with the $2,000 that xDrive costs.

The is a sensation of the car being pushed along and through corners and on clover leaf exit and entrance ramps that isn't quite the same with xDrive. This is my fourth winter in Chicago with winter tires and I have never had a single problem with control in my car.

xDrive is a great system, but I will still order here rather than buy an xDrive.

I don't think there's much debate that Quattro is a sportier awd system than xDrive. That's Audi's thing.