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Nodak

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in my situation, i prefer FT4WD since i will 99% of the time be on a normal road (i have been slacking on fishing trips the last 5+ years, but i usually dont go off the beaten path too much and definitely not down anything besides level 1-2 technical difficulty). i am on the road at 450am before the plows are out and living in a valley city with hills coming and going it helps. city plow dont come out until way later so usually i am plowing a path to work in the city.

being in ND the winters can be interesting. intersections are a pita since most are on inclines one way or another. sometimes i have to lock the center diff just to get moving from a stop light/sign due to all the ice build up at them.

i know when its too bad to even attempt to continue on bad road and if they do get bad, i just sit home. safer and i dont want to add myself or my vehicle to the mix of stuck vehicles.

i mean when you get a dump of 33 inches of snow in april you learn to not go out and just enjoy being snowed in

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Steveg203

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I bought a 2026 limited, but I don’t go off road. I think you’ll be with the the part time system. I had a 2005 Xterra and never had a problems with that, it was a part time system. I had a 2020 Passport that I traded in and at 42K I started to has issues that why i switched to the 4 runner. The other deal breakers for the Passport were, timing belt, the cylinder deactivation and the push button shifter.
 
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PeteyJ

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Hey everyone, thank you for your responses. I’m really happy with what I’m hearing here. Can’t wait for the 4Runner to finally arrive!
 

Abuckley1969

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We have had all of them even the Lexus gx460. Went back to a new limited even had the trail hunter for a bit. We like the limited better for the amenities. Even had the trail sport Honda pilot. Didn’t like it once we found out it’s a reskinned minivan.
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