Robo, that hog-on-ice thing is why I prefer a manual transmission and will not have a four-wheel-drive vehicle at any price. In Ontario, ice on the road is normal for at least three months of the year.

Olde Phartes like me who learned to drive in military-pattern vehicles or old farm trucks have the enormous advantage of knowing when 4WD is a disadvantage, not to speak of how to slow down without braking.