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I woke up this morning to a very wintry, blustery scene. Sideways snow blowing and the roads were already a mess at 5:30 am. I must say, I frequently badmouth my '95 Maxima with 123,000 miles on it. However, I had to give her a nice pat on the dash after she was able to get past (quite easily I might add) three -- yes, three! -- stuck Mercedes' and a large Lexus sedan, all within a hundred feet of each other on a slight hill, and get me to work safely and rather effortlessly. Why does Mercedes insist on rear-wheel drive? I'll keep my front-wheel drive, thank you.