i have 6k for a new car.....

[tmleadr03]

you live in colorado and you are not looking at a true 4x4,

first you get insurance discounts for 4x4 and you will be a whole lot safer on the road,

something like this, room for the family, and camping, tow a boat and get home no matter the weather, a bit more than your budget, but I know the owner , I am sure you can work something out, no timing belts to change and 18-21 on the hwy depending on how you drive it hand calculated

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3295273579.html

I have driven in the winter for the last three years with a front wheel drive car and would pass SUVs and Trucks stuck on hills all the time. With all season tires, not even winter tires. 4x4 means nothing if you don't know how to drive.

[rockhound]

I have driven in the winter for the last three years with a front wheel drive car and would pass SUVs and Trucks stuck on hills all the time. With all season tires, not even winter tires. 4x4 means nothing if you don't know how to drive.

and i have pulled many many hondas, acuras out of snow banks, front wheel drive four wheel and a decent driver will do fine, however, a front wheel drive vehicle will not get you home on my commute into the mountains and over three passes,

when the honda drivers have to stop due to weather, i do not.

i will challenge you any day to a snow performance and traction contest,

when my neighborhood has 3 feet of snow in it after a blizzard it is not the hondas clearing the road, pulling the neighbors out of snow banks and plowing neighbors driveways,

[tmleadr03]

and i have pulled many many hondas, acuras out of snow banks, front wheel drive four wheel and a decent driver will do fine, however, a front wheel drive vehicle will not get you home on my commute into the mountains and over three passes,

when the honda drivers have to stop due to weather, i do not.

i will challenge you any day to a snow performance and traction contest,

when my neighborhood has 3 feet of snow in it after a blizzard it is not the hondas clearing the road, pulling the neighbors out of snow banks and plowing neighbors driveways,

Sorry, did I offend you with my statement of reality?