I've got a old Explorer that I keep mainly for pulling stuff, and on really bad days in the winter. It's not worth much, so I'm not in that much of a dilemma about it. The Cross is my generally daily driver, even in the winter, except on really snow days because I'm really wary of getting hit by somebody else. I ride the motorcycle for my commute most of the time in the summer, but still manage to put on about 7500 miles a year at least on the Cross just commuting. besides, if one car is in the shop for some reason, and it's crappy I have another. just my 2 cents