I disagree. I live in MN also, Used it as a daily driver my first winter 0f 2008, bought it in Dec 2008, and went thru all that winter and have gone thru 8" of spring snow, and while I had a bit of a problem going up the angled drive, I really didn't have a problem. And this was with hust the Conti A/S on it. You take it easy, have winter skins on it and it should be fine. The car is so well balanced that with an 80-100 pounds over the rear axle you can really see the difference. You guys have limited hills on the island, I lived in Farmingdale for a year, and you'd have slush build up, but again, 8" of snow on that say was nothing as long as I kept moving and that was on uphill slants too. By the car, try it out, and on the few days that you get these massive storms just do public transport, or hitch a ride, but really, in my experience it was alot better than I expected. But rear wheel drive was all I had prior to 1982. And this handled way better than the ones I had in the past. the biggest issue is the width of these tires. They just plow alot of snow in front of them.

Oh, and if you get ice on the wheel shelves it can imbalance the car big time scaring the bejewels out of you because you hit 40mph and you think the wheels are ready to come off and launch you like Chuck Yeager in a full downward spin. Clean the ice or snow pack off, and it just purrs along like it was 95 and sunny.