Yeah, this. Besides vehicles my parents had, I drove mostly two door or four door passenger vehicles and would get an extra set and swap them myself 2x a year. Now we have a truck and a minivan, and I do the same on these. The upfront cost is a bit more, but worth it and I can do it at the house w/o having to wait/schedule anything...

When driving the truck though I always remember it has much more weight than passenger vehicles and drive accordingly (slower), even though it has snow tires. Unless we get snow like a foot or higher that hasn't been plowed yet, the truck's clearance and 4WD is not really going to make much of a difference over the minivan, since they both have snow tires...

It's weird how many adults I talk to still assume we are going to drive the truck just because there is like half an inch on the ground, though. SMH. Except for certain tasks, I prefer the minivan - it fits extra people in it beyond our family if I need to haul them. It definitely has a much punchier feel - the acceleration is much better, it's much easier to park, gets great mileage, has awesome turning radius, less road noise, less bouncing as you go down the highway, don't have to be on the kids about whipping open the back doors into other parked cars, etc. And I haven't looked at the stats, but it probably is much safer in every measure, too. Lower rollover risk, doesn't have truck brakes, and better crumple zones.

Again, it's not even remotely cool. No one is going to accuse me of being a hipster when I'm driving that around. The truck is much cooler in my opinion and newer, LOL. Better sound system. But again, I am married and I'm a parent, so....I'm not trying to impress anyone.