Tell me about it!
Whenever it snowed here, I begged the PM to let me use my car, because I KNEW it would go.
(Had a better heater, and XM radio to boot!) 
It was mighty unpleasant this past winter in Mass., that's for sure.
Surprisingly, I only needed to be towed just once. I got caught on an untreated incline and started sliding backwards. I kept the vehicle moving forward to stop the slide, the damn thing would stall (As LLVs do..) , and I'd slide back several more inches. That continued until the back of the truck ended up in a snowbank, then I was dead in the water.