my newly purchased ls400 which my friend was driving got stuck at the foot of a steep hill due to the snow etc. it was there along side a jag, numerous bmws, audi and quite a few fwd jobbies too. my rwd nissan van, which has skinny tyres made the hill with no real probs, 2nd gear all the way. some of the other cars were dragged up the hill by a couple of fairly new nissan 4x4s, with no problems at all. i have to say the most stranded cars we saw were bmws.