we have few days of snow per year and fair amount of rain; so I would not say that this is critical but there is no point in killing myself :)
in any case lexus will be avaliable from june (just in time to replace my aging P406)
p.s. while I would not rate myself as sports driver, it would be also wrong to say that with 30+k km per year in last 15 years I am a rookie; probably fwd needs some adjusting in driving behaviour
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Don't worry, the Lexus IS200 was the first RWD car I drove myself after a lifetime of weak FWD fiat's with half the power. The TRC holds back alot of the power, just be a little careful when it snows but it's still easy to correct :)