Ann Arbor has entered the chat. The road to the school my son us currently attending first achieved a failed rating in 2018. It’s not going to be paved again until the water main under it is replaced, but the water project keeps getting pushed off to the future. This road put the final nail in the Stupid Prius’ suspension coffin. A 13 year old car should not have a failed suspension system, but driving it almost exclusively in Ann Arbor caused this to happen.
Snow. That’s why SUVs are so friggin’ popular in the snowbelt states. I’ve finally had enough of driving in snow in a regular front wheel drive. Sure, I could replace the Stupid Prius with a new Stupid Prius with AWD, but the Mitsubishi I pre-ordered gets better combined mileage and my daily drives will all be on the batteries. Yes, it’s an SUV, and bigger than I need. Hopefully it takes more than 13 years to drive it into the ground. 
