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Summer < summer + awd < good all season < good all season + awd < winter < winter + awd

Is my opinion from living in Michigan i.e. AWD is always a step up but rarely better than having the right tires. It depends a bit on the conditions too - are you looking out the window and wondering if your car will get stuck/make it up an incline or are you looking out the window wondering if your car is going to slide into a into a ditch/the car in front of you or is it an equal mix? AWD adds the most value when there was a heavy snow, unplowed roads, and relatively low traffic since. In any other case it’s really not all that helpful, except maybe a slippery uphill intersection but even then good tires help there and the inverse situation whereas AWD only helps in the one direction.