Posted Previously. Do it and don't look back!
I used my 1981 4/4 with 1600 crossflow in the rain / snow / ice of Washington State (USA) as my only car for three years. The car was new then, and I was single. I had the top up, and the side curtains on quite a lot during the rain which in Washington State is nearly all the time. I traveled across the US and back twice with the car, and did everything I had to do (commuting, shopping, dating, vacations, etc.) with the MOG during that time. Never let me down.
It was easier, in those days however, to get in and out of the thing. Now it takes me a little longer . . . FYI my first set of kingpins lasted some 50K miles.
