2 wheel drive is fine in the southern states and doesn't get offroad. I honestly wish they would make the dang things illegal in the snowbelt come winter. Also you are not getting far offroad around here in 2 wheel drive. The crack about getting stuck in 2 wheel drive is driver error is crap. I have needed 4 wheel just because I went down a wet grassy hill and go to head back up and nope your going nowhere quick in 2 wheel. Now could I get back up that hill in 2 wheel sometimes yes sometimes no, but when it was yes your tearing up the grass which will tick the farmer/landowner off. 4 wheel drive is like carrying a firearm would rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
When I was in the construction business in Pennsylvania, we owned a couple 2WD dump trucks, water trucks, service vans, box vans, cars, and pickups...which were in the dirt, mud, and snow often...it really is driver error getting a 2WD stuck. Usually when the driver does something stupid is when it gets stuck. Oh, like going down a grassy hill when it is wet...driver should know better.
Hell, I have buried tracked bulldozers, skid steers, forklifts, tractors, ATV's, 4WD trucks...yep...all because I was doing something stupid.
The difference between getting stuck in a 2WD or a 4WD, is usually when you get stuck in 4WD, you tend to be farther away from help...:ylsmoke: