In 4WD, my TJ is very good on snow and ice. It's as if the tires had spikes.
Despite what people might say, I even find that braking works much better.
Unfortunately, the 4WD system is part-time so you need to be constantly
engaging/disengaging it as road conditions change.

As others have mentioned, in 2WD the TJ can indeed be squirrelly. However if
you have a limited slip rear differential (which I strongly recommend) and
you start slipping, all you need to do is let go of the gas and the TJ tends
to quickly regains its composure.

"Ron" <ronorkis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I need a 4 wheel drive for the winter time, and have been looking on
> the web at some Wranglers. I do not want to spend a lot of money,
> maybe $5000 or so, so I am looking into an older Wrangler obviously.
> Can anybody steer me wrong, or does anyone know of any problem years
> the Wranger had, and some i should probably stay away from. I want a
> 6 cylinder.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron