As a fellow native of South Carolina I can tell you have not driven in the frgid north much.
My driveway sometimes has over 12" of snow and ice on it and is at a 45 degree angle with no approach for a running start, just a 90 degree turn off a dirt road.
And the dirt road in the spring, which is referred to as MUD week when the frost comes out of the ground, has mud that is over a foot deep.
My 4X4 Jeep makes it in a breeze. My wife's AWD Subaru has to wait for the plow on our driveway and bottoms out on the road in MUD week.
Having grown up in red clay I can truthfully say, "It don't come close."