And I can't add anything to the whole snow/ice driving discussion, having never done it. Basically, I'm sure the first moment I came across ice on the road, I'd plough straight into the nearest Something Solid with pretty much no idea how to avert the situation. Remind me not to hire a car should I find myself overseas at during winter :)
The first car I bought didn't have air-conditioning. When summer rolled around, I swore all my future cars would have it. Yow. True, opening the windows is all well and good when yer moving, but when stuck in mid-afternoon peak hour traffic and it 35 degress C outisde, you bake, plain and simple.
I still can't drive a manual transmission - I was taught to drive an auto as we didn't have a manual car in the family, and have stuck with buying dodgem-cars ever since. Or the lame-o way of justifying it is - I only have two feet, why would I want three pedals? :)