I daily drive my '03 AP1 year-round. I used to drive up to Whistler through snow storms all the time to go snowboarding and never once had any issues.
I'm working in Waterloo, Ontario right now and regularly drive back and forth to Toronto. It snows here pretty much every day and I've seen some pretty epic snowfall - just last week there was a blizzard warning and all the schools shut down. Got an email from my boss not to come in to work and everything.
...so I went to work anyway
. There is no stopping this beast, you just need good snow tires. My Blizzak WS-70's have been great to me. The only time you're in trouble is when the snow piles up significantly higher than the front bumper and you've run out of forward momentum. But even then I used to carry chains (still do actually, even though they're illegal out here) and they were good for peace of mind.