Yeah 81 can be prety bad, I usually go down to Long island and Queens New york about 4 or 5 times a year to visit family and I81, I380 and I80 around the Scranton / Pocono mountain / Delaware water gap area can get prety ugly especialy with drifting snow and high winds. In the summer I can get from Toronto to New York city in 7 hours. Last winter I hit the worst snow storm and it took me 6 hours only to get from Birmingham N.Y. to Paterson N.J. thank God I was driving a 2006 GMC Yukon! No matter what I still love driving that route for some reason, I have done it so many times I can almost do it with my eyes closed lol. Take care.