Quote Originally Posted by artifactos View Post
And I live in Ohio, so snow with good tires (it's still front wheel drive!) is a non-issue as long as you know how to drive in it.
Holy moly were we surprised at how bad the stock tires were in snow when we hit our first Winter with our 3. The day that I was unable to move (even starting in 3rd gear) in 2 parking lots with just a couple inches of snow my hubby got on TireRack.com and ordered a set of Blizzak snow tires. Man, what a HUGE difference. We frequently will get storms that dump a foot/day (our average snowfall/season is generally in the 8 foot range...thank you, Lake MI...NOT!), so true Winter tires are priceless. I rarely can even get the ABS to kick-in with those babies. Now the only problem we run into is bottoming-out. There have been more than a few occasions when the front grille is literally plowing through the snow. It's kind of fun, though.