| I agree with Riv on this one. Do yourself a favor and get a second set of rims with snow tires mounted. Check out sites like Tirerack.com or discounttiredirect.com, they sell low cost rims for most cars. Their prices berat all local sources. Both my wife and I drive AWD Subarus and we both run snow tires in winter and summer only tires in the other seasons. The extra traction is really needed when driving in storms on the way to skkiing. Either Car and Driver or Road & Track ran a story a while back that showed tires are much more important than AWD. They tested cars that were available in both 2WD and AWD formats and in every instance the 2WD cars with snow tires mounted outperformed the AWD with all season tires in snow or ice covered roads. Even rear wheel drive cars with snow tires beat the AWD with all season tires! |