Wow, I never intended to start such a huge debate. Since I already had the RWD car, I was looking for support that spending $1,000 on snow tires (with wheels) would get me through the few winter days as opposed to having to trade in the car (and take a beating on it). The tires are in, I will let you know how they work during the next snow storm. Of course now that I bought them, we probably won't have another snow storm here for a couple years.