well as far as snow goes were getting dumped on in madison wi 16inches lastnight and expected 18 today gotta love it. ill post some pictures later seeing as i have no way to get to work haha. i would say that you cant go wrong with firestone winterforces had a lot of luck with these on a beater and bridgestone blizzak work great too, dunlop winter sport 3d i hear are ok and cheaper then the blizzak.