I live in what's reffered to as "The Snow Belt" here in central Ontario, about an hour or so north of Tor...Ter...Tar...the north shore of Lake Ontario. Owned everything from Caddys, to Vets, to pick-ups and the odd foreign thing or two, and never owned or bought snow tires in my life. The wife's car, a 04 Ford Taurus(I have a Ford Ranger 4X4 with mudders) had 4 Michelin performance tires and they did the job rather well. She got stuck in our own driveway just before Christmas this year, so I thought the time has come to get her some winter tires. $300 and change later, for two front tires, I couldn't believe the difference they made. So after 35+ years of driving in the worst shit you've ever seen, I'll never own another car, that I don't put snow tires on it in the winter time. When Quebec made it law to have snow tires, I thought "what a bunch of &%**&^%"! Good move and I wish they'd do it here in Ontario!!!!!