I grew up in upstate NY, and have lived in Michigan and Massachusetts - I know winters. I now live in the mountains of SoCal at 6000 ft. - we get quite a bit of snow in the winter, thus the 4S - but it"s an hour drive to no snow. Best of both worlds, IMO.

 

I have Pagid Yellows on my car, it does sound ridiculously loud on the street! So I swap them for track events, and use the OEMs for the street. You do it faster each time

Hope this helps...