I can only hope Love being picked up by my friends in their cars and using the excuse "i cant take my Porsche out in this mess!" Buddy in his S4 Avant is on his way here now to scoop me and chill for the day.

 

We had some much snow last winter my car was stuck in my mechanics shop for a month. I didn't mind too much, as it was free heated storage.

I was running M+S tires on my Touareg in snow like that, these vehicles are awesome in this type of weather.

 

that's awesome, keep in manual mode all the time.

 

Tried out Nokian's this year for the first time on the '04 S ... had used Blizzaks previously and loved the traction, but they felt a bit soft in the corners.

I live in the bay area and run up to Tahoe every other weekend. I run the Nokian WR G2 SUV - it is their "All Season" V rated tire (which for a Finnish tire compares straight up to other winter tires. Its got the all-important snowflake/mtn symbol... Their winter tire is studded!) ... seem to run better on the dry than Blizzaks and the Pirellis I used to have on the Cayenne. I have them mounted to a set of 18's - so not crazy wide (255s) and decent side wall for the snow driving.

Really happy with the grip and stability - have had them in moderate deep stuff, but (most typical) lots of plowed/packed on the road snow and ice. Tried some 35mph panic stops and was very impressed -

No matter what type of 4wd system/electronics - ultimately the tires will make the difference. AWD + Summer tires = All Wheel Drift

 

Hahaha awesome!