Yaris Traction?

[Astroman]

I'm pretty sure the LSD only works with the manual trans and not the automatic. Now that's out of the way I'm joining with the bandwagon on the tires. I ran my OEM goodyears for 4 winter seasons, and probably 2 seasons non-winter. I had mine sipped the first winter and I had pretty good traction. Because the tires were to worn to be effective for this winter I bought a set of pretty much new studded tires. With the studs and softer compound of the rubber the ONLY time I spin out now is because of a heavy foot.

Which OEM tires did you get? Both my Yarii came with goodyears. The base model '09 we had VERY briefly came with the 14" potenzas and those sucked even on dry pavement.