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Kal-El · 11-20-2013, 11:44 PM

The large majority of people in the north drive front wheel drive vehicles with no snow tires (just all seasons) all winter. I find it amusing that some people (not referring to here) believe that an AWD/4WD vehicle is required in northern states. I live in MA and there's like 10-15 days a year that you'll be driving in snow. Then when it does snow, it's plowed and salted very quickly.

With that said, I am one of the few who use winter tires. They are more important than having AWD. Yaris feels unstoppable in snow with them. All season tires are fine but winter rubber does add lots of confidence and fun to winter driving. They're worth the price if they save just one fender bender during the life of the tires.

As far as a cross country trip? The Yaris can go cross country 50 times with no repairs. My Yaris has done the equivalency of that (150K).

My road trips include MA > FL > MA and MA > TN > MA. Nothing to it.

11-20-2013, 11:44 PM	#22
Kal-El Drives: 07 Yaris S Sedan 5-Speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,179	The large majority of people in the north drive front wheel drive vehicles with no snow tires (just all seasons) all winter. I find it amusing that some people (not referring to here) believe that an AWD/4WD vehicle is required in northern states. I live in MA and there's like 10-15 days a year that you'll be driving in snow. Then when it does snow, it's plowed and salted very quickly. With that said, I am one of the few who use winter tires. They are more important than having AWD. Yaris feels unstoppable in snow with them. All season tires are fine but winter rubber does add lots of confidence and fun to winter driving. They're worth the price if they save just one fender bender during the life of the tires. As far as a cross country trip? The Yaris can go cross country 50 times with no repairs. My Yaris has done the equivalency of that (150K). My road trips include MA > FL > MA and MA > TN > MA. Nothing to it.