Negative on the snows, my beater cav has 4 studded snows and that thing is unstoppable. Yea I am in Rochester, I drive the BMW when it is reasonable outside and the roads are not slushy. Heated steering wheels are nice and I dont plan on keeping the BMW long so I am just trying to sell it. The tires are great on it, but the M wheels are wide as hell. I drive it long distance since it sucks gas bad in the city.