No, I repeat, NO all season tire is enough for winter driving.  Get
dedicated winter tires.

Those are OK.  Try BF Goodrich traction t/a radials.  THey're cheaper
and are excellent.

FWD cars are very good on snow.  You won't need snow tires.  I never
did and drove on alot of snow in my day.  I remember driving on about 2
inches of snow on a 2 lane highway at about 40 mph whilst the RWD cars
were going 20 and slipping.  FWD is the way to go!

 If you live in an area that gets an annual dose of Real Winter, you
really should get a second set of rims, and a set of real Snow Tires.
"All Season" tires do everything adequately (wet traction, dry
traction, snow, mud, cornering, tread wear, heat resistance) but they
do none of them really well.

 You can save a whole lot of money by getting a set of generic steel
wheels, but you need to get a second set.  You can spend $60 to 300
each for some fancy alloy rims, where Tirerack.com has a generic black
steel 14" rim for $34 each.  At that price, it's not a heartbreaker if
you still manage to get sideways on a patch of ice, slide into a curb
& bend the rim.  $34 is 'disposable'.

 Spend the money on good grippy snow tires - if you don't leave them
on too long after the snow melts, you can get two to four winters
worth of wear out of them.

 Dismounting and remounting regular and snow tires on the one set of
wheels every year is hard on the tires (the bead areas can rip from
the mounting machine arm) and the rims (the seating flanges get all
torn up, and the bolt holes.)  And the wheel finish gets destroyed
from constantly clipping new balancing weights on.

  And if you have to have someone else swap the tires for you, you
inevitably either wait too long to put the snows on in the fall and
get in a wreck, or you wait too long before switching back in the
spring and wear out the snow tires way too fast - the soft sticky
rubber wears away fast on dry roads.

 Then there's that day-long wait at the tire dealer right after the
first storm, and the labor charge for each change-over - or if they do
the change "for free" they charge for the balancing, or the "things
that they find wrong while they're in there..."  TANSTAAFL, they need
to make their money somewhere, and the workers need to be paid at the
end of the day.

 And with a second set of wheels & tires all ready to go, if you get
a freak early or late snowstorm, you can swap the snow tires on and
off your car multiple times a year all by yourself with no problem and
no waiting.  Buy a floor jack and you can swap them in under an hour
without breaking a sweat.

 Under 10 minutes with the whole family helping and pit-crew style
practice drills, under 5 with a floor lift and multiple impact
wrenches, then you get into the zone with the Indy-car jacks built
into the car, special captive lug-nuts and "speed wrenches"...  What's
the limit now, 5 men over the wall?  ;-P

(Gotta go get me a Nomex jumpsuit with a bunch of sponsor's names...)

     --<< Bruce >>--

If you're looking at a lot of snow and ice, Bridgstone Blizzaks.

Or, to save a few bucks, get the Mastercraft rip-off, the Glacier-Grip.
Buy them NOW, they sell out FAST!