If you watched the weather last winter, you saw how Atlanta drivers dealt with the one weekday snowstorm. We had two 'events' last winter, the most in several years. I do drive north occasionally, and when the weather cools the DWS are fine down here, dry, wet, or snow. With swapping out the wheels, I don't anticipate buying new tires for many years ........ I'm probably the only driver south of the VA-NC border [if not the Mason-Dixon line] doing the winter tire swap!