03 4.4, live in the "snow belt" of Oregon. I have driven my X my 540 my 1 ton dodge and my m3 all around in the snow with my normal tires and have not had a problem at all. The X5 is the daily and most of the roads have been snowed over or been sheets of ice for the last 2 weeks. Even if I am "playing" around with the gas the ass end has never came around on me. I agree that tires can be a factor in driving in the snow, but the driver is a big factor as well.

As far as requiring people to install snow tires, that ridiculous. Here most everybody is scared of the winter weather so they get the studded tires put on, have you seen the damage they do to the roads? That should be illegal and the tires should be outlawed. I once read an article that stated that in Oregon the budget for repairing the roads was $25 million a year however drivers with studs on their tires cause almost 100 million in damage a year. That's the truly ridiculous part.