oy.. thanks all =)

To answer most questions, we tend to get a lot of snow up here.. around 6-10 whomping storms a year.. although the past few years have been less.. it often gets too cold to snow.. yeah.. sucks to be me.

I'm not sure how much exactly, but by February the snowbanks are taller than i am. At least after the plow's been by a few times.

I currently have Nokian all-seasons.. brand new as of April.. and they seem to be a decent tire.

I was thinking of new tires + rims, but i guess if i went the BFG route, i could use them year round and sell the Nokian.. tough one there. Maybe i'll see how these perform in the snow and go from there. I had snow tires for my previous car and it became real obvious real fast that they were a must up here. I just wasn't sure that was necessarily true for the X with the real 4x4.

thanks for your input.