I sold the grabbers to a soccer mom the same day I picked up the X. Seriously, if you use your X for work and you have to drive in that kind of slop, get a better set of tires. It beats "waiting till they wear out" to justify the purchase. What if you'd slid back into 101 and gotten creamed by oncoming traffic? Would that have justified new tires?

Good tires are absolutely the first mod you should make on any "specialty" vehicle whether its a sports car, a 4wd, or whatever. The only vehicle I ever bought new that had a righteous set of rubber on it was my Polaris ATV...