For all season tires these things are amazing! I've been plowing through snow like crazy for the past few weeks, and we did have a break and the pavement actually showed through and dried out for a few days. Their performance on dry cold pavement was nearly equal to the Dunlop M3 Wintersports that I had on. Their snow performance is also nearly equal. Today we drove into Ann Arbor, the road commission plowed this morning before the snow really fell and now is piled high on the road, you know that nasty mush that it turns into when the only action on it is other cars. I have had no problems negotiating turns, start-ups on inclines or stopping, (I have had the abs kick in a few times) and have yet to be surprised. So far I've got about 3500 miles on them.