5,000 miles into my first subaru combined with one of the worst winters Iowa has ever seen has me nervous about buying any car other than a Subaru. I still have the stock Geolanders on and they work like a charm. Although I do plan on buying a set of snow wheels/tires in the future. We're supposed to get up to NINE more inches of snow today and I'm looking forward to it. Nothing better than a storm on the weekend!! On workdays when I wake up to go to work and the roads haven't been plowed, its great!! The interstate just becomes a rally track, the forester goes right through it!! The drive to work becomes the best part of my day. When I actually get to work and climb behind the wheel of a Semi with a 53' trailer...not so much. So far every storm that comes through makes me feel even better about buying the forester.