[mjf]

My other car really is a snow car, or at least that's why I bought it. I used to live on the east coast near Boston. We got serious snow fall there so my AWD Audi Quattro made sense. Out here in Seattle area the weather is so moderate I feel comfortable driving the Elise year round with only minor exceptions when it gets too cold.

And as has been said before, the real limiting factor is not the car, so much as the tires. Well that and the other drivers, people out here have no concept of how to drive in snow (a side effect of having so little of it).

Come to think of it, I need to make a new tire decision soon. My A048's are getting worn. I'm considering new tires, either Yoko Advan S4 (all season ultra high performance), another set of A048s or Toyo R888 or R1. I might just grab a pair of rear A048s and put a full set decision off for a bit.