[lakersfan1]

Well, since comfort and noise aren't on the list, I'd just get a good set of mud and snow tires to best handle the adverse weather conditions. My wife wouldn't appreciate the subtle difference between a $900 set of HydroEdge vs. a set of $300 end Mud&Snow tires, and I'm sure yours wouldn't either. A decent set of Mud&Snow rated tires will be every bit as good and safe as those more expensive "high end" bull-crap (I'd never put them on my own vehicles) tires from Michelin and Goodyear, but with a little more noise and not as attractive of a tread.