Well you heard the old attage; "be careful what you wish for, you may get it."
It snowed last night and into the morning here. About 13 in. of SNOW! This is very early for us. Power has just been restored. Been off 14 hours. It was a heavy, sticky snow. My snowblower won't move it. Keeps clogging up the auger.
Anyway, I took the Pilot out this morning and our road, even now, hasn't been plowed. I was totally impressed. Didn't even make an effort. Just went through as if it was a rainy day. The cross Terrains did the job without fail. I was concerned that with so much snow, the Pilot would bog down. No way. The VTM-4 did it's job as smooth and effortless. You couldn't feel any engagement. It did the job with ease. There was no feeling of instability. I'm so pleased with this vehicle and the Cross Terrains.
I can't say how well the Goodyears would do in the indentical situation as they didn't see any snow. I can tell you that there is a dramatic improvement in handling and smoothness. Still don't know how the CTs will behave on ice but I'm sure they will be predictable. Personnally, I've run Michelins on all my vehicles and I'm glad I changed to the CTs.