Had experience on snow tires in Vancouver when there was heavy snow, and no snow plow trucks. Snow tires does not work well. Waste of money for sure. I had two SUV both only front wheel drive. Both brand new rental cars with less than 5000kms, both with very recent tires. The one with snow tires does not perform any better than the one with four-season tires. However, four wheel drive does work exceptionally. Adds a lot of traction when going up and down hills. Even with snow tires, front wheel drive car can not drive up the mountain road in Vancouver.