I have wear bar showing on my OEM mud and snow Contls and was unfortunate enough to drive 18 miles in a New England Ice Storm. Not fun, (I'm replacing the OEM's with Pirelli P6 All Seasons as soon as they arrive). It took 4 hours,

My experience today was not bad as far as car performance. Without any sudden movements and keeping a steady pace I had little to complain about. some fishtailing on stop and goes. )As I said the tires were 25K miles old and bar showing).

Problem areas was when traffic stopped on hill and the freezing rain started. I slid into the plowed snow and took a while to get out. I found that by turning off the traction control it was eazier to free the car than with it on. Living at the top of a hill with about a 15-20 degree slope was where it finally said NO GO. Especially on the corner where the plowed snow met unplowed side road. Tail did have a definite slide to right making it hard to stay off lawns. On the whole the X fire did not do much worse than the other passenger cars.

My biggest complaint is not handling BUT the wiper blades ice up VERY fast and are nearly useless, Also the ice on them makes a sound as though the windsheild is being hammerred, Anyone have any ideas on how to correct this?

I expect better performance after I recieve and mount the new tires. One thing give yourself extra following distance as even when the tires had good tread last winter the wide tires don't brake well in slush and frezzing rain.

The Crossfire beat the booger out of my '88 Corvette that I also had a sneak April slush storm experience in. THAT was the ride from Hell.