Thanks for this thorough review and suggestions. I'm a winter tire tire proponent and fully agree with your listing. I only ended up going with the Dunlop Winter Maxx SJ8s because they were on closeout and I got them for $130/ea. It's only been a few days since mounting them, but so far I've experienced slush, wet roads, dry roads, ice, hard packed snow, and <2" deep snow. These keep me sure-footed and are performing wonderfully. Cornering is great too; no over/under-steer whatsoever. I've only yet to tackle deep snow. Here in SE Michigan, that is a rarity, so I might not get to test out that factor.