My half hour drive from work was over an hour yesterday. Mostly cause of the other cars that couldn't make it up the hills. Once you stopped, it was tough to get moving again. Didn't matter much what you were drive at that point. Ended up back roading a lot of it. Mazda does good with full time AWD. Could be better with some actual winter tires. Came wit Turanza 'all season'. Lot of people change them out, I'm in year 3 with them. Probably tire shopping before next winter. I don't want to swap tires for winter every year. , So not looking for anything too clunky.