jhd-m53x wrote:The OEM all season tires don't do snow well at all. Gotta put dedicated snow tires on for snow. First time in snow with my '07 M35X I had the same reaction. I foolishly expected more. I put a set of Blizzaks on 17" rims, as I've done with all my other cars, and it now cuts through like a hot knife through butter.
I had an Outback with snows and the M35X absolutely beats it in the snow. Even my wife's '05 Avalon with Blizzaks is better than the Outback was in snow. Only thing they could have done to make the M35X a perfect car would have been a 6 speed transmission.
The Goodyear RSA OEM's are a terrible mistake Infiniti made, but apparently are not going to admit it. Whereas money is usually the bottom line, they must have gotten a wonderful deal from Goodyear; as we got a really rotten deal.
I love my mother country, fought for her w/my life on the line in Vietnam-but yet I can understand fully why I've strayed from buying her auto's and tires. Is it any wonder they need such bailouts?