Our new sedan will be here in two days. AWD is a must here in Nebraska. We are about 30 minutes south of Omaha at Beaver Lake.
When test driving my wife really pushed the x to the max and it did feel like the tires could be better.
In my opnion all season tires "which it has" do everything good but not great. Would it improve the handling to purchase some really good summer tires and switch to snow tires for the winter here. Good Rubber sure makes a difference.
Thanks everyone.

 

Yup. Dedicated tires are best. Although with my previous G35x, I didn't get dedicated winter tires - just cuz the tire sizes of the G are odd and only a few makes would fit = very expensive. Since I leased the vehicle, I didn't want to spend a few thousand dollars on tires and return the vehicle at the end ... so I just drove extra carefully in the winter and the VDC saved me on occasions which I don't believe winter tires would have helped.

 

Best thing to do is have two sets, spring-fall and a dedicated winter set. This way you're maximizing the tires ability for each season.

 

Use the stock rims with winter tires, and get a nice set of aftermarket wheels for spring/summer...