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GM can't win either way. If they put on all seasons, warm climate people and everyone else in the summertime would be complaining that it doesn't perform like a sports car, magazines would laugh at the skidpad numbers and say that they could get better 1/4 mile times if GM would have made the car with better tires.

Now we have all these people complaining that their 426 horsepower RWD car doesn't handle well in snow.

And saying that winter tires are expensive is a terrible excuse. That's like complaining about needing to put premium fuel in. Winter tires are an associated cost of driving a decidedly not all-season car through all the seasons.

If you really want all season tires instead of summer tires, most tire shops will give you credit if you trade in tires. When I got new summer rims for my G5 daily driver, I got winter tires put on the stock rims. The original tires had about 95% tread and I only ended up paying about $100 difference to get winters. That is always an option you guys can investigate.

If you can't afford the proper equiptment to safely operate a car, you can't afford the car. Replacement summer tires aren't cheap, either, as some of our more 'aggressive' members are discovering. I am not trying to sound like a dick, but if I do, my apologies.

Pay to play or park it.