oh the General Artic maxes er what ever... (studded) are AMAZING on dirt. not that its why you are buying them.. but holy cow they probably rival the grip of most rally tires. course they would pop or get cut on the harsher roads but maybe i should get a set of them for rally Idaho ..
boot yarr, studded tires for winter are AMAZING. cody i think you're way better off with studded tires for your car, esp since you trade cars on bad days with your GF. you can feel their lack of dry grip a bit , hard hard corners or heavy braking but if you are driving in a safe responsible manor they are just fine.
Its like you are trading 15% of your dry grip for a 50% boost on icey / packed snow conditions. They don't help any over a non studded in deep slush though. all you can do in deep slush is just slow the F down, and then slow down some more.
unless you like having body work done to your car. hahaha