Roch, I have been thru two Winters in Michigan with the stock eco-plus tires on my FWD '05 FEH and have had NO trouble navigating. Nearly 100% of my driving is on local roads and my return trip from work is at midnight when the roads have not yet been plowed or salted. The hit on FE is from 37mpg Summer down to 33mpg winter and a large part of that may be due to the Winter formulation that the oil companies use.