craptastic tires can be the death of any wheeler, especially in snow. doesn't matter what you have, if oyu have crappy tires, chances are you could have a jeep built to the hilt n not do any good. tires are everything. (driver skill helps too)
when they laugh and cap on your pathy, just smile.... cuz i bet you paid HALF for your pathy what they paid for their rigs, rest assured the pathy will last WAY longer than anything they drive, and not everyone has one
and i haven't found anyone dumb enuff to tell me my pathy's suck....... they'd die, plain n simple.