Fancied a change from the impreza as I'd had it for over 7 years, never had issues in the snow whilst i had it, and it was running a fair bit more power than standard. maybe didnt have that much to require winter tyres as ive never had them either, im fully expecting to have less grip in the lexus as whilst i agree awd is not the be all and end all where driving conditions are less than ideal, but having torque distributed to all wheels does give you a fighting chance of getting somewhere over a car with the power going to just two wheels, moderating your driving to match the conditions goes a long way to help too. Anyway ill find out in the morning as its coming down quite well now and expecting heavy fall overnight