I live in northern michigan. I came from a subaru wrx with bridgestone blizzak tires. Last winter was my first year with my 07 cr-v which came with some 2014 dated nokian wrg3. I was actually pleasantly surprised how well they did in the winter. So much so that i ended up putting a set on my fiancee's escape towards the end of last winter and i just put a fresh set of them on my cr-v for this coming winter. If you're looking for a tire to run year round that will give you decent-good winter confidence, I would definitely recommend the wrg3.