Are snow tires actually needed? When I first moved here, I went to a tire shop and asked for snow tires. The sales man convinced me that since I had awd, using an all weather tire which was 3 peak rated should be fine. So I ended up going with a tire like that which I keep on year round.

Mind you, 95% of my driving is mostly local or next town over. Don't typically commute long distances often. Also, my older neighbors still switch their tires every year, so was curious what other people thought.