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Hearing the many and varied (and sometimes contradictory) opinions on this forum is like listening the the voices in my head. I will look at some reviews on TireRack, but will likely be getting some winter tires (looking into Toyo, Michelin X-Ice...) Any other particular brand recs? EDIT...

That's some good info. Their conclusion is what I would expect. Softer rubber makes for issues in warmer temps. I guess I just have to talk to some tire people and see what the best winter tire options there are for these circumstances.

An honest tire shop rep? How do I find one of those?

Now, I'm planning on driving from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, where I'll be tooling about for a week. Am I at risk of burning thru the winter tires during that week of heavy driving, since it's gonna average 50-60ºF?

Our winters vary widely, so I think the potential floaty feeling would just be something we'd live with. It's starting to sound like winter-specific tires would be a benefit over all-seasons. Any other opinions?

We could get another set of All-Weathers (that was our original plan), but, since we do get a fair bit of winter driving (in town with the ice storms, and up to Mt. Hood as often as possible), I wanted to get more opinions about winter-dedicated tires (not to mention that we were considering...

The question is: Should I get winter tires for my 2016 MX 90D? Not studded, just (softer rubber) winter tires. Last winter, it drove great, but now the original factory tires are wearing down (I've heard this is not uncommon) and we have a number of mountainous snow drives and road trips to do...