spirogyro, are you kidding? I tried to get my car out of a perfectly flat parking lot this morning (parked it there after I slid into a mailbox last night, no damage though ) with about 2 inches of snow and it took me 10 minutes to get to the cleared pavement about 15 feet away. Are you driving a sedan w/ AWD? There is no way in hell that car would have moved a foot in 7 inches of snow. I have an 05 6Mt w/ the potenzas and the car didnt even slow down with the breaks on for 4-5 seconds.