Stealth-Ghost

I have had my 350 with the sport suspension since November. I put Bridgestone Blizzaks on Spider wheels all around when I got it and survived the winter just fine. I drove my Durango 2 days all winter. Otherwise, the 350 handled the roads fine. Deep, deep snow would be another issue, but we didn't have any this year. I just put the performance tires back on today. My dealer loaned me a 250 AWD while mine was in. I'm glad I went with the 350. The 250AWD seems heavier (it is) and sluggish (it is). Lacks the fun factor. Do you know how much it costs for the winter tires/wheels? That sounds like a good idea Also how often did you have to change the tires back to preformance? I ask this because I hear if you drive on the winter tires when the roads are clear it's bad for them or something, and you also live in Colorado so you probably face the same conditions I do. Thanks again

First off, thank you VERY much for any information 1. When you "build" an IS on Lexus' site, both the IS250AWD and the IS350 pop up with "Available Packages", yet you can't unselect them (I'm not asking is it possible to unselect them on the site, i'm asking if I can go to the dealer and pick up a IS250AWD or IS350 with some of them taken off for a lot lower price. The lack of ability to take them off on the site just throws into my head maybe I HAVE to have that package, which would put the IS350 out of the question for right now). The IS250AWD's is $2,205.00, and the IS350's is $7,813.00. I don't see any of the options in the selected packages that I really would need, besides the headlights maybe. Audio quality is important to me only up to a certian level, maybe if I could only keep the audio/cd player and drop everything else, that would be nice. I doubt i'll ever use the navigation, or the back up camera, stuff like that. 2. I recently moved to Colorado, and unlike California where I lived my whole life, it snows here. I think we are almost done with the snow season, and I don't think it was THAT bad. I drove to work everyday in it in a jeep wrangler, and rarely put it in 4WD. Question is: do you think it is worth the drop in preformance to get the AWD, as in will the 350 not be able to drive in snow, and the 250AWD will be able to or something. Also I might move back to california either soon, or 2-5 years, i'm really not sure yet, and having a 350 there would be a lot nicer than having a 250AWD, since the weather is more or less perfect. Maybe it is worth not being as stable on the road during heavy snow for a year or two, to have the great preformance when it's sunny and nice out? Also, I remember someone once telling me the AWD systems of today are more for how the car drives under better conditions, and don't help all that much in bad ones, i'm not sure if this right at all, or maybe only pertains to a few awd systems/cars, but just throwing that out there. (Personal experience here would obviously be a plus, maybe if you've driven both the 250AWD and the 350 in snow, or know someone who has) Again, thank you VERY much for any experience or information you can share with me!