wolly

Yep. Same exact problem on my IS 250 AWD. Does not appear to be at all out of alignment, but tires are wearing on the inside edge. I have 15K on the car right now and do not expect to get more than another 5k on the currrent tires. 5/6ths of the tires are fine. Looks like crap design to me.

Has absolutely nothing to do with ground clearance...the awd 250 with stock "all weather" tires BLOWS! Can't even get out of my driveway with ANY amount of snow on the ground 1", 2", a coating -- doesn't matter! I can't believe how bad this car is in the snow!

Wolly, Which OEM tires do you have? I have the original all season dunlop tires. Perhaps I will attempt the driveway climb with the traction control turned off. Can someone shoot me the steps to disable the traction control on a 2006 AWD 250? Realizing I can probably do some research and find out myself, I'm sure somebody knows off hand. My guess is that the OEM tires are not really made for snow and are more performance oriented (which makes absolutely no sense given the relatively pedestrian performance of the AWD 250).

I live in the northeast and this week it finally snowed a measurable amount. Normally I would not eagerly anticipate snowfall, especially when combined with driving, however I was anxious to see how my new AWD 250 would perform. Well, the results are in and, counter to some of the other posts I have seen on this site, the results have been HORRIBLE! For example, this evening I was not able to back out of my driveway with an inch of snow on the concrete! Then, to make matters worse, I was able to drive right up the driveway in my girlfriend's Honda Civic! Can someone tell me what the trick is for driving this car effectively in the snow (without saying buy snow tires)? Its almost as if the traction control cuts so much of the car's power as soon as the wheels slip in the least that the car looses all momentum and gets stuck. I've tried all driving modes and none seem to make any difference (performance, normal and snow).