yea tires are the most important. I was in canada for a year with my mom's lr discovery II. With all the technology that goes into them they're just a 7000lb brick with the wrong tires. I didnt anticipate takin her car up there with me, so earlier that summer i put on street tires. ...long story short, I learned how to drift with a landrover. A few times in the snow i'd have to pull up on the ebrake to get around a corner. the year before I had my old trans am, which actually did better and having 380hp. I had dunlop sp's on there and itw as awsome. did better than the lr in most cases, although i was more daring with the rover. The vx has some continental contitracs on it. they look like an aggressive tread, did me fine in sedona on broken arrow.