[SoCal LS-L]

Excellent, thank you very much for the info guys, it will be indispensable while im trolling thru the snow covered junk yard for something.

I actually hit a ford taurus on the side 2 days ago in the morning, pretty hard too, at a 45 degree angle on my left side. The guy kept going, he apparently didnt feel it somehow or didnt want the cops attention or have insurance or whatever. Fearing the worst, I pulled into 7-11 and checked over my front left side for the substantial damage I MUST have incurred, but to my amazement there was a small scuff of his paint and the bumper was pushed in ever so slightly as to be unnoticeable!!

Lucky break, but its time for snow tires, especially as my commute to work takes me over 9000 foot high Mount Rose and 30 miles of windy snow-covered mountain 2-lane.