i love my MTR's. traction is great over all surfaces i've encountered so far. the crossing to my left here is where we broke a range rover. it blew its transfer case and could not be driven at all. i had to tow him out about 1/2 miles back out to the street by the hampton inn. we were there on sunday. one of the bikers there said that he saw about 7 xterras and one frontier there the day before.