HA!! Back from my trip across Canada and got the winter tires on already. It was a fun trip - though my car has a blemish I'd rather forget... I backed into someone at a gas station and scraped up the rear right side of the bumper. Seriously though - it was great. No problems with the car at all (other than my own stupidity backing up). The fuel economy at trip end (roughly 14,500 kms round trip plus side excursions) was 6.0. Not bad for speed limit ++ and AC on for over half the trip.
I'll post pics as soon as I have them all on the PC.