I guess I was asking a question that I had already found an answer to, hoping that someone had previously found an alternative option/source.
At $95 a piece in 255/35/18 this would be a decent, affordable option, assuming that I drove the car less on cold days:
http://www.onlinetires.com/products/...5+90w+bsw.html
I was hoping to find similar without cold limits.