Oh my God!!!
Within 10 seconds I could tell they were worth the money.
The confidence you get is just unbelievable.
I've never felt so comfortable driving in the snow. The car just feels really stable.
Accelerating away is so easy. Obviously there's a bit of slip but then it's away.
The really impressive bit though is the braking and that's obviously the bit where safety comes in the most.
I was able to drive at pretty much my normal speeds everywhere and felt totally at ease.
The biggest problem I can see is possible over confidence but I think I'm sensible enough to give that a swerve.
Snow cleared pretty quick then !
TBF, I definitely know the most about snow on here.
The alpine village my wife is from is Leutasch.
Amaze to see the roads are just packed snow with a bit of 'rollsplit' rolled in. Winter tyres and off they go - pretty smart things. I should probably get them as had the same problems over the last 2 years, totally unsafe and uncontrollable car which I also had to ditch a few times - don't fancy £1300 for run flats though.
I didn't have to ditch mine last year but I came very very close. It took about 5 attempts to get out of a junction which was a slight incline. Luckily I had a shovel in the car or I'd have had no chance.
I also got in to a situation where I braked and the car just slid down a hill towards a bus. Luckily there was a grass verge that I knew was hiding under the snow so I headed for that and managed to find some grip.
You can get them quite a bit cheaper than £1300 but not for run flats. Only thing is you need to tell your insurance company if you fit normals and your car has run flats fitted as standard. Also you'd need to buy a spare wheel.
I know £1300 seems a lot but there's also the benefit that while you're using your winter tyres your summer ones are sat in the garage not wearing out. It's not like you're wearing out 2 sets of tyres at the same time, you're just running 2 sets which will obviously last twice as long between them.
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