Is fancy schmancy the technical term?

I'm quite excited to see how my standard pram wheels will fare.

Yes, if 1/4 throttle won't shift it-perhaps 3/4 throttle will!

Well done sir, you've polished the ice beautifully!. Wait for the BMW drivers to start blaming their car for being "too powerful": 'Can't get a grip with 300lb.ft of torque in this little beauty...'

Just an arbitrary example. It's not just rear drive cars. Anything with fat tyres struggles. I live on a hill so I see a lot of cars struggle-for some reasn Audis seem to be particularly prone. I can't see any technical reason-so put it down to driver mentality.

I live on a quite steep avenue and when it snows the snow packs hard and it becomes impassible to anything without 4 wheel drive, ( It is never gritted because people park in the road and a gritter can't get through). That was until recently. The recent incomers have started forming groups to clear the snow from in front of their houses. I've been living in this house for 50 years now and never seen that before. It's quite civilised.

I still wonder how much could be achieved with ordinary tyres. In this neck of the woods it doesn't snow very often -but when there is, I go looking for mischief. Haven't got stuck yet.

BMW 118D, Kleber All Seaon Tyres (with mountain and snowflake). Street is never ploughed or gritted but drove off in 4 " of snow this morning with no wheelspin, round the corner, man in Merc stuck so I had to stop, he waved me passed, pulled away no problem and up the gradient to the main road. Went to the woods this PM with dog, car park was compacted snow, again drove in and out with no problems. There was a Merc 180 parked next to me fitted with Lingalong winter tyres which looked a nice pattern but are they any good?

To be totally honest even on standard run-flats in conditions similar to today the car was never as bad as people make out but it did spin its wheels and I prefer the added security the Klebers give.

With any car but more so with a RWD car you have to be patient when pulling away and accelerating when its bad, too many people in whatever car they have just drive like total numpties and blame the car.

So you've been out for a Sunday drive with your winter tyres ... now let's see how the Monday rush hour goes .... with 3 - 4 inches of impacted and frozen snow (or slush) ... looks like will be a good day to work from home!

Will do thanks, hopefully all other truck drivers will take note, too many lardy people about anyway a diet will do them good, petrol stations should run out by wednesday so the walk to work will help weight loss too.;)

What sort of car have you got, Piston Power? It would be interesting to know whether it's FWD or RWD. It seems (e.g. the 1-series above) that RWD cars equipped with winter tyres do better in snow then many people thought.

How many of you guys carry strips of carpet for insurance ?

My son helped his boss out of a bad spot last year when his BMW was struck in icy conditions. The lady of the house, in front of which he was stuck, came out to watch. She was very critical dismissive and asked whether they knew anything at all about motoring. She wanted them to wait a quarter of an hour for her husband to arrive home with the proper equipment in his car.

I carry carpet strips all year round, because in winter it's the civil thing to help people who are blocking you in, and in summer the carpet is softer to kneel on when I'm rooting around under the dashboard of my neighbour's car finding blown fuses when his daughter has plugged in her defective music player.