Absolutely!

My old XR4x4 was a legend in the snow. It'd plough through stuff like it wasn't there and gave me plenty of time to laugh at X5 drivers getting in bother.

The first time I took the WRX out in the snow, I had it in my head that it's 4x4 system would make it as competent as the Sierra (perhaps better, as the sierra 4x4 system is heavily rear bias). I was wrong..... It tried to kill me on several occasions. Even pulling off in 2nd, the slightest bit of spin turned in to the car lurching off in whatever direction it had grip.

The real difference? Sierra was on family saloon style NCT5s with plenty of blocks in the tread and the Impreza came with Toyo T1Rs.

I didn't have the choice of hiding up in the garage as I need to get to work 25 miles away and some of the journey involves uncleared single track B road, so I Picked myself up some 2nd hand 17s from eBay and popped some winter tyres on them with the hope that even the slightest difference would prevent me from landing in a ditch.

Chalk and Cheese. With winter tyres on, you can actually put power down in snow and continue to travel forwards!

This year, I fitted them them on in late November and promptly scrubbed them to death when the weather decided we should all be in T-Shirts! If we get proper snow drifts, I'm going to fetch out my £700 Jeep Cherokee

The Impreza on winter tyres is actually much better than the Jeep in the snow (it does have M+S rated tyres, but that's only a side effect of having large amounts of void, they're not a winter compound) which is probably down to the fact the Jeep is a late and lacking the rear LSD. I just plan to use it because OTHER drivers don't have winter tyres and I know which car I'd prefer them to be sliding in to!

 

beat me to it lol

 

Has anyone tried snow socks on their scooby yet, obviously you'll need a set of 4 but they normaly sold in pairs?

 

Just a sprinkling in my home town, but a little more higher up

 

Have to love weather.com 's hour by hour chart. 2½ hours to go!

http://uk.weather.com/weather/hourByHour-Seaham-SR7

 

70mph in bad weather .Nuff said

 

Cat cam on the Cat and Fiddle nr Buxton, Derbyshire.

White over!

http://www.maccinfo.com/cat/

 

No snow in Birmingham....yet.

 

Just started here in Carlisle Nice big flakes that are sticking to the ground

Shaun

 

FFS it now says it's 80% rain not snow in Southampton. That will be fun if it freezes.

http://www.southamptonweather.co.uk/

 

Really coming down here time to fire up the motor soon

 

Just started in Burton. Getting thicker by the minute

 

snow now replaced by rain here near Carlisle

Shaun

 

Not a lot here - turning to rain later apparently

 

Quite a bit here now, must be 3 inches, its drifting in places but nothing for those nice winter tyres I have on the car I just have to ensure I take a fair bit longer going out tonight as im off to watch a gig.

Tony

 

I've got **** all here and I'm only 5 miles from you!

 

mines staying in garage ! mind you its been in there in bits for 5 mths!!
snow is here in huddersfield!
chris

 

plenty of snow up here..was gonna go out and see what its like, as its first bad snow since buying car..we did have snow weeks ago and she did well, but its alot deeper now

 

Bought winter tyres this year and seen NO SNOW AT ALL, most annoying.

Dipster

 

We've got freezing rain surfaced all over the roads here in the north east, but no snow on the ground. Disappointing.

 

suBruce first person I know of to ding the motor today only lives down the road lost on bend hit kerb 1 broken alloy, and thats in a Sport can only imagine the result if he was in a turbo. It has been fun though opposite lock everywhere you go

 

A good couple of inches here at Silverstone and still falling

Mick

 

Just had a run out around Farnham and the back roads, plenty of snow covered roads to play on and the first chance I've had to try out the winter tyres.

The difference is night and day, so much more grip and ABS kicking in only under fairly hard braking pressure. I'd say it probably stops in well under half the distance compared to summer tyres in this weather.

Got a nice big school playground to have a blat around and can only say its a lot less fun now!

 

Lots in Northants. Just had to show all little boy racers how it's done in car park lol
Even funnier watching them try to copy lol

 

Got loads here in Kettering too! Lovin it, can't beat a good bit of opposite lock and full throttle!!!

 

It was a duel carriage way and i was in the almighty Subaru

 

Had ticket for seeing The Soldiers at Skegness so looking at the weather took the Scooby instead of the Renault Scenic. Glad I did as no snow on the way there by the time we came to leave about 3 inches. Yes proper snow tyres would have been fun.

 

Just been to Kettering tonight. Left the Odeon cinema at 11.30pm and it was a mare, all the rwd boys sitting on hills going nowhere

I was in my trusty Astra work car and its got so little power it doesnt spin the wheels, just keeps on plodding along even in the snow.

Tried to make my way home but every road out of Kettering was blocked with jack-knifed lorries or accidents so ended up going A14/M1/A46. 55 miles in 2 hours instead of 30 miles normally.

 

Nothing here in north Wales.2.42am as I look out the window all I see is rain.Even my dog looks dissapointed.



Danny.

 

Well ive been out working in the snow tonight n i can honestly say its been a challenge. its about 6 inches deep at the min in and around london