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Plenty of snow where i am,

probably blasphemy but I drove my wife's solterra in the snow, that xmode (4wd in snow/mud setting) thing is seriously impressive, only summer tyres on it and it glided through six inches of snow and hill descent worked really well
 

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First picture is road outside my house, second one is right beside where I got stuck in the snow in the yaris, tried to leg it theought about 2 ft dept of drifted snow , didn't end well , at least i had a snow shovel with me and luckily a friendly fellah in a jimny gave me a tow after much shovelling, thing about towing in the snow is the car towing needs grip or help of gravity
 

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Do people run all season tyres in the winter then into the summer? We don't get the weather bad enough to justify having 2 sets of tyres here. Even with the AWD the summer tyres are shite in the snow. Opinion?
 
Jarocki said:
Do people run all season tyres in the winter then into the summer? We don't get the weather bad enough to justify having 2 sets of tyres here. Even with the AWD the summer tyres are shite in the snow. Opinion?
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I live up the dublin hills and drive around wicklow a good bit, don't think you really need winter tyres but great to have when conditions are bad, you really need two sets of wheels for it not to be a pain swapping them.

Must say the most fun I have in a car is lashing around the place in the snow with awd and winter tyres makes ut great craic.

Though you need to go at off peak to avoid the total day trippers and snow tourist (don't know what that makes me)

As I mentioned earlier, ground clearance will still catch you out

And that really slushy wet snow (1 degree temp range) is till tricky, throw in a steep hill >15 degrees and awd and winters will only get you so far
 
Scoobys climb fine on summers it's coming downhill and stoping (that can be the expensive bit) where big difference is in winters.

Sf5 on winters laughed at snow ❄️ 🤣

Good pics all

Interesting bout Soltera Paul electronics obviously doing good job working the slippery conditions and finding grip 👍

Yaris prob just a bit low.
 
JOHNNY T said:
Once it starts snowing for that first hour or 2 its grand and then having a laugh doin the snowman thing and snow angel thing but then reality kicks in and your shovelling the footpaths and out the back so you don't slip and crack your head when it turns to sheet ice..
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Wait till it all melts, be nothing but moaning about floods then...can't win
 
Run michelin all seasons (cross climate 2) on the family a6 bus all year around. Theyre a great tyre. Good in all weather with out being great at anything in particular if that makes sense. They last really well and are quite.
Pricey is the biggest drawback. I see there are others now doing them and getting good reviews. Nankang/Continental.
They're ideal for ireland. All seasons in one day and all that.
 
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