On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:43:54 +0000
Peter Thomas wrote:

His vehicle - is it the Z4, the sporty BMW closed two-seater? He managed
a rueful grin. Presumably has a steep drive or lives out where the
council don't grit.

BMWs are have notoriously bad traction in slippery conditions. And the
preceding Z3 I borrowed for a weekend lurched all over the place in the
dry on anything but ultra-smooth tarmac. Horrible thing.

I could be biased because I have owned more Lotus cars than all other
makes put together, but I have managed to get a front-drive Audi on
summer tyres around a track ploughed out on a frozen lake faster than
the quickest BMW 320 on winter tyres and studs at a BMW club event ;-)))


So, Santiago, a couple of skid-pan driving lessons will cost the same
and last longer than winter tyres. Unless you have a BMW or anything
else with semi-trailing-arm rear suspension, (some TVR, rwd Fords, etc)
in which case get the skid-pan lessons *and* winter tyres.



Mike