Decent tread and some experience of driving in snow will get
most
folks through the winter unless you live on a hill. Last year
up here
I spent many hours driving on snow, compact and loose. Good
tread is
very important, as is not having a BMW!

I have a BMW. I had enormous fun with it last February on the
hilly snow-covered back roads of Banffshire, with ordinary
tyres. We (The BMW and I) had a sort of ongoing difference of
opinion on where we were going next. I won, every time :-)

But then I can choose whether or not to go anywhere according to
the weather, and if I don't like the look of it I can just stay
at home. If I didn't have that choice, you can bet I'd have
winter treads.

I carry a spade, boiler suit, welly boots, socks, gloves and a
set of Autosocks in the boot all winter. Also a sleeping bag and
a thick travelling rug just in case I do lose the argument.

Anne