I'm the first to admit that I'd never been all that convinced of having any need for winter tyres. But, a couple of years ago I got some which are currently on my Merc E class. This morning, the roads around here were like an ice rink. Hadn't been gritted and black ice everywhere.
Lots of vehicles of all drive configurations were struggling for grip, and in fact there has been a bad accident due to ice not far from here this morning.
On one hill, there were vehicles stuck at the bottom unable to get enough traction to get up it and you could see many drivers getting their cars all crossed up on the bends.
Our RWD Merc on full winters was fine, I could feel that the surface was like glass, but the tyres were finding at least some grip, and we were able to get up the hill that even some 4x4s on (presumably) summer tyres couldn't.
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