Thought I'd pass this one on - been 'playing' on my son's 80 acres of Fell land and had a fantastic time in the deep snow!

He was also impressed with the performance and Winter tyres that he's considering swapping his Freelander for a Yeti, previously he's taken the mickey!

When we frive home the car started to shudder as we accelerated to higher speeds. It was if the wheels were imbalanced but instead of the steering wheel shuddering the whole car was shaking as it we were travelling over rough ground.

We stopped and checked the wheels but all was fine. Got away again but it continued so I phoned my son (ex REME VM) and he said he had a similar experience on the motorway which he traced to mud that had solidified on the inside of his wheels. Another stop and quick check revealed all four wheels were caked solid on the inside with ice and snow - I can only presume at a slow speed it was able to slide round and had no effect but once at speed it stopped sliding and stayed in one position on the wheel causing the horizontal vibrating of the whole car.

Suffice to say in 40 years of driving I've never had that happen no metter where I've driven but I thought I'd pass it on to those who also may not have experienced it yet - I'm in that sharing kinda mood today having had such great fun in the Santa Express!

George (Freshacre) had exactly the same "problem" perhaps 2 years ago.

Well known in the off-road world.