Little bit of grip is actually tens of metres shorter stopping distance. I only paid £400 is so for steel wheels and vredesteins. £800 seems pretty steep

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I know a lot of people said that their smaller engined 2wd yetis were poor in the snow and putting the blame on to that as one of the reasons, (I'm sure it's a factor) but my 2wd yeti with a big 2.0 diesel engine sat over the drive wheels is probably just as bad.

I'm sure if I had some good winter tyres on, it would improve but I still can't see it being amazingly better.

My current 2wd yeti is terrible in the snow, I was shocked just how bad it was. I expected it to be at least as good as a focus or golf but I was left in my works car park tonight stuck while a golf a focus and lots of little cars all drove off. I know these people so know they didn't have snow tyres. Luckily a few of my colleagues remained to help me get out but it was so embarrassing (again)

Sorry for going off the previous subject of the poor family who had the accident, but I needed another rant.

I guess you have 17" 225 summer tyres whilst Golf and Focus have narrower 205 aspect tyres, narrower tyres are better in snow than the wide face of 225 tyres. However, no summer tyre is much good in snow as you know by now! My 1.2 Tsi DSG with Nokian winter tyres has got me everywhere without problem whilst neighbours in Golf's, Polo's, Fiesta's and Focus's etc. with summer tyres have been slip sliding around even trying to get out of our side road. Saddest was next door neighbour in a summer tyre shod VW Tiguan stuck at the bottom of his drive and gradually sliding back into his garage doors.

Fundamentally it doesn't matter one jot what type of vehicle you have, if the tyres don't grip then you are not going anywhere in any direction you want to go.

Did the tiguan driver say "but I've got 4 wheel drive"? Heard that from a touareg driver we helped with my 2wd octavua in 2010

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And the BMW driver I pulled out of a hedge last year!!

And the BMW driver I pulled out of a hedge last year!!

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Oh, very Dom!!

And I was on "normal" tyres!!

Did the tiguan driver say "but I've got 4 wheel drive"? Heard that from a touareg driver we helped with my 2wd octavua in 2010

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Sadly yes - "but the 4 wheel drive can't be working" was the jist of what he said - though somewhat more colourfully than those words!