I had 4 new cross climate tyres fitted onto my Vauxhall Meriva shortly before I needed to take my 87 year old father to his speed awareness class.
He got caught speeding and opted to attend one of those speed awareness classes instead of getting points. he had already decided that he was not going to drive anymore, but wanted to finish his driving career without any points on his licence.
Anyway... back to the point in question. His class was held on a snowy winters day, and we set off after a bad snow storm in south Wales one morning.
We had to turn back several times during the journey, due to trees that had fallen over because of the weight of the snow on them (an indication of the amount of snow that had dropped).
The car drove without a problem over fresh snow on those country roads, and sometimes we had to drive round trees in the road, requiring me to drive off the road onto the grassy verges. We saw few other vehicles, mostly 4x4s, and at one point passed a wheel spinning Audi on an ice covered car park.
The Cross Climate tyres get my vote for the car, and if I could/can afford them, I would get them for the van.
Just for information, the speed awareness course was cancelled due to the instructor not able to attend because of the bad road conditions, and when my father eventually completed the course he said he found it very educational, although we did find out that he had a young lady sat either side of him in the class helping him with his notes
