[RedDevil]

I was a winter tyre sceptic, and in Holland the winters are relatively mild. But my Honda Insight had full summer tyres as opposed to the all season tyres that I had on all my previous cars, and since I drive more than before anyway, I got me a set of Conti wintertyres.
Last November we had a short cold streak. Frozen roads, ice patches and flattened snow. I saw the cars in front and behind me struggle while I never lost grip at all. When the guy in front slid off the road and struggled to get going again, I decided to wait till he was well away and stretched my right leg at the very point he went off. My car clawed to the road and jumped forward.
I would never have believed the difference to be this big.
Even with winter tyres there is less grip on snow than on dry tarmac. But the difference with all weather tyres is huge. I see people struggle to leave their parking spot when the tires dug a hole in the snow. I was struggling like them last year. Sweet memories, now.