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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 723990" data-attributes="member: 176362">I think a lot of it is the current fad for low profile tyres. Our Fiesta has them on and its absolutely horrible to drive on ice - its bad enough on wet roads when it want to "tramline" along the road irregularities. Last year I was just a few hundred yards from home on a slight slope downhil. I was only going slowly - as usual on our lane in the winter Just touched the brakes when I saw another car and the wheels locked and we slid gently down the hill, Fortunately there was enough room to run along the verge as there was absolutely no way I was going to get stopped.25 years ago my first car was a beat up old 850 mini.  The narrowish tyres used to bite into the snow and give some traction and even in the worst winters the Midlands could throw at us I never had any really scary moments in it.</blockquote>