I dunno if it's just me (probably is) but the car just seems to fall apart as soon as theres a sign of snow (not in a literal sense, I don't mean snow flakes are made of lumps of hard metal!). The car just doesn't want to grip whatsoever, and I understand I prob need winter tyres, but I imagine 70% of other road users don't use them either and they seem to tootle along just fine!

I don't use 1st gear, I only use slight force on the pedals when going uphill and yet I'm the one who gets stuck with the wheels spinning madly going nowhere!!!

It makes me sad

All down to tyres my friend. Good tyres = massive improvement of performance in all areas of the car
My tyres are needing to be renewed and I was losing a lot of grip this time round in the snow but last time we had snow I had brand new michelins all around and was laughing!

Yeah I suppose you're right.

I'm just gonna wait until I get my new alloys and slap some Toyo Proxies on there, but by that time winter shall prob be loooooong gone! haha

But to be fair it's not like i've got minimal tread on the tyres, they've still got a lot left in them, but I've got my 25,000 miles service coming up so will see what they say then.

Just a quick quesiton while I think about it, is a 25,000 miles service a major service?

I think it is I'm on 27,800 LOL
Definitely slap some good rubber on them wheels!

Does anyone know what kinda price I will be looking for for a major service??

Oh and that will be with a Ford garage I might add, might aswell keep the stamps up in the book as the previous owner did!

my st doesnt move in the snow. slight bit of ice and im all over the place but that is because my tires have gone past the 'legal limit' part and am getting some new ones next week hopefully

dont accelerate if you can help it
i pull off just using the clutch and just use tick over if the road is really bad
not had a single problem yet (touchwood)

No problems in the ST, the RS has been pretty good in the snow two, brand new tyres helps that though

i had 2 brand new avons put on the front and it was fine in the snow. only problem i had was the back end stepped out abit when i was going round a roundabout once but that was it. it was fine up steep hills too

i have new tyres only been on last 200 miles roughly and they are toyo proxes =]
i live in the countryside and roads dont get gritted at all. car was fine up hills and down with no problem =] keep it steady and slow or you wont stop when you want to regardless of how much u put ur foot on the pedal =]

Get some proper winter tires and all your problems are solved

I would never drive only one mile in snow without them

my toyos are far better in cold weather than P1, probably not much difference when were talking deep snow, I also don't keep an eye on the pressures in winter which helps with a little better grip, in summer I will put them where they should be.