My old car - superb at all other times - is real wheel drive and rubbish in the snow: all over the road compared with my wife's new front wheel drive. I looked on the 'net for some advice on snow driving and it gave such profound technical advice as 'remove the snow from your roof in case it falls onto the windscreen and blocks your view'; I'm sure none of you 'catters would ever have thought of that! It couldn't decide if an automatic should be left in D or locked in 1 or 2. The local garage tells me snow tyes would help but they are noisy and wear our quickly and would I really want them to swap the tyres round only to swap them back in acouple of days; and, of course, receive the bill. Or I could buy another set of wheels fitted with snow tyres (more expense) but would I really fancy changing four wheels on a dark morning at 10 below. And what happends when the snow becomes packed as hard ice: do snow tyres work or perhaps you need studded tyres then. And a trailer to carry these eight wheels plus spares. How does a 4 wheel drive veicle behave on ice: I've heard that these vehicles are fine in soft snow and mud but not so good in ice. As I live in a fairly mild part of the UK, I just stay at home and don't earn anything for a few days.