I can only assume the 17inch wheels and narrower(?) tyres make a helluva difference Japper,because my car is a total nightmare.
I wasn't going to mention it,as it would just be dismissed as part of my alleged 'vendetta' against Audi,but seeing as you've brought it up...
Mrs.Bowfer,against my advice,took it into golden square yesterday and was shocked at how bad it was.
She couldn't get up the cobble road from Union street to Golden Square !
Traction is bad enough,but stopping the thing is worse.
It ends up being a succession of heart-stopping moments,flitting between wheelspin,lock-up and plough-on.
In 20 years of driving,I can't recall driving anything so useless in snow,but I've never had a car with 18 inch alloys and 225 tyres before,so I am perfectly willing to concede they are the problem.
I'm usually quite a 'give it a go' bloke,but it's staying in the drive until the snow goes away,simple as that.
I'd rather have the hassle of giving the wife a lift to her work,so I can use her car,than the terror of an S-line in the snow !
Note the absence of tracks behind the Audi,and the warmed up HRV !
(sorry about the finger over the lens,it's my phone camera /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif)