Dave I have never gone to the bother of getting snow tyres and changing them every season and I have got by the legal requirement in this zone by carrying chains during the winter season.
When I first started to hear of the new technology that was allowing the manufacture of snow certified tyres that you could use all year round I started to investigate what was available. Jochen (numog) had decided to fit these tyres to his Roadster and I followed suit on the Plus 4, we then ordered them from new on the Polo. I would not suggest that they are ideal for a track day car but for fast touring they excellent.
The logic is; if you can have a good tyre at a reasonable price that is going to give you an added degree of security in winter why not go for it.
There may be other tyres in this class but I am only aware of the Michelin CrossClimate and the Nokian Weatherproof (which performs poorly in summer) that are actually certified for snow (important in Italy) but there may be others.
Auto Express has been doing some testing
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessorie...er-tyres-testedPS. The Continental AllSeasonContact are also certified.
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