Hi
Some years ago a friend gave me a lift to the shops, it was winter and the road was covered in ice and snow. I remarked how well his car was driving, passing several stranded cars on the way there and back. On return he pointed out the Michelin cross climate tyres he had on the car. The next time our car needed tyres I had Michelin cross climate Plus ones fitted all round.
I have a rule about going out when the roads are covered in ice or snow, I do not go out. But sometimes the journey is to important. It was over a year before the dreaded ice and snow came back.
Driving 100 miles to the airport in the middle of the night, with the A1 road north of Grantham closed due to snow drifts. It was one of those journeys I could not avoid. It was an interesting drive south, if slow at times, but we made our flight.
A week later leaving the airport car park was no fun. They had snow ploughed the car park and the was a snow/ice ridge behind the car. Parked front inwards, in a disabled bay and had a fence to our front. A car a few bays down was trying to reverse out but his front tyres could not grip the ice covered tarmac and push him back over the ridge. I was expecting the same for us, same height ridge and ice under the car. But the car just reversed over the ridge.
From driving on them now for several years, they offer more grip than summer tyres in summer and were quieter than the summer tyres they replaced.
The extra grip they give in winter does not turn a front wheel drive car into a 4×4. But could well make the difference between making it home or ending up in a ditch.