Hey @BigBear, thanks for the answers to my questions.
I’m going to seriously consider some winter boots for my Mota car this winter. I think, when you’ve had more than a passing experience of winter boots, you know the benefits and extra safety you get from them. I have overseas friends who joke that the UK will come to a stop if we have as much as a snow flurry but I always remind them that the vast majority over here do not use winter tyres and how different it would be if Swedish/Norwegian/German/Polish drivers didn’t use them either. Those countries would be no different.
Thanks again for your insight.