I bought a 2WD Volkswagen Tiguan and fitted it with winter tyres for driving in snow.

Reading the comments by TP questioning your experience with winter tyres prompted me to send you my thoughts. Having owned a 4x4 Volkswagen Tiguan and feeling this would be the answer to snowy conditions,...

Can I recommend using winter tyres following plenty of experience in Sweden?

Your advice on winter tyres is 100 per cent. As a conservative Brit living in Sweden (-15C at the moment with snow every day) I drive a front wheel drive Passat daily 150km over every type of road imaginable,...

Why can't snow ploughs plough snow around speed humps?

Last winter I watched a snow plough come down a road heavily infested with speed tables and speed humps. Consequently the plough had to be raised and the road remain unploughed and dangerous. Another case...

As someone who drives in Swiss winters, I'd like to endorse your recommendation of winter tyres.

I have just read the letter from TP of Barnstaple who seemed to think you had little experience of driving on snow and ice. I am glad you put him right about that, and the better performance of front-wheel...

Can you recommend a small 4WD for driving in snow?

My daughter needs a car that will cope with an untreated hill in snow but is small enough to be easily parked. Is there a smallish, reliable four-wheel drive car?

I can recommend winter tyres after fitting them to my wife's BMW 325M.

We live in semi-rural Aberdeenshire and we do have winters up here, the last three returning to what were 'normal' winters a few years ago. My wife drives a BMW 325M diesel automatic, and we fit winter...

Is a front-wheel-drive car on winter tyres better than a 4WD car on summer tyres?

You write that a FWD car on winter tyres is better than a 4WD car on summer tyres. Clearly you have little experience of driving in the snow and ice and it’s flat where you live. In Devon there are lanes...

Do car tyre 'snow socks' work?

Can you advise me about the car tyre snow socks? This is a new innovation to me and I wonder how efficient they might be, and if are they value for money in your opinion?

Which 4x4 for winter driving in heavy snow?

My daughter who lives in rural Aberdeenshire is looking to replace her 10-year-old Subaru Forester with a smaller, newer 4x4 with a punchy engine suitable for snowy Scottish hills. She has test driven...

What is your opinion on using winter tyres?

In your column today, you recommended, again, fitting winter tyres. However, Chris Knapman's article later in the Motoring section offered a different point of view. They cost money to fit, and to refit...