Why not? Assuming it doesn't come with them, that is. Any car needs max traction in corners and braking, all cars have 4 wheel braking.HOWEVER, it should be said that I drive a 4x4 and you'd expect that not to need winter tyres.
Snufkin,
You sound like me!
I'm looking at swapping over to the winter wheels/tyres, and for the first time I'll be doing it in the garage rather than on the drive. Better, but I'm not looking forward to it.
Once the winters are worn out I'll be looking at all season tyres too.
In the South? You don' tknow what winter is!
Luck? I find skill is all one needs.
Michelin CrossClimate. Check out the reviews.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Michelin/CrossClimate.htm (Yes, there is a tyre review site.)
It is a chore changing the wheels but what people forget is that you are running two sets of tyres so that extends their life. I do value the feel and grip having good tyres bring so its worth it. However that extension of tyre life might be why my Dunlops are now age hardening and destined for the chop with about 4mm left; I just haven't used them enough! I might just stick the Winter tyres back on and worry about it in the spring.
I did this before cross climate but found after 4-5 seasons that the inner rims were getting damaged and it became harder and harder to seal and then I got slow leaks . that's why I changed to all weather tyres
My A3's traction control tried to kill me the first time I drove it on snow, presumably applied some differential braking as it pirouetted through 180° going round a gentle bend at about 20mph. Fortunately it did it when I had the road to myself, knew it was the traction control as I saw the light flash; so turned it off and completed my journey without incident. On consulting the internet, I was directed to check the manual, where it does say in size 6 text in amongst a bunch of guff, that you should always turn the traction control off when driving in snow! Honestly had never occurred to me, first car I owned with ABS or PAS, nevermind ESP or whatever they call it!In the last fairly snowy winter we had in Manchester, I had the misfortune to use an Audi A3 courtsy car for a week or so. It had stupidly wide tyres as standard. The upshot was that on packed snow that was anything other than level the traction control cut the power because the tyres just couldn't get a purchase from stationary. Skill just didn't come into it.