2wd with winter Tyres vs 4wd without

A 2wd with snow tires will break better and have more lateral grip. It'll have less traction though. Just depends where your priorities are...

I have had Fl2s for a few years and never put winter tyres on them, the 4wd and GGS on the TR work perfectly. Showed off in january at work, car park is on a hill, stopped car half way up and pulled away again without slip off the wheel. It wasn't big and it wasn't clever to show off but it put a smile on my face.

For half of the winter 2010/2009 I ran my RRS TDv8 on it's summer 20" wheels and tyres with no problems at all in up to 5" of snow, however when I changed over to the 19" winter wheels and tyres braking on unploughed, snow covered roads was significantly better and the car didn't slide anywhere near as much under gentle braking.

The TR's Grass Gravel and Snow setting was brilliant, but the using the sand programme was even better.

Will try Sand mode this year.

The latest TR has a different Sand program, it now incorporates a "sand launch" in the program so the fun has been spoiled!

Any vehicle with 2wd and winter tyres will perform better than a 4wd without. It's about getting the power of the engine to the road surface (mechanical grip).

Of course winter tyres must be fitted to all wheels, when just fitted to the driven axle it is highly dangerous due to the im-balence of mechanical grip between the front and back of the car.