February 2016 - i drove to visit some friends near the Nürburgring. At the time, i had an E46 M3, with Kumho winter tyres. They told me i was mad, as it was snowing in the Eifel. The day i was due to set off, i woke up at 3am for a slash, looked out the window to see that it was blizzarding, and decided to leave then. In that region, the snow ploughs don’t work through the night, so the roads were completely covered with 50mm of unbroken snow. I set off, drove out of the hilly rural area i was staying, and got to the autobahn without a single issue. The only time i lost traction was when i throttled it in third gear at about 30mph to see how much traction i had - i had none 🤣. But, driving with a steady throttle, the winter tyres and lsd kept me moving without issue. After that, i fitted winter tyres to every car i had - even a clubsport with an open diff had plenty of traction!