G4 in the snow - Your findings?

lightning wrote: How about fitting some "Winter" tyres like people do with cars.
Then the Jimny would be almost unstoppable!

l fitted winter tyres to my van, and the difference was incredible.
Where car driver's wheels were spinning uselessly in hills in the snow and ice, my van rolled straight past without even any wheel spin.

Transit Connect (2wd, obviously)

I'm thinking seriously about what to replace the OEM tyres with - once I've worn them out!

l've wondered about some SZ4 steel wheels with winter tyres, anybody know the price of a Jimny SZ4 steel wheel?

Tex wrote: Living in the north of Italy, I'm fairly used to drive in the snow with one car or another (a couple of times I've even been caught out in my elises!).

The jimny is behaving quite well, as expected, if not for the stock tyres, which feel quite letal even in the wet.
I quite enjoy flicking to 4wd on the go if the need arises (always usig the clutch fro peace of mind)...it always adds up to the "adventurous" experience

Always a pleasure to hear from someone outside the UK - I''ve ridden a motorcycle (in Summer) through Northern Italy and up into Switzerland - would like to take the JImny over the Alpine passes in the snow (once the plague is under control).
 

Bob1050 wrote:

Tex wrote: Living in the north of Italy, I'm fairly used to drive in the snow with one car or another (a couple of times I've even been caught out in my elises!).

The jimny is behaving quite well, as expected, if not for the stock tyres, which feel quite letal even in the wet.
I quite enjoy flicking to 4wd on the go if the need arises (always usig the clutch fro peace of mind)...it always adds up to the "adventurous" experience

Always a pleasure to hear from someone outside the UK - I''ve ridden a motorcycle (in Summer) through Northern Italy and up into Switzerland - would like to take the JImny over the Alpine passes in the snow (once the plague is under control).