As said by someone else above i remember it snowing last November, so i had hoped it would hold off till then this year so i could get the winter cars engine and door fixed or find another car.
I really don't want to even attempt to have to fight my way to work with the ungritted, uncleared roads because the local councils don't want to do this near their borders if im not in a lowish powered winter car with narrowish winter tyres. Im thinking i should have bought that mk3 GTI now.