I would defo recommend them. Winter tires work best in conditions under 7 degrees, and to be fair u can get a cheap set of rims and some half decent tires. its much cheaper then fxing the car or losing a life in a bad witner accident! plus the winters seem to be getting worse with more snow each year so i would defo recommend them. Had Bridgestone winters on the alfa, and they were fine, got some dunlops Winter Sport 3Ds for the GTI so be interesting to compare