Last winter, I drove around all afternoon a few days after a big snow sliding around corners on icy neighborhood streets with friends in the C230. It was alot of fun. One corner, mistook a bunch of sludge for packed snow and the car just kept going rather than turning. The back end came around like it had been all day, but I didn't quite round the corner. The left rear wheel hit the curb hard while spinning very fast and I found out a block later that I tore an apx. two inch piece out of the edge of the wheel and punctured the tire pretty badly.

I"m getting snow tires this winter.