4v6, I was the same as you, my then work partner lives next door and he asked me to order a set of snow tires for his wife's car a 3 series diesel BMW, my advice to him was there won't be much of a difference between normal summer tires and snow tires, tires were ordered and went on a spare set of 16" wheels, when the snow came that year I struggled to get her car from his driveway to my garage to change over the tires, I had a we run back to his drive with the tires on, turned round and drove back to my garage with no problems using very little throttle, just using slow lift off on the clutch, well, out on the road I went over the forth humps, a local road in my area, at the top stopped in fresh snow area at a junction on a hill and pulled away with very little wheel slip, I was as you a driving god in a BMW in the snow, also do you know that cars stop better with winter tires on cold dry (gritty) roads, have a try you will be shocked how quick a car will stop compared to summer tires, I am talking 5-10 Ft less at 30mph, you don't need to fit brand name winter/snow tires because any winter/snow tire will preform better than summer tires, have a look on youtube, by the way snow tires are on my Golf.
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