5 minutes with a hair dryer before setting off should do it...
Yeah or tyre heaters until you take them off and start driving lol. The ground sucks the heat out of everything when cold.
Doesn't matter how cold the ground is tbh. The weight of the car and the friction is what generates heat. Ive used r888's in damp/wet days and found them better than the ps2's in similar conditions. R888's don't like standing water and thats about it.
Its purely because the compound is medium/soft and they're very easy to warm up in comparison to other tyres.
Even if the ground is freezing, any traction will cause heat, how much depends on conditions etc but there will be heat because of the friction.... you could rub 2 bits of ice together and get some heat
You could be right but if your driving on the dual carriageway at 70mph and the ground is cold I'd still rather run winter tyres than 888's.