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Anyone tried Auto socks
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Anyone tried Auto socks
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wish i had bought a pallet of rock salt a few container loads of snow socks and a bin full of snow shovels i could have made a killing up here
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Arrived today. Next time the snow arrives my sporting should stand a better chance of being useful! They way I see it if they save me from sliding into a curb once they would of paid for themselves.
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ive bought a set of the proper autosock ones, @£65....id prefer the "real deal" if that makes sense....ill post up when they arrive.
As long as you remember that you are still driving on snow & ice and drive accordingly you should be the envy of other motorists. £50 is a good price to pay considering you should be able to prevent any number of annoying little knocks that can cost considerably more to fix - AND the socks can be used for many years to come.
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You'll probably find that the makers all use the same material for the actual tyre covering, it's just the wheel cover part and name badge that gets changed.
Yes, I have to drive a truck (in ALL weather conditions!) as part of my job and I know how easily things can get out of hand. Before my new sporting I had a Nissan 200sx (RWD, 280bhp) and that really was useless in the snow!!
I drive a bus based on the Fiat ducatto, a 2.8 diesel lump but it has to drag 4 wheels & 5 tonnes - so lots of front wheel spin even in the driest of conditions
and not really that much difference in the snow/ice.Now strangely, last year we had loads of locals whingeing about lack of gritting & so blaming the council for their sliding out of control etc
However, I still managed to get out and about - albeit much slower - and two of the worst days I had to pick up in remote villages which hadn't even seen the gritter - but apparently, I was told, a heavier vehicle is far less likely to skid out of control (the weight improves the grip no end) - you learn something new every day, so this year I feel more confident about driving much faster in the snow
and I won't worry about trying to bring 5-odd tonnes to a dead stopgarlicbread22
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Mine only arrived a couple of days ago after all the snow has melted and there isnt anymore around here. But its good to hear you approve of them
Wish I'd bought some a week ago when I had a chance
Couldn't get up a narrow country lane today and had to do a 10 point turn to turn and go back down
Couldn't get up a narrow country lane today and had to do a 10 point turn to turn and go back down
Absolutely fantastic once again.
Driving up the high street, some pillock in an audi was trying his hardest to hit 30 but was slipping & skidding all over the place - so, seeing this ahead, I pulled right over to the right (it's one way and plenty wide enough) and slowly accellerated past him.
The filthy looks he gave me were a sight to behold - especially as he then gave it shedloads more gas to try to keep up - only to skid even more
I have absolutely no sympathy for all these people slipping & sliding all over the roads or getting stuck for hours on end when a simple device costing a few quid (and lasting many years) will get them out of trouble.
And the problem is, the longer they sit there, helpless, the worse conditions get & the harder it will be for anyone to pull them out.
Perhaps it should be compulsory for drivers to carry a set of tyre socks - or similar - which must be used on snow and ice. That could save insurance companies millions on payouts for winter knocks as they could refuse to pay if 'appropriate solution was not used' (insist drivers take pics of the accident scene as part of the payout agreement - this will show if tyresocks were used!)
Driving up the high street, some pillock in an audi was trying his hardest to hit 30 but was slipping & skidding all over the place - so, seeing this ahead, I pulled right over to the right (it's one way and plenty wide enough) and slowly accellerated past him.
The filthy looks he gave me were a sight to behold - especially as he then gave it shedloads more gas to try to keep up - only to skid even more
I have absolutely no sympathy for all these people slipping & sliding all over the roads or getting stuck for hours on end when a simple device costing a few quid (and lasting many years) will get them out of trouble.
And the problem is, the longer they sit there, helpless, the worse conditions get & the harder it will be for anyone to pull them out.
Perhaps it should be compulsory for drivers to carry a set of tyre socks - or similar - which must be used on snow and ice. That could save insurance companies millions on payouts for winter knocks as they could refuse to pay if 'appropriate solution was not used' (insist drivers take pics of the accident scene as part of the payout agreement - this will show if tyresocks were used!)
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wooo, used mine all day yesterday, was setting off from work 2 hours after it started, nice and thick sno....this is my "Sno problem" stance
Really was very good, was driving around as normal, even on some unavoidable gritted roads with them on (only wore out a very little bit) excellent purchase...was the envy of many :devil:
Really was very good, was driving around as normal, even on some unavoidable gritted roads with them on (only wore out a very little bit) excellent purchase...was the envy of many :devil:
I bought some of these after getting stuck in Perth (along with the 9kg salt, spare car mats, shovel and 5l screen wash I now carry in the car) but the snow's not been bad enough again to need them. Glad to hear so many positive reviews
My journey to work is terrible. Covered in snow and ice, however there are parts that are "ok" and you can actually see tar-mac. If i was to use these would they rip to shreds when you came through a bit thats "ok" to drive on or would I be stopping and starting all the time to take them off and put them back on?
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you'd be ok, they dont rip to shreads, they just wear out a little bit, i drove on roads that were gritted and clear for about 10 miles with the socks on at a max of 20mph, (partly to test them) and they are a little frayed now, but faaaaaar from "shredded". the compromise you have to make is you have to go slower than you could without them on when you get to the "ok" bits but on the snowy/ice you can go faster than everyone else, and you dont get stuck...
Thats for that. I think I will get some they are always handy to keep in the car I guess for when you go somewhere (no snow) come out (full of snow) like what happened to me on Friday.
Went to the cinema with the wife absolutely no snow at all. Came out, bout 9" of the white slippy stuff everywhere, was fun finding the car when all are covered in snow and was even more fun getting home.
Went to the cinema with the wife absolutely no snow at all. Came out, bout 9" of the white slippy stuff everywhere, was fun finding the car when all are covered in snow and was even more fun getting home.
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exactly the same boat, went to work on sat, a bit icy, nothing to wory about, come 12 o'clock we shut the store and had about 8" of the white stuff to play with
