Snow Socks (For Tyres!)

[richardm6994]

Thought that this might be of interest to people.

 

I drive a Lexus 220d and being a rear wheel drive car…….it is rubbish in the snow! (it gets stuck even in a heavy frost lol)

 

After last year’s big freeze, I decided to buy a pair of tyre socks. These range from £30 per pair to about £80 per pair depending on tyre size and are easy enough to find on ebay.

 

I’ve used them for the first time today and they are fabulous! There was approx an inche of snow on the roads for the first mile of my journey (country roads not cleared) and the car drove as if it was on normal roads!

 

They are easy to put on and even easier to take off (which you have to do once you reach clear roads). Not as good as snow tyres or chains, but in terms of a solution to get you out of trouble, I would recommend them to anyone!

[bullfist]

One of the popular options is to fit winter tyres (always on four wheels). Has anybody done this to a hoodie? I would love to try my hoodie in the snow, but my standard summer tyres means it's a non-starter i.e would the investment in winter tyres be beneficial?