AutoSocks

ise wrote:
Hairdresser jokes aside, I'd have thought your car wasn't too unreasonable in the snow, front wheel drive, fairly sensible size wheels and so on, the additional traction you might need at times is going to be a lot less than some other cars.

You would think but like a lot of modern cars it suffers with overly wide and overly low profile tires.

At one point on some obscure 'A' road near Basingstoke I was left for dead by a standard little Corsa. It's the same bloody car but with sensible wheels! Sensible lots of other things I expect too. I bet his doors don't freeze shut either because his windows don't have to go down to clear the door seal!

Had you thought about the Michelin 'EasyGrip' chains? These are a different design that uses a thick, elasticated mesh with a metal core. They fit very easily, like the AutoSock and don't need any tensioners, but are a 'proper' chain. I had to buy mine mail order from France. Take a look at http://www.easy-grip.eu/ They also do them for shoes (sic).

I saw someone with those on their car yesterday, I didn't immediately recognize them and they looked like a cross between chains and autosocks. They weren't helping the guy I saw much but it could have been him )

ellistine wrote:

ise wrote:
Hairdresser jokes aside, I'd have thought your car wasn't too unreasonable in the snow, front wheel drive, fairly sensible size wheels and so on, the additional traction you might need at times is going to be a lot less than some other cars.

You would think but like a lot of modern cars it suffers with overly wide and overly low profile tires.

At one point on some obscure 'A' road near Basingstoke I was left for dead by a standard little Corsa. It's the same bloody car but with sensible wheels! Sensible lots of other things I expect too. I bet his doors don't freeze shut either because his windows don't have to go down to clear the door seal!

Keith, have the same prob with the wife's 307cc, i found rubbing vaseline(other petroleum jellies are available :wink: ) around the top and bottom seals stops this, as for the socks they really set the car off :lol: the pug drives like a yachting dog in the snow thanks to the mechanism for the roof being in the boot :cry:

I liked how you covered your back there by stating it was OHs 307cc, Ellistine, take note :twisted:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I liked how you covered your back there by stating it was OHs 307cc, Ellistine, take note :twisted:

8) :lol: 8)

freezywater wrote:
Keith, have the same prob with the wife's 307cc, i found rubbing vaseline(other petroleum jellies are available :wink: ) around the top and bottom seals stops this

That makes sense, I might give that a go.

I had more trouble the other day when the button that raises the boot froze solid. The wife ended up with two huge bags of sailing gear on her lap. That's a Tigra pretty much filled to the brim.

Pablo Escobar wrote:I liked how you covered your back there by stating it was OHs 307cc, Ellistine, take note :twisted:

I wangled us a three day test drive in the Tigra as a bit of a jolly on her birthday a few years ago (wasn't she lucky!). The trouble is it was me that ended up wanting it.

I'm not sure I've ever owned a 'masculine' car. I've had a succession of Minis, a Smart Car, a Citroen Berlingo (now that was a practical car) and then the Tigra.

The FD at work has a 3.0 Diesel Audi A4 estate as his company car at the moment. I've half got my eye on it when he's ready to change.