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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #30 on: 06 February 2009, 09:22:48 »
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Chatting to my collegues in Norway, they have heavy duty COtton socks for the MS tyres which gives a massive grip improvement almost to the same level as Studded tyres!

Perhaps a buisness opportunity.....easy and quick to fit and get you out of trouble!

Turkish solution is : laying newspapers on the ice ;D
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #31 on: 06 February 2009, 09:23:07 »
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Chatting to my collegues in Norway, they have heavy duty COtton socks for the MS tyres which gives a massive grip improvement almost to the same level as Studded tyres!

Perhaps a buisness opportunity.....easy and quick to fit and get you out of trouble!

Like these?

http://courierdirectnews.blogspot.com/2008/03/bless-your-cotton-socks.html

Yep!
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #32 on: 06 February 2009, 09:24:02 »
We are so under prepared, over in C and a they go winter tyres and do very cheap under car treatment (must be waxoil I think) to protect from the 'grit' that doesn't run out after 2 days

Boris the baffoon was funny saying that snow plows (that attach to the gritters a la up north) are not financially viable, just after the reports of it costing London £2.5bn....really Boris t1t
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #33 on: 06 February 2009, 09:25:29 »
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Chatting to my collegues in Norway, they have heavy duty COtton socks for the MS tyres which gives a massive grip improvement almost to the same level as Studded tyres!

Perhaps a buisness opportunity.....easy and quick to fit and get you out of trouble!

interesting.. first time I see them :-?
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #34 on: 06 February 2009, 09:28:44 »
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We are so under prepared, over in C and a they go winter tyres and do very cheap under car treatment (must be waxoil I think) to protect from the 'grit' that doesn't run out after 2 days

Boris the baffoon was funny saying that snow plows (that attach to the gritters a la up north) are not financially viable, just after the reports of it costing London £2.5bn....really Boris t1t

Lol, miss-reported yet agin.

They have been gritting non stop for about the last 4-5 weeks, not 2 days!

And yes, I agree with him, you cant have 100K gritters with a maintenance cost of 10K per annum sat around just in case............unless YOU want to pay for that (which I am sure nobody does)
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #35 on: 06 February 2009, 09:35:39 »
No I quite like the 2 free days off thanks :y for the sake of an extra days grit :D
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #36 on: 06 February 2009, 09:46:13 »
The tractor was remarkably well behaved yesterday as I set out early to get to Reading.  No gritting etc around here in the morning, but 1 lane of A43 had been snow ploughed - only had to go into the unploughed lane to get passed jacknifed lorries.

Weight in boot helps (I had to take some equipment), plus I always keep a full tank of fuel in this weather, and 16g of diesel isn't light.  Don't bother with adjusting pressures in tyres.

The only trouble I had was getting back on my sloping driveway when I got back - less stuff in boot, and half a tank of fuel lighter....
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #37 on: 06 February 2009, 10:42:35 »
Admittedly we haven't been hit as hard as other areas but my mig was fine... Just had to treat the loud pedal with respect and no problems at all :y :y :y Mind you, I have got the extra weight of full petrol tank and 90L LPG tank in the boot ::) ::)
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #38 on: 06 February 2009, 11:24:05 »

Sorry about the foreign writing.

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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #39 on: 06 February 2009, 11:34:50 »
Available in the UK, from £49.95 per pair!  :y

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/autosock/?gclid=CJPA-Kjmx5gCFQFhQgoddQ6N1A
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #40 on: 06 February 2009, 11:50:22 »
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Available in the UK, from £49.95 per pair!  :y

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/autosock/?gclid=CJPA-Kjmx5gCFQFhQgoddQ6N1A

You can get chains cheaper than that!! :o :o :o
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #41 on: 06 February 2009, 11:56:50 »
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Available in the UK, from £49.95 per pair!  :y

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/autosock/?gclid=CJPA-Kjmx5gCFQFhQgoddQ6N1A

You can get chains cheaper than that!! :o :o :o

Chains can not be used on metal roads in uk if there is no lying snow.
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #42 on: 06 February 2009, 12:05:43 »
chains are an absolute headache..  not easy to fit..

limit your speed..and damage your car  :-/
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #43 on: 06 February 2009, 12:09:59 »
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Available in the UK, from £49.95 per pair!  :y

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/autosock/?gclid=CJPA-Kjmx5gCFQFhQgoddQ6N1A

You can get chains cheaper than that!! :o :o :o

Chains can not be used on metal roads in uk if there is no lying snow.

Is there a special map for these roads ::)
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #44 on: 06 February 2009, 18:26:52 »
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Available in the UK, from £49.95 per pair!  :y

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/autosock/?gclid=CJPA-Kjmx5gCFQFhQgoddQ6N1A

You can get chains cheaper than that!! :o :o :o

Chains can not be used on metal roads in uk if there is no lying snow.

Is there a special map for these roads ::)

It's called an A - Z  :y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_(pavement)
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