Chains or winter tyres?

Inactive

Lum wrote: »

Yes, because now is the perfect time to be quitting your job.

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Nobody mentioned " quitting your job ".

No need to quit a job to look elsewhere.

Lum

Any wrote: »

Perfectly describes me in Feb..

In Feb 2009 I was still driving my old Saab 900 and I was one of 5 cars who made it over the tops home... only because the very last bit of the hill some kind souls who could not get their cars over pushed my bottom for last 10 metres to swing me over the top of the hill!!

Took me 3 hrs if I remember correctly and I remember that I really really needed a toilet for about hour and half of it

The Saab was much better for these conditions.. I loved that car.

The 900 is the RWD one with the werid shape and the little rubber spoiler isn't it?

My GF also drives a RWD car, and old 200SX with wide low profile summer tyres, and an automatic gearbox with no snow mode.

She still managed to get home, though she had to take the hills at a 45 degree angle. This was on that one day last year when the snow fell without warning about 4PM and no-one was prepared.

missile

Any wrote: »

So it is safer to have just summer tyres then 2 winter tyres and 2 summer tyres..

IMHO it would be better to have two winter and best to have 4 winter tyres.

If you are on a budget Autoscks could be a good option for you. Here is link to manufacturer's web site > http://www.autosock.com/
Video is a bit cheesy, but demonstrates how well they work.

agrinnall

I went for 4 winter tyres on steel wheels (all brand new delivered from Germany, £260 the lot) and fitted them myself once I'd managed to get a new locking wheel nut key after the original one broke while I had two 14" wheels on one side of the car and two 13" wheels on the other . Having driven from Edinburgh to Aberdeen yesterday and around Aberdeen today in conditions as bad as last winter I'm very glad that I chose to swap.

If you don't have room to store wheels or tyres then most tyre fitters will store them for you (for a fee of course), one neighbour has done his at KwikFit and another has used a mobile fitter who is storing the summer tyres at his home and will swap them back once winter has gone (probably June if we're really unlucky).

dorisday

agrinnall wrote: »

I went for 4 winter tyres on steel wheels (all brand new delivered from Germany, £260 the lot) and fitted them myself once I'd managed to get a new locking wheel nut key after the original one broke while I had two 14" wheels on one side of the car and two 13" wheels on the other . Having driven from Edinburgh to Aberdeen yesterday and around Aberdeen today in conditions as bad as last winter I'm very glad that I chose to swap.

If you don't have room to store wheels or tyres then most tyre fitters will store them for you (for a fee of course), one neighbour has done his at KwikFit and another has used a mobile fitter who is storing the summer tyres at his home and will swap them back once winter has gone (probably June if we're really unlucky).

You cant do better than autosocks or snow socks. I bought some for my vechicle 3 years ago as I HAVE to go to work every day otherwise I dont get paid. They are so easy to slip on and off and can be used on a clear road just keep down to 30mph cost me £30 for 2. They saved my bacon many times over the time Ive had them and just put them on this morning and it was great to know I wasnt going to get stuck in the snow. Ive also got snow tyes on but still slid around without the snow socks.
Just ordered another set for my other vechicle this time they cost me £60 but well worth it.
I orginally had thought of buying chains but spent many hours reading up on them and the easiest ones to fit and take on where very expensive so went with the snowsock and pleased I did. They can even be washed in the washing machine lol:j

mikey72

Inactive wrote: »

I wasn't being " cocky " I was being realistic.

I would be looking for a new boss if I were in your shoes.

Inactive wrote: »

Nobody mentioned " quitting your job ".

No need to quit a job to look elsewhere.

You having a "senior" moment?
Or do you mean do both at once?
In the meantime, the op still has to get to work.

Inactive

mikey72 wrote: »

You having a "senior" moment?
Or do you mean do both at once?
In the meantime, the op still has to get to work.

No, anybody can look for another job whilst still in employment, I suspect that is what happens in the majority of situations.

I don't recall suggesting that the OP didn't still need to get to work.

The OP clearly has a very uncaring boss, he would be better off finding one that appreciates him more.

Any

O.K. friends so it had hit us too now.
Found my car in good 2ft high wet snow, of course side roads in the village not cleared at all.
It would be suicidal to take it out, so I took the bus. Fortunately didn't stop running yet.

Good job I woke up so early!! The bus leaves the village at the same time I normally get up!!

So it was over an hour on the bus and then another 20 mins brisk walk.. of course now if the buses stop running (as they regularly do) I am stuck at work..

Well, at least I get paid and we do have vending machine with crisps in it if I do have to stay:-)) (I hope they clear the roads though...)

Any

missile wrote: »

IMHO it would be better to have two winter and best to have 4 winter tyres.

If you are on a budget Autoscks could be a good option for you. Here is link to manufacturer's web site > http://www.autosock.com/
Video is a bit cheesy, but demonstrates how well they work.

Thank you, I will have a look at this!!

mikey72

Two are better than none.
Front will still have steering, and can drag the back up the hills.
Braking is still good(ish) as well.
I agree if you drive like you're insane the back will slide, but if it was going to slide anyway at least you've still got the front.
Putting winter tyres on the front alone won't make the back worse. It will make the front a lot better though.