I'm really pleased with the performance of 'snow socks' as fitted to my Volkswagen Touran.
I saw your recent reply about snow socks. I have a pair of AutoSocks, which I have used three times. In January I travelled twenty-six miles in them on partially gritted and very snowy non-gritted roads. I found them to be amazing. In places I was driving through two to three inches of fresh snow up and down steep hills in a Volkswagen Touran. I passed abandoned vehicles and at times I was one of the few vehicles on the road. When I got to a gritted stretch of road I slowed right down to about fifteen miles an hour and they did not shred. There is some minor wear on them but apart from that they are fine. I would strongly recommend using them. They are not quite as easy to get on as the adverts make out but once on they are brilliant.
Asked on 6 April 2013 by JW, Salisbury
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Many thanks. Useful information to counter reports of them getting ripped to shreds on first encounter with cleared tarmac. All about common sense.
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