MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: searly on November 28, 2010, 08:57:28 pm
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Been keeping a close I on the thread regarding Winter Tyres, as a back up what are the Snow socks like. i know you can only use them them when snow is on the ground and that they will shread on tarmac . I have family living in spain , their local Lidels have them for 26€ . i have looked in the internet and they seem to be going for aoround £50 mark in the UK .
Are they worth having as back up and do they really work ????. they are driving back to the UK Tuesday and want to know if I want any bringing back . In the region of spain she is , the poilce will only allow vehicles with either chains or this socks on in very bad conditions on the moterway.
Has any body on here used them last year
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There's a thread on this somewhere....
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they are called autosock cost 95+ vat for 225/40/17 sure i got part number from vw somewhere
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some of my mates used them last year, had good reports from them,
although they are ment to be a get you home thing rather than driving all week in snow with them on i think
like if you get stranded at the shops you put them on to drive home then take them of, i dont no what theyd be like in the long term?
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gti265 is bang on, they are an emergency last resort job really. they work well on snow and are a doddle to put on, but as soon as you hit a cleared road you need to pull over and remove them or they literally rip apart, which isnt good because they are not cheap