Wheel Snow Socks

[searly]

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

[andrewparker]

There's a thread on this somewhere....

[SLIVERFOX]

they are called autosock cost 95+ vat for 225/40/17 sure i got part number from vw somewhere

[gti265]

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?

[Janner_Sy]

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