So who's preparing for winter this year?

Shimmy · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:36

4x winter Conti tyres
4 heated seats set to max
heated front and rear windscreen and mirrors
torch
de-icer

Will put a shovel in the boot once we actually get some snow

Raymond Lin · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:41

1 - I don't plan to drive in the snow
2 - I walk/train to work
3 - I take the bus/taxi if needed

Much cheaper than spending money on Winter tyres for the few days of heavy snow.

panthro · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:45

Princey said:
Is it possible to put 235's on a 245 wheel? Just for the winter? I ask as there is a £50 difference between the two.

Whats the actual wheel size, not the tyre size?

Rilot · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:46

I am preparing by practising my throttle control so I can get some proper sideways action going on one it gets a bit slippery.
I will also increase the concentration of my washer fluid and maybe turn the climate control temperature up to 20.
If it gets snowy, I'll drop my tyre pressures a bit if I can be bothered.

Mostly I'll do the same as last year which was drive slightly more carefully.

sigma · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:46

Might buy some new gloves.

Princey · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:48

panthro said:
Whats the actual wheel size, not the tyre size?

8"

Steve2000 · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:53

I have a tarpaulin this year that will get put over the car on snowy nights.

Cosimo · 23 Sep 2011 at 11:53

frozennova said:
I might buy an ice scraper this year.

I might buy a new one.

Berger · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:02

I have prepared for winter by being in Australia rather than Canada.

Owwwwwwwwwwwwww etc.

NathWraith · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:03

[TW]Fox;20133329 said:
I have prepared for winter by being in England rather than Canada.

I have my winter tyres for the Polo at least. Don't want all 60BHP being wasted with pointless wheelspins!

Blackhawk47 · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:05

MrLOL said:
agreed

Once you past watford gap its just penguins and polar bears come December. FACT.

+1, I remember coming home from work on 1st December in Leeds last year. must have been 15cm of snow on my car. Was a lot of fun trying to get out of the city centre. :eek:

TomO · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:13

Princey said:
8"

no problem, 245 is on the wide side for an 8 inch rim anyway, my merc has 245's on a 8.5 and the 200sx has 225's on an 8.5 which is about the narrowest you can go on a 8.5 before it becomes 'stretched'.

franneh12 · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:15

can of de- icer
pair of riding boots and pair of wellies sitting in my boot anyway

Dr Who · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:17

paradigm said:
Or to put it another way, you have prepared by living on the south coast. It's not our fault you live in a snowless dump

Had loads of snow down there in 1981/2 while I was based at Torpoint

Conscript · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:20

My dad is doing some landscaping in his garden at the moment, so I might nick a few old paving slabs to go in the boot, but realistically Im planning not to be able to drive the car if we get a week of ice/snow. A lightweight roadster with RWD and summer tyres...probs wont be worth the risk, assuming I can even manage a small incline.

EDIT:The tyres are Toyo T1Rs, hence the concern.

ZXSpectrum · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:20

I noticed costco are doing some snowthingys for the tyres.. Sort of snowchain but not as harsh..

roughlad · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:27

Skyline said:
I noticed costco are doing some snowthingys for the tyres.. Sort of snowchain but not as harsh..

Snow sock?

Defcon5 · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:41

Skyline said:
I noticed costco are doing some snowthingys for the tyres.. Sort of snowchain but not as harsh..

They are half the price on ebay, I noticed them last week

ZXSpectrum · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:46

I dont know which ones they were but think they were £48 a pair?

shoes · 23 Sep 2011 at 12:58

Emjeadea said:
wow wish i could afford to go buy tyres just because its winter

tell me about it

I guess they barely wear down in the snow or ice though so providing you can afford the space to store them and £20 to have them swapped over at the beginning/end of the winter you could get a fair few years out of them. Long run economy - it doesn't make the initial £300+ spend (ford focus) any easier!