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      08-20-2012, 04:11 PM   #11
philtrick123
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Just to throw my two pennies worth in (two cents worth in the US).
In the UK we rarely get enough snow to justify winter tyres, although the tyre industry are now starting to push them as a package including storage.

I currently drive a Santa Fe which was great (on standard tyres) on an occasion last year when we did get snow. I tried to assist a foolish RWD 3-series driver who was trying to tow a trailer in the snow. He got stuck trying to get up an incline. I hooked up my tow rope, and managed to pull the car and load and a few yards, but even then my 4 wheels started to loose traction. Fortunately I'd purchased some autosocks. Once I'd put these on, I had zero traction loss. For occasional use I can strongly recommend them. Easy to fit, Easy to remove, easy to store in the boot (trunk- US). I'm going to get some more when the X3 arrives, the existing autosocks are the wrong size for the X3.

http://www.autosock.us/



PS I am not connected to this company :-)

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