winter tyres

[R32UK]

Because I am experienced in all manners of travel I have adopted the tennis racquet and bunjee cord approach.. you see.. when we have a problem with the car... we fix it...we don't put it into vw because we worry about our service history.. and we apply the same approach for real life.. I even have salt shakers attached to each tennis racquet to apply salt as i walk...

wow you really are a bored welsh lad 

[Mikester]

Contact bellend, he might have some spare de-icer for that window issue.

 

confusing case notes?

Sorry, i think i left them on a train.

[Bellend]

Contact bellend, he might have some spare de-icer for that window issue.

Actually, I prefer getting in the car, starting it, pressing that heated windscreen button and by the time I've plugged my phone in the car, I just drive off.

Perhaps a quick deicer on the side windows.

If my windscreen ever goes on my car, I'll consider saving up for one with a heated element in it.

[bored_Welsh_lad]

Contact bellend, he might have some spare de-icer for that window issue.

Actually, I prefer getting in the car, starting it, pressing that heated windscreen button and by the time I've plugged my phone in the car, I just drive off.

Perhaps a quick deicer on the side windows.

If my windscreen ever goes on my car, I'll consider saving up for one with a heated element in it.

My de-icing runs something like this...

1. walk out of house with keys in hand
2. press electric garage open button
3. unlock vehicle and climb into said vehicle
4. start engine and drive out of garage
5. press garage door close...

Jesus its hardwork driving such an old car...

[Rolfe]

So do tell.   Is there some special reason it's only the MkVI people who're falling in love with winter tyres?  The wide tyres?  The DSG (don't think so)?

Mine was like Bambi on ice last year, couldn't get up the hill to the main road, nearly didn't get back into my drive one evening.  Had to be dug out of the work car park twice.

Swore that wasn't going to happen again.

Paid £240 for a pair of winter tyres, which was a no-brainer since I needed new front tyres anyway, and the thing is now running as if it had grown caterpillar tracks.  Got into work on a day almost nobody else did (and had to go home again because we were closed - access roads too dangerous). Did stuff I would otherwise only have tried in a Land Rover and got away with it.  Took the hill to the main road without a pause.  Ended up getting co-opted to ferry a bunch of mates around because my car was the only one that was capable of getting there (there being Edinburgh).

Best £240 I spent in a long time.

So what's the problem, geniuses?

Rolfe.

[danny_p]

how much      thought the mk6 owners were the only ones daft enough to pay that.

winter tyers arn't all that IMO     a high quality summer tyer that's not track orintated will outperform a winter tyer untill it's on snow,  yes on snow the winter tyer will fair a bit better but not that much better and ice bugger them up anyway.

i had winter tyers last year and was quite disapointed with them so i sold them and went back to £24 round black things made by kingpin.  it got a bit further up some of the hills with the winter tyers than it did with the nasty cheep kingpins  but further up is not good enough unless its the top 

I have a set of chains in teh car and when snow and ice is involved  i have found myself needing them or not needing them regardless of what tyers are on the car. 

 

[mwep201081]

So do tell.   Is there some special reason it's only the MkVI people who're falling in love with winter tyres?  The wide tyres?  The DSG (don't think so)?

Mine was like Bambi on ice last year, couldn't get up the hill to the main road, nearly didn't get back into my drive one evening.  Had to be dug out of the work car park twice.

Swore that wasn't going to happen again.

Paid £240 for a pair of winter tyres, which was a no-brainer since I needed new front tyres anyway, and the thing is now running as if it had grown caterpillar tracks.  Got into work on a day almost nobody else did (and had to go home again because we were closed - access roads too dangerous). Did stuff I would otherwise only have tried in a Land Rover and got away with it.  Took the hill to the main road without a pause.  Ended up getting co-opted to ferry a bunch of mates around because my car was the only one that was capable of getting there (there being Edinburgh).

Best £240 I spent in a long time.

So what's the problem, geniuses?

Rolfe.

You paid 240 quid and turned up for work when you didn't need to........ Should have saved your money....

[R32UK]

Contact bellend, he might have some spare de-icer for that window issue.

 

confusing case notes?

Sorry, i think i left them on a train.

Again?

[bored_Welsh_lad]

I don't care what anyone says, if you can't drive very well then you aint going to get much use out of winter tyres

[R32UK]

I don't care what anyone says, if you can't drive very well then you aint going to get much use out of winter tyres

what if you can drive well?

have you tried winter tyres?