Will I get Autosocks over my wheels on a C43?

[Gridlock]

AutoSock/Auto Sock.The Textile wheel cover for Driving in Ice and Snow.Auto Socks get you Home!

Given the prevailing weather (and the long-range forecast) I need a solution to my car being floored by the slightest bit of snow.

Looking at Autosocks, but you need to push them over the wheel to the back and I have limited clearance - does anyone have any experience of these, specifically fitting them to a car where the wheels fill the arches?

Or do I just buy a shed Land Cruiser and wait it out? That would take me to 3 cars

Other option is either snow tyres for the Merc (245/40/17?) but that's expensive and I have limited storage space for wheels, or maybe I should just do what my brain says is a very bad idea and buy skinny wheels/winter tyres for my Golf?

Everyone at work mocks me for having 2 cars but not driving in the snow, I don't think they understand traction (or racing clutches) though

 

[Sp!ke]

use the golf.

 

[Gridlock]

It has a fierce clutch for Santa Pod reasons, still runs 205 tyres and there's the small matter of 260bhp through the front wheels. Oh, and the air filter sits about 6 inches above the ground, which is the last strike really.

Probably still better than the Merc (except no heated seats!) but I want autosocks for "get me home" use really. If it snows I work from home.

 

[corned]

I can only see "Failed to instantiate a session 101" when I click your linky...

 

[Gridlock]

Site's down - definitely right link (as the forum picked up the meta title).

instantiate - sounds like they have Indian guys working IT, definitely a word I'd expect to see on an email from our IBM tech support guys (in Hyderabad). You know what it means, it's almost right, it could be one of 2 words and it sounds like it really should be a word.

 

[camerafodder]

I used snow socks with my 350z they were very good. It had 18" rays alloys so fairly filled the arches. Might have a piccy somewhere

 

[corned]

Yeah - I noticed that it picked up the title. Bad luck, timing-wise I guess!

Instantiate - an Object-Oriented term. Perfectly valid!

 

[c43]

Instantiate - an Object-Oriented term. Perfectly valid!

Certainly is a word (can't help with the snow sock question though)

 

[stevesey]

Yeah - I noticed that it picked up the title. Bad luck, timing-wise I guess!

Instantiate - an Object-Oriented term. Perfectly valid!

Bad grammar though - failed to inistatiate a session object - would be more like it.

 

[stevesey]

.co.uk may be down, but www.autosock.com is up - a couple of clicks for UK suppliers and you get:

"Due to unprecedented demand for our Autosock and snow chain products this site is down temporarily for essential maintenance.
We expect to be back on the air later this evening (5th January 2010). "

Is that really tonights weather forecast increasing the load - or just all of us following Gridlocks link

EDIT: .co.uk came back as I was typing.

 

[Brian WH]

Site Back now.

For my car 255x55x18 rears only= £65

Trouble is by the time they arrive it will have stopped snowing.

 

[Gridlock]

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/899143-post16.html

Looks like I wouldn't

Investigating these Trax thingies but ultimately I think it's going to be a cheap Land Cruiser or similar (quite fancy a ratty old Freelander actually, will paint it matt green with orange Viper stripes)

 

[saorbust]

Shame - I've got airmatic so I can raise the car up to get them on. Gonna order some as a 'get me home' resort for the boot in case.

 

[saorbust]

Okay I would but they don't make them in 275/35 18's.

 

[Gridlock]

Buy 2 sets or you'll end up accelerating but not steering or braking

ETA - Shame, but that's not exactly a common size!

GoTrax seem to be used a lot on the states.

 

[AndyPCD]

Been looking at this product to and was wondering as i drive an evoX and it 4 wheel drive would i need to buy two sets or just one to go on the front wheels as i was watching a video of a jeep with them on and they had one on each wheel.

 

[Stratman]

Site's back up and I've just ordered a pair. Sadly they're out of stock of most sizes but expecting a delivery next week. The weather forecast sees no quick end to the cold spell so hopefully they'll spend some time in my boot 'there but not needed'.