J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ellistine

KevinC wrote:So without wishing to re-start those arguments of 2 years ago does anyone know of any further developments with acceptance by the police? Does anyone know of any countries where they are definitely either allowed or banned for roads where the police are restricting access only to those suitably equipped?

I've never heard of them being banned from any countries but if I was driving in a country that required me to carry chains I would carry chains.

My 'Hair dressers' car isn't going anywhere near an alpine pass soon so for getting unstuck in the UK they are superb. Most of the 'blocked' roads I met in my 15 hour stuck in the snow adventure in December weren't actually that steep and these would have got me up them no trouble at all.

I think the more self sufficient British drivers can be the more chance the authorities will have to keep roads clear. After all, you can't get a gritter or plow down a road full of stuck cars.

Pablo Escobar wrote:Ellistine, thankfully they allowed you to get about and cut all that hair :twisted:

Yeah alright. It is truly the most impractical car we could have bought. It can't carry skis and it can't tow our boat but on the up side, it only has two seats so we always get driven places and it's dead cheap to run. Besides, it's got heated seats which according to the wife is now a requirement for all our future cars.

Up them, down them and around them! We we're trying to get to a pub somewhere out in the sticks near Totness for a 40th Birthday meal.

I committed the immortal sin and fitted them on a hill (the hill I slid down). The car would only stay still in gear. The handbrake alone couldn't hold it. With them on though I did a quick reverse to see what they we're like before descending and shot back up the hill with all the grip you could want. The rest of the trip to the pub was a breeze.

You obviously wouldn't want to go particularly fast as obviously the rear still had no grip but I was very impressed.

Why do you ask? Have you heard of problems with hills?

Now here's a post from the past.

Jan, if you're still sneaking a peak at the J2SKI forum every now and again then I can now answer your question. A couple of weeks ago I bought a pair of Autosocks for the car after getting stuck for 15 hours. I never planned to use them but I thought it might be good to hide them away in the spare wheel well just in case.

Anyway, yesterday after sliding into a hedge to avoid the back of the van I thought now might be the time to try them.

Amazing things!

They were a bit tricky to put on (mostly because there's not a lot of gap between my wheels and arches) but once on the grip was quite unbelievable plus no vibration, clunking, banging or anything.

I know they're not up to legal requirements in some countries but they have passed the same T.U.V. tests as chains in Germany and for the UK they're perfect where our snow/ice/slush/tarmac is a lot more patchy.



Note to self: Next time make sure you're not parked in horse manure when removing them. :roll: (having said that, I hosed them off and put them in the washing machine and they're lovely and clean again)

We were there for it in 2007. We never had any difficulty with accommodation. I think the majority of spectators were coming up from lauterbrunnen rather than staying in Wengen.

As ski race fans we loved it although we never got to ski the course at all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keith_ellis2/sets/72157594480721621/

Oh yeah!

Cool. They must have heard we were coming in January.

Dorset Boy wrote:Lake Garda is certainly very nice.

We may be heading there this year to go sailing. Possibly mounting a determined campaign to come last in the Laser 4000 Europeans.