 Poster: A snowHead
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I am considering buying some winter tyres since I have seen a few posts on here that they might be a good idea - after all, winter is coming, and it might possibly snow in the Alps, I understand. Currently I use doughnuts on my car (the ones with the holes, not the jam ones...I'm not stupid!!!) and although they have been great (I use Sainsbury's although I have seen cheaper ones in Aldi) I am worried about whether they might infringe the new laws in Germany.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I believe that the Aldi doughnuts are actually made in Germany so they are perfectly legal; buy 4 , do not put only 2 doughnuts on.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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cstreat, ...I've just seen a YouTube short from Sweden comparing a car with winter tyres and then one with doughnuts on the rear (front wheel drive car) and chocolate digestives on the front. It's a frightening sight.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Aldi German doughnuts have jam in them and you have to fit your own rims after making the correct insertion in the middle and draining all the jam out! Doughnuts with jam are illegal.
And don't forget to inform your insurance company! And offer to pay a huge premium for changing the format! 
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cheaper ones in Aldi
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Everyone, for Christ's sake, this is about safety. So, has to be Krispy Kreme.
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Bode Swiller, Krispy Kreme...good point...any definitive tests on the relative traction of multi-coloured hundreds-and-thousands topping versus single hue?
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Krispy Kreme are the devil. And don't you know that recent tests have shown jam gives added grip?
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Surely it's gotta be chocolate doughnuts, I've heard they offer better traction?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I am gluten intolerant...what do I do in the winter or am I only left with public transport and expensive taxis to resorts?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Get a grip ! Its obvious that doughnuts with any "fancy" additions or toppings are as useless as snow socks.valais2, I think that you will find that choc digestives not only have a different rolling circumference from dougnuts, they are much thinner and hence cut through deeper snow.
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Tim Hortons are obligatory in Canada during the winter.
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You know it makes sense.
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cstreat, ...snow socks useless??? never.....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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What about wagon wheels? Though there not as
Big as they used to be.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Conventional tyres will greatly improve your ability to perform doughnuts, I recommend the cheapest nastiest hardest plastic remoulds you can find.
also, I would like to present the strategy of a die hard doughnutter: snow socks for front end grip for initiation leaving the rears to slide freely:
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Obviously in that photo^^ the doughnut is attempting to keep warm and get in the vehicle 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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valais2, just in case anyone's missed it, the mystery ingredient in the photo (for genuine safety's sake) is.....
1 the snow socks are on the front tyres
2 this is a BMW, rear wheel drive - so official view is that the car will handle very weirdly (ie grip on steering, but not on drive, so the car is going to act very unpredictably
3 the roads have little snow on them so the socks should be limited to around 30kph or the socks are likely to shred
4 the recommendation from bmw is that the car should have chains all round, or snow tyres on all four wheels
I am afraid people living in the Alps, Finland etc have more accumulated knowledge , rather than the scant knowledge amongst the general population here, and indeed the UK suppliers of equipment.
With the serious stuff done...can we PLEASE get back to being silly....
OR....(the underlying reason I posted)...if anyone is interested in winter tyres please do a site search rather than start YET ANOTHER WINTER TYRE THREAD - all the really important stuff has been said already - suppliers, all 4 wheels, the performance of different makes, the law in different countries. And all good stuff....
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Bode Swiller, ....bearing in mind this is the land of MIT and Steve Jobs, the US persists in being the land of contrasts. Darwin awards due here for those bailing out of a safe, airbag infested environment and...good grief...risking being crushed by passing vehicles and then between the cars...
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valais2, just in case anyone's missed it, the mystery ingredient in the photo (for genuine safety's sake) is.....
1 the snow socks are on the front tyres
2 this is a BMW, rear wheel drive - so official view is that the car will handle very weirdly (ie grip on steering, but not on drive, so the car is going to act very unpredictably
3 the roads have little snow on them so the socks should be limited to around 30kph or the socks are likely to shred
4 the recommendation from bmw is that the car should have chains all round, or snow tyres on all four wheels
I am afraid people living in the Alps, Finland etc have more accumulated knowledge , rather than the scant knowledge amongst the general population here, and indeed the UK suppliers of equipment.
With the serious stuff done...can we PLEASE get back to being silly....
OR....(the underlying reason I posted)...if anyone is interested in winter tyres please do a site search rather than start YET ANOTHER WINTER TYRE THREAD - all the really important stuff has been said already - suppliers, all 4 wheels, the performance of different makes, the law in different countries. And all good stuff....
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Though out of interest does anyone have experience of those snowsocks? Just wondering as Saab (so being Swedish I'd think they know a bit about driving in winter conditions) have just emailed me suggesting some might be a good idea for my 93 estate.
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Bode Swiller, Loved how people were bailing out! If my choice is a 10mph bump or bailing out onto an icy road and oncoming traffic... I'm going with the former!
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davkt, ....I looked at them and there's plenty of positive comments...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=793651&mid=0&nmt=Snow
however there is a down side, I have heard stories of them shredding on tarmac - in the same way that chains fail if driven on tarmac for any distance or at speed. Also, they do not meet the requirement for chains where they are legally required - eg up to Trois Vallee resorts etc.
considering your insurance excess may be 400 or so, it's simply far cheaper and safer to run winter tyres, and have far better performance in rain, sleet, all through the winter - on earlier posts there are excellent data on how much better winter tyres are at everything in the winter - braking in the damp, cornering, ice, snow etc etc and the most sensible thing seems to be avoiding an accindent in the first place. We put ours on in November and keep them on until March. Were fantastic in the pre-christmas snow last year.
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