Winter Tyre Grip

[ikarl]

Anyone seen/used this before?

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/...

thoughts?

[y2blade]

[HustleRussell]

"300% Better traction"

sceptical.

[jmorgan]

Says its an aid to get you moving. Maybe it does what it says on the tin? Get you going that is.

[kambites]

From what I've been told, something similar used to be quite popular back in the 60s and 70s and apparently worked extremely well. I think it's more of a competitor for snow socks than winter tyres or chains, though - something for getting you going again if you briefly get stuck rather than for providing a general improvement in grip levels.

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 13th December 10:38

[ikarl]

might be worth it then with the usual 25% discount from ECP?!

[jon-]

A mate at Auto Express tested it, and it actually does help.

I have a can, as soon as we get some good snow, I'll be doing a video.

Sorry, didn't mean to insert facts into this debate.

[cptsideways]

This stuff used to be popular back in the 80's iirc.

[Prof Prolapse]

kambites said:

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Would you like to buy a rock from me that keeps tigers away?

[kambites]

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Would you like to buy a rock from me that keeps tigers away?

No, but I don't know from talking to people who have successfully used rocks to keep tigers away in the past that it works and to be honest I'm fairly unlikely to ever meet a tiger in the wild anyway.

I'd happily buy a gun to protect myself from tigers despite having never personally shot a tiger.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 13th December 11:04

[MC Bodge]

[Prof Prolapse]

kambites said:

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Would you like to buy a rock from me that keeps tigers away?

No, but I don't know from talking to people who have successfully used rocks to keep tigers away in the past that it works and to be honest I'm fairly unlikely to ever meet a tiger in the wild anyway.

OK what about some Homeopathic remedies then? Thousands, perhaps millions, of satisfied customers.

Upon clearing of your cheque I can have any remedy delivered to your house via your kitchen tap.

[RicksAlfas]

Eurocarparts said:

This product is designed as an aid to pulling off only

:snigger:

[MDT]

HustleRussell said:

"300% Better traction"

sceptical.

This is I guess true, however 300% more than sod all is still sod all

[littleredrooster]

Ermmm...one of the magazines tested this very recently and reported that it worked astonishingly well for a short (2km?) distance. IIRC, they said it could be the difference between getting moving and being stuck.

The only drawback that I could see was the need to clear the tyre of snow before applying.

[Prof Prolapse]

Just to clarify... I'm open to the idea, I just would like someone to explain how it works!

[Alfanatic]

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Would you like to buy a rock from me that keeps tigers away?

No, but I don't know from talking to people who have successfully used rocks to keep tigers away in the past that it works and to be honest I'm fairly unlikely to ever meet a tiger in the wild anyway.

OK what about some Homeopathic remedies then? Thousands, perhaps millions, of satisfied customers.

Upon clearing of your cheque I can have any remedy delivered to your house via your kitchen tap.

Prof, do you actually have any reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims, or are you just being skeptical because it's the new fashion?

EDIT: Ah, clarified already. Sorry.

[littleredrooster]

Prof Prolapse said:

Just to clarify... I'm open to the idea, I just would like someone to explain how it works!

It's the exact opposite of WD40.


TBH - I have no idea.

[Prof Prolapse]

Alfanatic said:

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

Prof Prolapse said:

kambites said:

I see no reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims to do.

Would you like to buy a rock from me that keeps tigers away?

No, but I don't know from talking to people who have successfully used rocks to keep tigers away in the past that it works and to be honest I'm fairly unlikely to ever meet a tiger in the wild anyway.

OK what about some Homeopathic remedies then? Thousands, perhaps millions, of satisfied customers.

Upon clearing of your cheque I can have any remedy delivered to your house via your kitchen tap.

Prof, do you actually have any reason to believe it doesn't do what it claims, or are you just being skeptical because it's the new fashion?

My point is my friend that it is specious reasoning to believe a product works just because no-one has proved it doesn't. The onus is always on the person making the claim to provide the evidence (which may very well exist).

The rest of what I said was just winding up Kambites.

[Alfanatic]

A wind up. Understood.