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Snow socks on the front if you want to be double safe but watch out they shred quickly on any bit of tarmac.
Never used them, but aren't snow socks meant to go on the driven wheels? So it depends on rwd/fwd,etc.
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I guess they're only for getting you out of difficult situations, but I'm not sure I'd want all the traction on the driven wheels and none on the steering wheels ha ha
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yes , but for a BMW like Dans and mine , chains on the rear and then snow socks can assist on the front . Of course you can use just snow socks and then they go on the drive wheels etc.
They are hell of a lot easier to fit than most chains.
Colm89
d.mac
2 trips to Morzine last winter in my 340i . Winter tyres work.
Practice putting your chains on , nothing worse than kneeling on the road in the snow at night trying work out how they go on...
Snow socks on the front if you want to be double safe but watch out they shred quickly on any bit of tarmac.
In reality only needed chains once in all the years I have driven and that was to get to Ste Foy after a big dump.
A lot depends on where you going , eg Morzine is low and the roads will nearly always be clear unless you are arriving v.late at night in a storm , then a small risk the snow ploughs haven’t been out. On the other hand the road up to Avoriaz when it’s dumping can be completely different.