Winter Essentials

Weather forecast for november/ december is expected to be sub zero like the winter of 2010.

With this in mind i was wondering what essential items i should load. Im thinking shovel,blankets, sleeping bag,de-icer,spare mobile phone etc

what are you going to add to this list?

Cardboard is supposed to be helpful if you're struggling for traction. Or an alternative is to carry some road salt.

Flask, chocolate, extra coats, clean boxers

Soft toilet tissue and a shovel.

I kept half a bag of grit in the van last year it can make all the difference especially when the snow shovels plastic!!

3 months in the caribbean!!!

Winter tyres are a must. They give much more grip In ice and snow.

Winter tyres are a must, I didnt use them last winter & was ok, I have tried both Winter & all season tyres, the Winter tyres make a bit more noise and work well, only 1 mpg less than summer tyres, all season tyres fairly quiet ok on ice, ok ish on snow, but the Winter tyres give you loads of confidence, dosn`t mean you can drive like an idiot, just get you to places and safely, where a normal tyre wouldnt get your, great on hills too.

Good torch, one that works

Tins of soup and a big mug

Check to make sure you battery is upto winter, sounds daft but a few cold days and a duff battery will let you down, new wiper blades, scraper, di-icer, & drive slow down a touch there are lots of nutters about in bad weather, dont be one of them.

Ow do Mr G you should check out Aldi or Lidl.. One of them do windscreen wash which they quote as having a freeze tempreture of -60c. it cost about £6 a gallon. And of course you can dilute to conditions. Advisable for obvious reasons. Also Costco, should you have a card. Sell a windscreen wash with a brand name with a freeze tempreture of -36c, And that roughly the same price per gallon... Or is that 5 litres these days..?

On the christmassy side of things You can buy in the poundland stores ... An LED lit christmas tree for your dash board which changes colour as you drive. There is also a snow man with simlar lighting, But I had to take my snow man out as he wanted to flash blue most of the time. Both have USB connections. So of course you will need a USB hub to plug them into. And of course the store has thought of that to. So for 3quid Mr.G you can have a christmassy interior in your motor and spread some christmas cheer around your delivery route. I'd just like to point out that my dashboard christmas tree dcoration is the old fashioned one with fairy lights and not LED's

That`s it, I couldnt put my finger on it thanks.

Aorning AJM Ive not had my finger on it for a while. can you tell me where I can find it...?

sorry should say .. Morning ABJM

flippin eck... Soryy AJM must be the thought of having to buy a new snopw man

I give up

Whatever you do, dont drive a vehicle today.

Warm gloves so that your fingers work when you want to operate a keyboard.......

Fingerless gloves are 2 pairs for £4 at tesco under their value clothing range ..plus you get double clubcard points this weekend