If you’re Motoring to a Winter Holiday, you’ll save yourself a potential nightmare if you see to it that you and your vehicle are properly prepared and kitted out. This doesn’t mean making the most oft repeated mistake british motorists make.

Many drivers just go and buy a set of snow chains, and the vast majority of them are never even fitted. That’s a fact actually confided to me by a Snow Chain Importer. Over 70% of them are never used, because, when driving conditions are bad enough to use snow chains, they’re too bad for the average british car owner to keep going.

The most interesting fact is that nobody considers fitting winter tyres (also called Mud and Snow Tyres). You can buy these without spikes, and they are perfectly legal for use on UK roads. Unlike snow chains, winter tyres will offer a real boost to your winter driving, they’ll make it much easier to drive on snowy main & minor roads, and they’ll also significantly augment your grip in very wet conditions, cutting out or significantly reducing aquaplaning.

All in all Winter tyres will do a lot for you on the whole of your journey to your ski holiday. Yes they do cost quite a good deal more than a set of snow chains, but they’ll actually do something for you. They’ll improve your safety and comfort at home and abroad, whereas snow chains will do nothing. Additionally remember that when you’re driving on winter tyres, you’re not using up your summer tyres. So, if you keep your vehicle for a few years you’ll actually have a zero cost to your safer & less stressful winter driving.

Another thing you can do to improve your winter driving safety and comfort is to buy Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades. These resist extreme conditions that would easily destroy rubber Wiper Blades. Additionallythey don’t stick to your windscreen when it freezes. Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades, in point of fact cost less than premium branded rubber Wiper Blades, they can be used all year round and have a life of three to five times the life of even the very best rubber Wiper Blades. As a result, like Winter Tyres, this is an enhancement you can make which won’t cost anything overall. In fact, unlike winter tyres, fitting Silicone Windscreen Wiper Blades will actually save you money!

Silicone Screen Wipers also withstand Ozone, Ultra Violet and Solvents, all of which decimate the life of rubber Car wiper blades. Remember that in alpine areas there’s a lot of ultra violet light and you have to put a lot of solvent in the screen wash bottle in order to stop it freezing.

To get the ultimate in cold weather performance you should choose silicone Flat blade wipers, because these don’t have any joints to freeze or seize, so they’ll give you even more flexibility & clean wiping on those crucial cold dark starts.

So there you have it. Two great items which will make your ski holiday journey, and the rest of your winter motoring both safer & more comfortable, and the good news is that, on the whole, they needn’t add a penny to your motoring budget over the life of your [spin]car|vehicle[spin].