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Did Not Work For My RWD Mustang In Snow.
I really wanted this product to work.
I have 2002 Mustang which I park on the street in town. I live in Pennsylvania.
The street is surface is tar and chip, over asphalt, and it is well maintained.
When it snows, it normally takes me about 2 hours to dig myself out, even if there is only 4 inches.
I bought these in the best hopes that they would get me "unstuck" as the claim states, but in my situation, they simply did not work.
Mustangs are notoriously bad for winter weather, so my expectations were low, but I was at least hoping the would help in some capacity. They did not. In fact, I feel they had the opposite effect, and ironically got me more stuck, by digging holes into the road.
Perhaps they would work with a FWD vehicle, or a heaver RWD vehicle, but I can't say for certain.
PRO's:
- Innovative
- Made in America
- Easy To Put On
CON's
- Did Not Work For Me.
- Over Priced - although the quality of appearance, is initially good, I feel a fair price would be more around $30. (let's face it, it's a strap and a piece of rubber.)
- Durability - I would be surprised if someone got more than 10 uses out of these. (I've included a picture of what mine look like after one use.)
- Difficult To Remove - once used, the strap gets REALLY tight, and the Velcro that holds it in place kinda gets in the way of removing it. You would be hard pressed to remove one of these by hand, without the use of a tool, like some forceps. (I used needle nose pliers)
- It Feels Damaging to the Vehicle - Aside from all the stones and debris that gets tossed up and hitting the paint, it feels like it wrecks havoc on the rear suspension.
Final Thoughts: I hate to rip it apart like this, because I'm sure the inventor/company had the best intentions in mind when developing the product, but in my situation it just didn't work; and because of that, I cannot recommend them. I'll probably return them.
January 2015 · Automotive · verified purchase