I've been told that Autosocks are extremely good. I bought some for our other car last year, just after the heavy snow had lifted. It hasn't snowed since, though! About £70 a pair, and it is apparently best to buy two pairs. Can only be used on ice and snow, and have to be removed when you reach cle...

I believe that it is illegal to fit a towbar to an XK8 registered after 1 August 1998. It is not that the car cannot tow perfectly satisfactorily, but at that date EC regulations came in which meant that 'type approval' had to be sought. Jaguar decided not to obtain type approval for the XK8 - it mi...