Pear absolut tastes like poison. Didn't try lemon one, but i don't want to.
I think drinking random liquids at chemistry lab would be much tastier and healthier than that pear junk.
2x Goodyear Ultragrip 6
2x Goodyear Eagle Vector 5 (ok, these are not strictly winter tyres but they have high silica content and have some good reviews for snow.
I also ran a bit short of money and I got those for £100 delivered (well, won them on the 'bay today lol).
The £10 extra for a set of 4 michellin alpin 3 jobbies or some Dunlop 3Ds or whatever was really too much. Annoyingly on Wednesday the place selling them put their prices up by a tenner. Bastards.
As for overpreparing, well there's food, a shovel perhaps, don't most cars come with heated washer jets anyway? Alternatively use some anti-freezing screenwash. That way you can wash while it unfreezes and freeze while you wash. dawg.
a fair few modern cars come with "winter pack" which will generally include headlight washers and heated washer jets.
some cars even have heated wipers (my dads lexus for example). unfortunately no winter pack on my golf so no heated washers but imagine that. if you were stuck in a forest in the middle of nowhere you could turn your car into a make shift shower by turning the washer jet nozzles around. add some bubbly stuff and you'd be good to go.