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We run the Cheng Shins down til there is a good display of wire sticking out of them.
Like a Studded Nokian in the snow then.
We've got one this year on Winters.. 2nd one needed Tyres at test so it's on semi decent black and rounds as it's offskis when the right Spec V60 AWD or XC70 shows up.
If I had nothing much to do with myself and could stay at home I wouldn't bother.
Like a Studded Nokian in the snow then.
We've got one this year on Winters.. 2nd one needed Tyres at test so it's on semi decent black and rounds as it's offskis when the right Spec V60 AWD or XC70 shows up.
If I had nothing much to do with myself and could stay at home I wouldn't bother.
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oil barron
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- Aberdeenshire
Yeah, we don’t get the extremes in the UK. I think in the last two years the shortest day has been warmer than the longest day.
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- DD9.
There’s an old polish guy works here. to get to work there’s a steep brae that comes off a junction so you can’t get a run at it. in frosty weather he just bangs the car in first, foot to the floor, and melts his way up. I’ve got a picture somewhere...
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ollie989898
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I'm confused. How the fudge do you manage that on a straight road? Oh, he was going uphill lol.
farmerm
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- Shropshire
Winter tyres only more the point at which a driver runs out of talent... A good driver on normal tyres is still a far better prospect that a shyt driver on winter tyres.
oil barron
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- Aberdeenshire
Going forwards maybe ( although my wife got in pretty well with her Yaris on winter tires and she is a horrendous driver). But stopping is where winter tires really kick in.
Finn farmer
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2wd can climb steep tarmac or sandy hill roads easily.
A few years back we had roads so slippery, that any 2wd car would just start sliding towards the ditch if you drove over 30km/h. A few lorries would stop mid-hill and then start to slide back down. One even slid through a supermarkets display window trailer first.
Yeah. Going forwards isn't a problem, but staying on the road at 80km/h on a steep curve is. Or stopping from 100km/h.
Happy hillbily
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- Uwchaled, North Wales
Not read the whole thread but winter/summer tyres is the same difference between day and night !
Had a 46 mile commute through Snowdonia for 10 years. Used to run old diesel Astra's, run them till they went bang then bought another for 1500 quid and did the same with that one. Used to get a lot of people ask me why I didn't get a 4wd for winter, be safer they said !
Spent £100 on some narrow winter tyres, and they did the job even better, even managed the Llanberis pass with a foot of snow on the road.
Yes, you need lots of common sense driving in snow, but having snow tyres takes it to another level.
Put some £60 winter tyres on the wife's BMW 120d , the grip on snow and ice is phenomenal. 100 times better than the sh1t runflats that are on it at other times.
Had a 46 mile commute through Snowdonia for 10 years. Used to run old diesel Astra's, run them till they went bang then bought another for 1500 quid and did the same with that one. Used to get a lot of people ask me why I didn't get a 4wd for winter, be safer they said !
Spent £100 on some narrow winter tyres, and they did the job even better, even managed the Llanberis pass with a foot of snow on the road.
Yes, you need lots of common sense driving in snow, but having snow tyres takes it to another level.
Put some £60 winter tyres on the wife's BMW 120d , the grip on snow and ice is phenomenal. 100 times better than the sh1t runflats that are on it at other times.
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- Durham, UK
In my dads yfc days, he had a moggy pickup. Used to fit town and country tires and put two bags of sand in the back. It would climb a mountain he said, i think it was more to do with the young ladies he was 'romancing' giving him the incentive to get to his destination.
Brother in law lived in the Cairngorms for several years. At one point he ran 2 4wd vehicles. When the old Disco succumbed to tin worm (largely due to winter salt) he bought a Ford Fiesta and a second set of wheels with winter tyres. Apparently and within reason that car would go anywhere.
quavers
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- aberdeenshire
Any one here used winter tyres and not bothered using them again or not seeing any benefit of winter tyres
Finn farmer
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Spare set of wheels with winter tyres is a standard here. Can't remember if these are 17" or 18" wheels.
Johnnyboxer
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- Yorkshire
As a kid in the 1970’s & 80’s when snow or ice was forecasted, Dad put 4 spare wheels in the boot of our RWD estate cars
2 equipped with chains and 2 equipped with ice studded town & country tyres
He would swap to whatever was most appropriate and we never get stuck anywhere
2 equipped with chains and 2 equipped with ice studded town & country tyres
He would swap to whatever was most appropriate and we never get stuck anywhere
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- Portsmouth
I have a great memory orf casually driving up a snowy hill past a huge queue of posh modern cars and plenty of Chelsea tractors all slipping and spinning or stuck in the verge / hedge.
Me and brother we driving a scruffy little old red rover metro with a yellow door.
The looks we got were priceless!
We did call dad and ask him to come and pull the idiots out with a tractor though.
Me and brother we driving a scruffy little old red rover metro with a yellow door.
The looks we got were priceless!
We did call dad and ask him to come and pull the idiots out with a tractor though.
Happy hillbily
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- Uwchaled, North Wales
Spare set of wheels with winter tyres is a standard here. Can't remember if these are 17" or 18" wheels.
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Put 16" steels wheels on the wife's car, and use winter tyres with a taller sidewall, they have a bit more give, so grips better than the 17" funflats.
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- North Notts
Absolute rubbish, the difference is unbelievable.
There's some truth in the post - if you look at how technology like ABS and ESP has improved driver safety, you only have to see how people drive to realise that they just reduce the safety margins accordingly hoping that the systems will save them and their no claims discounts.