MikeF
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Are they all they're cracked up to be? I'm considering getting some given my car is fecking rubbish with the slightest bit of snow
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Snow Tyres
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DiscoSteve
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get something with drive to all four corners - then you'll be fine
can't wait for the snow this year, the last two winters have been a blast
can't wait for the snow this year, the last two winters have been a blast
the mystery illness
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where is you sense of fun ?
your not supposed to be able to control a car when it snows
<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k</a>
your not supposed to be able to control a car when it snows
<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k</a>
MikeF
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paint it blue said:where is you sense of fun ?
your not supposed to be able to control a car when it snows
<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/Ig82c5MjB6k</a>
They actually performed better than the shower of shite I've got
It is a serious question though!
DiscoSteve
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course you are - the trick is to remain IN control
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP-NPbqbluE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP-NPbqbluE</a>
Me on the Goyt Valley in the Snow two winters ago :-)
The stretch quarter mile straight stretch (at 2 minutes in) is 1 in 7 down - you'll notice people sledging on it - was squeaky bum time towards the bottom ;-)
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP-NPbqbluE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP-NPbqbluE</a>
Me on the Goyt Valley in the Snow two winters ago :-)
The stretch quarter mile straight stretch (at 2 minutes in) is 1 in 7 down - you'll notice people sledging on it - was squeaky bum time towards the bottom ;-)
mcfcinprague
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Have to fit winter tyres here on Nov 1st by law
They do work much better on the snow and ice though
They do work much better on the snow and ice though
Lancet Fluke
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Couldn't recommend winter tyres (I think snow tyres might be something slightly different) highly enough. Get a set of vredestien wintrac xtremes off the internet, I reckon you will be impressed. I have a 3 series which is rear wheel drive, I also live on top of a hill in North Wales. Those two things don't really go together very well in winter, believe me. I got my wintracs and could drive around in the snow much, much better than my missus' front wheel drive car. I was astonished by how much of a difference it makes.
Don't get ripped off by going to kwikfit or similar though, they charge a fortune for tyres that aren't a patch on the wintracs. I got tyres off the internet, some second hand alloys off ebay and paid a local garage to put them on the rims for me. I just swap the wheels over myself then in November and back again in spring.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Wintrac-Xtreme.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vrede ... Xtreme.htm</a>
Don't get ripped off by going to kwikfit or similar though, they charge a fortune for tyres that aren't a patch on the wintracs. I got tyres off the internet, some second hand alloys off ebay and paid a local garage to put them on the rims for me. I just swap the wheels over myself then in November and back again in spring.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Wintrac-Xtreme.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vrede ... Xtreme.htm</a>
BlueSniffer
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Moved house last year in a cul de sav that has a slight incline. I was wondering why the neighbours were out parking their cars at the top of the road when it started to snow, went out the next morning to no more than 1cm of snow and was struck for 3 days.
I wouldn't bother with Snow tyres mate. I've bought some snow chains from Costso for £60. They have the same ones in Halfords for £99 (see the link). They're quick and easy to put on and take off and do the job. You get two in a pack and fit them to you drive wheels.
[urlhttp://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_202001_productId_840121_langId_-1?cm_mmc=Shopping-_-Google%20Product%20Search-_-Travel%20%26%20Touring%2FBreakdown%20%26%20Emergency%2FSnow%20Chains-_-Michelin%20Easy%20Grip%20R12%20Composite%20Snow%20Chains&source=shopping[/url]
They're stocking them again at the moment if you know someone who has a members card.
I wouldn't bother with Snow tyres mate. I've bought some snow chains from Costso for £60. They have the same ones in Halfords for £99 (see the link). They're quick and easy to put on and take off and do the job. You get two in a pack and fit them to you drive wheels.
[urlhttp://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_202001_productId_840121_langId_-1?cm_mmc=Shopping-_-Google%20Product%20Search-_-Travel%20%26%20Touring%2FBreakdown%20%26%20Emergency%2FSnow%20Chains-_-Michelin%20Easy%20Grip%20R12%20Composite%20Snow%20Chains&source=shopping[/url]
They're stocking them again at the moment if you know someone who has a members card.
Lancet Fluke
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Do you leave snow chains on for a whole journey or do you take them off once you are on a gritted road and out of the snow?
baldmosher
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Don't leave em on!Lancet Fluke said:Do you leave snow chains on for a whole journey or do you take them off once you are on a gritted road and out of the snow?
Snow chains will rip the shit out of your tyres if you use them on anything other than pack snow.
Winter tyres will work fine on wet or dry tarmac or snow. Just put them on at the end of autumn and take them off at the start of spring.
Friend of mine on the M60 using winter tyres to full effect, the bit around 2:40 is rather telling:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7B52qQ_t8k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7B52qQ_t8k</a>
Only problem is you will normally get stuck behind people without winter tyres who insist on driving in the snow and so they snare up the roads. You tend to find the outside lane gets covered in snow quickly, and only the scraper trucks and those with winter tyres will be brave enough to use it.
They work by having little grooves that catch the snow, and those snow-packed grooves actually grip on snow very well indeed. Braking distances are slashed.