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Author Topic: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?  (Read 2874 times)

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aaronjb

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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #15 on: 02 December 2010, 21:54:21 »
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;D ;D

trust me I'm patient enough to repeat every year until all members agree with me ;D :y

;D I'm glad you have a sense of humour Cem ;)
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« Reply #16 on: 02 December 2010, 21:55:45 »
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;D ;D

trust me I'm patient enough to repeat every year until all members agree with me ;D :y

;D I'm glad you have a sense of humour Cem ;)

no worries .. 

nice find by the way.. :y
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #17 on: 02 December 2010, 21:56:28 »
I agree with Lizzie... Although I am slightly younger than her (so I'm told... I thought she was 21 :-* ::)) I have well in excess of a million miles under my belt and follow similar rules. With one big addition... I hardly use the brakes in these poor conditions, just cover them to show the stop lights :y :y

SWMBO commented earlier that one of the heath roads seemed pretty good as I was slowing comfortably with no ABS interference... So I pressed the pedal a fraction harder for her ;D ;D

Having some fun with the sideways action though ::) :D :D
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #18 on: 02 December 2010, 22:47:25 »
Who needs winter tyres.. all you need is a septic tank truck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sc00fVFx5D0
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #19 on: 02 December 2010, 22:49:28 »
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDEDHKHsec8&feature=related[/media]
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #20 on: 03 December 2010, 08:26:15 »
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I agree with Lizzie... Although I am slightly younger than her (so I'm told... I thought she was 21 :-* ::)) I have well in excess of a million miles under my belt and follow similar rules. With one big addition... I hardly use the brakes in these poor conditions, just cover them to show the stop lights :y :y

SWMBO commented earlier that one of the heath roads seemed pretty good as I was slowing comfortably with no ABS interference... So I pressed the pedal a fraction harder for her ;D ;D

Having some fun with the sideways action though ::) :D :D



That is a very good point LD, and that is another reason for staying well back from any vehicles in front when driving on snow :y :y :y :y :y :y :y


I do love the fun you can have driving in the snow........and testing out the ABS! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

By the way I am only 21.....................................especially when I can throw a car around a bit testing my skid control! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) ;)

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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #21 on: 03 December 2010, 08:36:14 »
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Someone needs to buy Cem this...

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I certainly do - I received not only a cartridge, complete with stylus, but cleaning fluid and a carbon fibre brush from a vendor on eBay just last week. :y
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #22 on: 03 December 2010, 08:53:50 »
definitely worth considering as the last 3 years we've had "proper" winters  :o
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #23 on: 03 December 2010, 09:08:49 »
I agree with Lizzie...

Even with the Winter that we had last year, where, in my area, there was snow on the ground for about 3 weeks.  On the roads however, they were clear for about 14 days...

I am aware that my braking distance is increased during the cold weather hence I will leave a much greater distance behind the vehicle infront...
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #24 on: 03 December 2010, 09:44:39 »
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definitely worth considering as the last 3 years we've had "proper" winters  :o

Not sure I can compare 3 years ago with what we have now, last year was proof it was going to get worse, so no excuses for next years weather, we have all had a sample of it now.
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #25 on: 03 December 2010, 10:10:42 »
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Someone needs to buy Cem this...

http://coolrecordplayers.com/library/cleaner2.jpg

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(I hope you're all old enough to get that reference.......


I certainly do - I received not only a cartridge, complete with stylus, but cleaning fluid and a carbon fibre brush from a vendor on eBay just last week. :y

That reminds me.. Need to resurrect my turntable (and build a phono stage so I can listen to it again) ::).

As for Cem, I think he needs an iPod to make sure there is no recurrence of this issue. ;D

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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #26 on: 03 December 2010, 10:17:43 »
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definitely worth considering as the last 3 years we've had "proper" winters  :o

finally I see someone is close to be convinced :) :y

as far as I understand most of you live on flat areas ,

so you dont have much trouble..

but I have bad experiences in snow , and as I live in a very crowded city there is no way to avoid cars close to you  :( and you need good brakes which normal summer tires are crap on those snowy,icy roads..

tried many sorts of stuff and decided snow tires are the most practical and as a result ,  the way to go ..

many days here in winter is rainy or wet from melted snow but turns to ice suddenly after the sun goes.. so its a must here..








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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #27 on: 03 December 2010, 10:38:20 »
Britain isn't that flat...  The Fenland areas are flat (where I live), but, we still get snow and ice...  We just don't get the sustained bad weather conditions to warrant the use of winter tyres...

Banjax lives in Scotland, which I am certain does get hit harder during the winter time and as such he does see the possible benefits of them, but, in the main part of the country, I still would say that we don't get the prolonged conditions to warrant them...
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #28 on: 03 December 2010, 10:41:16 »
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Someone needs to buy Cem this...

http://coolrecordplayers.com/library/cleaner2.jpg

;D

(I hope you're all old enough to get that reference.......


I certainly do - I received not only a cartridge, complete with stylus, but cleaning fluid and a carbon fibre brush from a vendor on eBay just last week. :y

That reminds me.. Need to resurrect my turntable (and build a phono stage so I can listen to it again) ::).

As for Cem, I think he needs an iPod to make sure there is no recurrence of this issue. ;D

Kevin
I have been threatening to resurrect my old Bang and Olufsen turntable and amp for about 10 years (needs a stylus) but I gave in to reality last week and chucked it in the bin. ::) :'(
Some day I will get another, as I am absolutely convinced that records will always sound better than cold clinical digitalised sound. ;)
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Re: Are winter tires worth the purchase ?
« Reply #29 on: 03 December 2010, 10:41:55 »
We've got some way to go before winter tyres are worthwhile for the majority here in the UK.  It's like the hard/soft dilemma in F1; you can shred a soft set in no time if the snow & ice clears.

I did like the link in Reply #1.  There was some good stuff in there although I don't quite agree with the cadence braking description.  I think it can be done better than that.
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