Put my winter wheels on today

ad210358 wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

It will have to be bloody horrendous to stop me on those conti's

You will have two problems, lack of ground clearance is one, other road users the other, doesn't matter how good your Winter tyres are but if some donut running on summer slicks has blocked the road your

Agreed Deep heavy snow requires ground clearance and preferably 4WD as well as winter tyres. The amount of idiots I've seen blocking roads Partly due to summer tyres but also to do with them having no clue how to drive in the stuff! An M3 trying to get up a snow covered side street was farcical. Why would you even go out in an M3 in snow?!

For the journeys I make to work and Uni plus the fact I live on a main road, with those conti's fitted, I will be able to get around with no fuss in all but the aforementioned scenarios. No spinning wheels instead of pulling away on compacted snowy roads for me  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Doctor, most important of all you will be able to stop in the snow with the best of them.
When applying brakes, we all rely on our 4 pieces of rubber..... Regardless of vehicle !

And in snow... Stopping is the most important feature of any vehicle !

Just keep an eye on the rear view mirror and hope the driver behind can also stop in the same distance!

My most favourite all time forecast of all time, hoping for a repeat

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Cant wait my self - new tryes all round.

That said where I am I have hills right around the bay so when the rest of the UK is stuffed due to the white stuff we never really see any.

Terran Terran



'The' Car For The Modern Day UK Roads ( ie all the pot holes )

'A Freelander that leaks oil is just marking its territory' - Wise words

Now a member of the FL2 'Silly Bill' Club

Yesterday!

Switzerland on way to Zermatt




3889meters altitude or over 2 1/2miles high

I am hoping to win 3rd year running in our annual winter "get as many people unstuck" contest that we have here in sweden

Heres a little taster of what we are used to...

photoscubaman wrote:

Is that one of those bat suit flying base jumpers  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

would be so cool, however its a blackbird! and not the lockheed sort!

Blackbird?

Was it kitted out in The North Face garments  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Thank god i didn't say a Great Tit.


seriously is this level of humour on here?

It's observational based on the chilly conditions, the altitude you stated and the fact it's a blackbird up there in the cold. Didn't think that was their cup of tea so to speak  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

I may have to recant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Chough

could be one of these?