yep same story here, 4ºC and wet this morning
looks like they will be on for another week or so!
General Which winter tyres are people going for
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yep same story here, 4ºC and wet this morning
looks like they will be on for another week or so!
Me too! 2 degrees and hail, sleet and snow on the way to work. I too was thinking of taking them off but not now!
Weather looks to be getting warmer next week but looks to be getting perhaps a little colder the week after
http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/uk/home/weather/world_weather/world_regions.html?region=r05
well you will have to trust me
the SNOWTRAC 3's i have do have two TWI's the one at 4mm marks the limit of the sipe channels...
was going to do mine last weekend then i saw the long range weather forecast and left them on that and the road to work is a right mess as they are dredging the dikes
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You can actually see the two TWI's in my photo below. The first one is where as you say the sipes are gone and also when the groove that runs 1/4 or so in from the edge of the tyre is gone and the second is at 1.6mm when the little slit in the first TWI is gone. If the sipes are gone I think I'd still run the tyre as long as it's not snowy and in fact I'd probably run them through the summer till they get to 2 or 3mm.well you will have to trust me
the SNOWTRAC 3's i have do have two TWI's the one at 4mm marks the limit of the sipe channels...
was going to do mine last weekend then i saw the long range weather forecast and left them on that and the road to work is a right mess as they are dredging the dikes
well you will have to trust me
the SNOWTRAC 3's i have do have two TWI's the one at 4mm marks the limit of the sipe channels...
Right, as I stated, maybe a small local brand will have two TWI's.
Vredestein IS such a small minor Dutch brand, most famous for their bicycle tyres....
I suspect you'll find that the sipes themselves are TWI's in a sense as they don't actually go down to 0mm.
Driving wintertires in summer is not a good idea.
( emergency) stopping distance will be MUCH longer with soft rubbercompound winter tires.
Tell the parents of the child you may hit about your tire choice.....!!!
( emergency) stopping distance will be MUCH longer with soft rubbercompound winter tires.
Tell the parents of the child you may hit about your tire choice.....!!!
Why would I want to run over a child?
Right, so put decent summer tires on when temps go up....!!
I know how to drive to conditions dude
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/306maxi/500
I didn't get 53mpg by tearing through residential areas at breakneck speeds or tailgating people.
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/306maxi/500
I didn't get 53mpg by tearing through residential areas at breakneck speeds or tailgating people.
silly question time but are they "that" bad on warm road surfaces? granted they will wear faster
Surely they can't be any worse than some of the cheap and nasty £25 budget tyres 90% or so of the uk population seem to run round on?
Rather, just as summer tyres are better in snow and cold conditions than before, so winter tyres are better in warm conditions than ever.
It's not about driving, but how to stop....!!!
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No it was a serious (silly) question as i do a fair bit of camping, and since the Snowtracs are M+S rated they might come in handy when the hill side camp-site turns into the Somme during the peak of the "British summer" It was that bad 2 years ago they were towing 2wd cars off with a tractor...
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Yes they are, tests show that stopping distances in summer on wintertires can exceed 20-30 meters, compared to good summertires, and that's a loooooooong distance at an emergency stop!!!
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