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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I was thinking more for longer trips TBH rather than just getting you out of snow.
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:10 pm |
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okenobi
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:59 pm Posts: 4932 Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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They appear to be epic and were even featured on the news in Denver a couple years back. And they know snow.
Useless on the patchy [LIFTED] down here though. Has to be proper snow or ice fully covering the road, because running them on tarmac will knacker them. Much cheaper than winter tyres which are £110-£150 a corner for me.
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:25 pm |
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saspro
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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Better than the £220 a corner for my car
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:43 pm |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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My mate is supplied to fly to Kenya on Friday, from Gatwick. 
_________________ Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:51 pm |
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okenobi
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Fair one. But you buy a car with 18s, you pay the price!! What is she?
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:35 pm |
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saspro
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Only a 1 series BMW with 17's. It's the runflat bit that seems to bump up the price
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:57 pm |
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okenobi
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Ahh yes, how homo. You don't need run flats though. You could get some proper tyres for half the money But of course, if you've managed to keep to your £1000 for every year you've been alive rule, you're clearly not in my league of spending problems 
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:28 pm |
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saspro
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Trust me, add a wife & child to any salary and it soon goes
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:05 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
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It's better to fit proper winter tyres. They work from 7*C downwards. How often do you get upwards of 15*C in the depths of winter?
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:50 pm |
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okenobi
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Well I've yet to find out about that, so I'll take your word for it! Of course it is, Nokian WRG2s or Vredestein Wintrac Extremes for the 30 then is it? 
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:20 pm |
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Paul1965
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Could be getting another 8 inches tonight, missus. 
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:21 pm |
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oceanicitl
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And what about the snow *ala JV* lol
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:23 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Aye, it does seem somewhat like a false economy to use anything other than winter tyres.
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:31 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
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I had to go to meeting today. Drove down a nice, clear DC, NSL but did 60mph. Missed my turning. Took the next one and I ended up going down some tiny side road!  Full of frozen snow, and where there wasn't snow, there was ice! Too narrow to do a 3-way turn, so forced to carry on. Completely horrendous but managed it without damaging my rims. At one point I skidded (something like a metre) as I was turning but thankfully turned out of it. Managed to drive up hills and negotiated corners and junctions without any other problems. The alternative, had I carried on down the DC and turned back, was to be stuck in three hours' worth of traffic! 
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:49 pm |
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okenobi
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That'll be summer rubber then! And I take you ARE running 18s? 
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:11 pm |
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