Octy_Ross wrote:TripleS wrote: I think there is much more danger there, because they are not even thinking about this subject and they are unaware of the extent to which they are being disadvantaged.
I thought this, this morning, that I was glad I didn't have the grippy stoppy tyres as the guy behind would never be able to stop in the distance I could .... so if I did use the brakes I'd be bound to brake no faster than the muppet behind anyway!
TripleS wrote:my preference is for learning to live within the limit of grip - whatever that limit might be.
Gareth wrote:TripleS wrote:what sort of winter tyres are you using, and how did you arrive at your choice?
Vredestein Snowtrac 3 - <snip>
I picked the narrowest tyre / smallest wheel combination recommended by the manufacturer, ordered steel wheels in that size then picked the higher speed rating tyre, so I have H-rated winter tyres instead of the standard V-rated summer tyres on a car that anyway can't go faster than 129 mph. Incidently the wheel / tyre choice resulted in less unsprung weight!
Renny wrote:where did you order your wheel/tyre sets from?
waremark wrote:I have spent the last week driving round a ski resort in a Defender. Could not see a mountain/snowflake symbol on the tyres, but they certainly seemed to do a good job going up and down steep snowy and icy hills. I had one sticky (or not sticky enough!) moment, when I did not leave quite enough braking space coming to a flat hairpin and slid a bit - but ok within the available space. (We had fantastic ski conditions)
Gareth wrote:I have another example closer to home; our drive! It's really just a concrete front garden, but it's where we park our cars so we call it a drive. Hanna's car has been mostly stuck on it during the recent icy conditions. Oh, she could drive it off and onto the road but she wouldn't get it back. Our immediate neighbours are in the same situation and they've been parking their cars on the road, if they've moved them at all. On the other hand I've been able to drive on and off the drive with very little difficulty.
There's a slight slope on the road outside our house, so slight that you'd never think to call it a hill except when it's icy. Hanna's car got stuck at the 'bottom' about 30 yards from our house in the December icy conditions. On the other hand, our other car with winter tyres has had no such bother.
The tyres have meant the difference between mobility and no mobility.
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