Soldato
Are you keeping the Volvo then, mjt?
your summer tyres and the winter
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Yes, as there's nothing else out there worth getting for the same price (if I can even find a buyer).
I was thinking of getting a Golf/Leon/Xsara whatever diesel, but it's near €5000 for one with more than 110bhp that isn't a dog.
I'd rather just suck up the fuel costs.
Unless I get a super expensive repair bill (ie. suspension)
Man of Honour
I pulled out of Sinope onto the A511 this evening and spun them up in third. The Manta has about 85bhp....
Roads round here are very slippery, apparently it's proximity to EMA meaning lots of aviation fuel on the roads though I don't remember who told me that.
Caporegime
Just had the FK452's on compacted snow and slush, oh dear looks like my opinion has switched back to my original assessment of these tyres.
keep your foot in, youll have loads of lives yet
Caporegime
Don't worry i have time to change my mind again, going to use the air compressor and check the tyre pressure, they will need topping up due to the change in air temp.
Soldato
Oh dear. Saw no end of cars with prangs this morning. 
I even saw some old duffer who had attempted to ride in on their scooter - who had slid off on a roundabout.
Still - the X-trail managed fine
I even saw some old duffer who had attempted to ride in on their scooter - who had slid off on a roundabout.
Still - the X-trail managed fine
Soldato
Hmmm... not sure about that, surely if there was enough aviation fuel in the air to soak our roads, we would all be rather ill through breathing the stuff in?
I think it's more that we are in the ass end of North West Leicester and South Derbyshire, meaning that we're the last to ever get the grit, after they've done the main towns and cities.
Oh dear. Saw no end of cars with prangs this morning.
I even saw some old duffer who had attempted to ride in on their scooter - who had slid off on a roundabout.
Still - the X-trail managed fine
/Smug
Caporegime
Really don't understand why the FK452's are so bad in the snow / slush.
eagle f1s are scary in the snow/slush.
wonder if you looked at the wear-rate or compound etc if theyre similarly soft?
5-6 inches of fresh snow in the car park here, i turned up, drove about, found a space, no problem at all. got in and heard stories of people getting stuck in the car park.
and its still coming down WOOP WOOP
wonder if you looked at the wear-rate or compound etc if theyre similarly soft?
5-6 inches of fresh snow in the car park here, i turned up, drove about, found a space, no problem at all. got in and heard stories of people getting stuck in the car park.
and its still coming down WOOP WOOP
Soldato
because they have very little (or no) sipe's, and there compound isnt designed to run that cold. The groves on a summer tyre just fill up with snow then you have a slick tyre almost...
Picture of Sipes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black999.jpg
looking at pics of FK452 there are no Sipes at all.. thats why
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Caporegime
I'm more thinking about why they don't perform as well in the snow / slush as something like the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta, neither tyre has the above sipe's, and with the Sessantas shape it should be of a worse design for clearing snow out of the tread.
It must be the compound of on the Sessanta or they have a better working pressure for snow / slush driving.
It must be the compound of on the Sessanta or they have a better working pressure for snow / slush driving.
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Caporegime
Good thinking must be this.
Soldato
No problems driving in Bristol with my Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas. They feel a little less grippy as you'd expect but generally they're working well, no real issues at all (apart from them being possibly the noisiest tyre I've ever had)