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Snowing quite heavy over here (southern UK)

Old 01-31-19, 03:47 PM
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Snowing quite heavy over here (southern UK)

will have to scrap the ride in tomorrow morning

some people even prepared the off-roaders for the 10mm of snow that is ACTUALLY accumulating!

please note that our Golf Turbo runs 3PMSF tyres

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Snowing quite heavy over here (For, southern UK)

More a light dusting ..

Aren't you glad to be west of the Siberian air mass,, Chicago is not that well positioned, right now ..


It's. fine here ..


I wonder how the weather is there further north like Foyers Scotland




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Old 01-31-19, 04:36 PM
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That looks like the UK with the wheelie bins and roof tiles.

Must be in a dryish area as there is no cool moss on the roof tiles.
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Thayre's ev'n bin snow on the graund way up nort in wee Shetland for the Up Helly Aa fastival. Dreadful (good fun!)

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We've got a fair bit of snow on the ground, and it never goes more than a few days from Nov through about mid-april without some snow and/or ice around.

I'm investing in a velomobile for winter commuting.

I may also get a 3 wheel offroad trike for the really harsh days. I might have to install a snowplow on the front.
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
please note that our Golf Turbo runs 3PMSF tyres
I like tires what brand & model are those?
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Old 03-12-19, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rumrunn6
I like tires what brand & model are those?
VREDESTEIN QUATRAC 5

https://www.vredestein.co.uk/car-suv.../885-quatrac-5
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I like that brand

I think I got some 13" Quatracs for the car my kids share for year round use. They look a little more aggressive than those you linked to

I've got these Vredestein Wintrac XTreme 225 60 18 on my Cherokee for winter months

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We just needed something for going to Germany over Xmas as the OEM Conti Contact 3 (I think) tyres aren't officially winter tyres and the car was bought in the UK.

The Vredesteins were only about £300 mounted, balanced, disp fee for 4 x 195 65 15
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Nice my kids’ 14 inch tires were dirt cheap these 18s are brutally expensive fortunately I bought them second hand but never mounted sadly at 14 yrs old from date of manufacture this is their last year even tho I mounted them a cpl weeks ago w 6/32nds of tread
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I wouldn't run anything older than 5 years ... you'd also fail MOT if there are any cracks due to age, which you'll usually see after 5 years.
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