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Rob2859
PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:38 pm Up
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Iain wrote:
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It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.

4x4 owners amaze me when they seem to think all wheel drive makes then invincible. They don't seem to realise that 4wd just helps them go, they have no more cornering or stopping ability that a 2wd car.

Well they'll surely have better engine braking with all 4 wheels being slowed, but agreed otherwise.

or if you have a low range gearbox... or diff locks... or a land rover...

But mr executive in his x5 and the school run mum in her merc with their low profile tyres will have no chance Very Happy

 
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mjsroofing
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had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!
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Edward wrote:
It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.

yes aagree, sent loads like it, not as bad as the few i've seen driving with a frozen windscreem, i mean come on it takes less than 5 mins to de-ice a windsceen.

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mjsroofing wrote:
had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!

Really annoys methat does i drive a Caddy maxi with over 300kg in the back and they expect me to speed up because hes up my a**e. i drive to the conditions of the road and the vehicle im driving not to some TW*T behind me.

 
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Rather than getting up someones a**e I find simply overtaking is much more of a benifit for both parties.
 
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Rob2859 wrote:
Rather than getting up someones a**e I find simply overtaking is much more of a benifit for both parties.

when safe to do so of course!!!!

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brad-morris wrote:
mjsroofing wrote:
had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!

Really annoys methat does i drive a Caddy maxi with over 300kg in the back and they expect me to speed up because hes up my a**e. i drive to the conditions of the road and the vehicle im driving not to some TW*T behind me.

spot on mate, i'm not a slow driver but when i'm in my van fully kitted with all my tools etc or driving the car in snow with the misses and kid in car well like you said they can f**k off and slow down haha.

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finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.
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mjsroofing
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TieBreakGreen wrote:
finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.

i've never had winter tyres, do most garages stock them or have you got to order them or something

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mjsroofing wrote:
TieBreakGreen wrote:
finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.

i've never had winter tyres, do most garages stock them or have you got to order them or something

most online tyre dealer do stock them. Very Happy

 
 

 

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mjsroofing
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cool i'll get a set ready for next year, not that i've a problem this year but it would be nice to have them.
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shopped around online for my tyres and finished up getting them from Kwik fit!! no more expensive than anyone else which I was a bit surprised at.
right in the middle of the last batch of snow and I sat waiting for them to fit them while a string of people came in all excited because they'd seen the pile of winter tyres there only to be told they were all ordered and there was at least 2 weeks waiting list now. Cool Glad I got them when I did.
btw, wife's only got them on the front which is great for not getting stuck, but drove her car the other day and got all opposite lock on the first couple of corners after getting out of mine. Shocked

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