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waspy

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Changed to winter wheels today
« on: 08 October 2009, 16:33:18 »

I took off my 18's & replaced them with my old CD 16's.
I checked the tread & I found a nail in one of the 18's, fortunatly it was in at around 40 deg & so no damage done :y
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now :-[ :'( ;D

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok :y :) :)
Pleased i kept the old wheels now, just the thing for winter 8-)
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #1 on: 08 October 2009, 16:36:20 »

Why is winter coming. I thought with climate changes we wont get winters any more
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #2 on: 08 October 2009, 16:39:22 »

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Why is winter coming. I thought with climate changes we wont get winters any more

Uhm you're right, but they still spread all that salt around >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #3 on: 08 October 2009, 20:18:47 »

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Why is winter coming. I thought with climate changes we wont get winters any more

Not true - colder winters - wetter summers.

Why?

Because the arctic ice is melting which means more colder water is flooding down into the northern atlantic which is pushing the gulf stream (which gives us our moderately warm climate) further south and hence colder winters.

We have wetter summers because more heat means more water vapour in the atmosphere hence more precipitation (rain).
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #4 on: 08 October 2009, 21:03:06 »

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I took off my 18's & replaced them with my old CD 16's.
I checked the tread & I found a nail in one of the 18's, fortunatly it was in at around 40 deg & so no damage done :y
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now :-[ :'( ;D

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok :y :) :)
Pleased i kept the old wheels now, just the thing for winter 8-)

Don't the smaller diameter wheels throw your speedo readings out Pete?  :-?
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #5 on: 08 October 2009, 21:05:23 »

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Why is winter coming. I thought with climate changes we wont get winters any more

Not true - colder winters - wetter summers.

Why?

Because the arctic ice is melting which means more colder water is flooding down into the northern atlantic which is pushing the gulf stream (which gives us our moderately warm climate) further south and hence colder winters.

We have wetter summers because more heat means more water vapour in the atmosphere hence more precipitation (rain).

Blimey, you don't arf learn some stuff on OOF :D ;) :y
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #6 on: 08 October 2009, 21:07:17 »

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I took off my 18's & replaced them with my old CD 16's.
I checked the tread & I found a nail in one of the 18's, fortunatly it was in at around 40 deg & so no damage done :y
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now :-[ :'( ;D

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok :y :) :)
Pleased i kept the old wheels now, just the thing for winter 8-)

Don't the smaller diameter wheels throw your speedo readings out Pete?  :-?

The 16's are standard Omega fit ;)
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #7 on: 08 October 2009, 21:13:46 »

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I took off my 18's & replaced them with my old CD 16's.
I checked the tread & I found a nail in one of the 18's, fortunatly it was in at around 40 deg & so no damage done :y
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now :-[ :'( ;D

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok :y :) :)
Pleased i kept the old wheels now, just the thing for winter 8-)

Don't the smaller diameter wheels throw your speedo readings out Pete?  :-?

The 16's are standard Omega fit ;)


Yes I know that mate, but you seem to be using 18's for the rest of the year? Surely the speedo readings are different, or am I just being dim? :-/
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #8 on: 08 October 2009, 21:15:24 »

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I took off my 18's & replaced them with my old CD 16's.
I checked the tread & I found a nail in one of the 18's, fortunatly it was in at around 40 deg & so no damage done :y
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now :-[ :'( ;D

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok :y :) :)
Pleased i kept the old wheels now, just the thing for winter 8-)

Don't the smaller diameter wheels throw your speedo readings out Pete?  :-?

The 16's are standard Omega fit ;)

Depends on the profile  :y
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Re: Changed to winter wheels today
« Reply #9 on: 09 October 2009, 09:27:28 »

the idea is to keep the rolling radius the same  thus  the speedo wont be out

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