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[Elite Pete]

I knew I should have insisted on the Four Marks curry house last night, especially as it's just over the brow of the hill.

I would have said, last one there pays the bill

[feeutfo]

I knew I should have insisted on the Four Marks curry house last night, especially as it's just over the brow of the hill.

I would have said, last one there pays the bill

Counter productive I think Pete. Nobody else would have made it, by all accounts.

[Elite Pete]

I knew I should have insisted on the Four Marks curry house last night, especially as it's just over the brow of the hill.

I would have said, last one there pays the bill

Counter productive I think Pete. Nobody else would have made it, by all accounts.

If someone else was paying, i'd have crawled there

[Terbs]

Well...all I can say is I have been driving since 1964, with a varying range of cars from an Austin A30 through to the Omega. In those days we had snow, not this puny few day stuff that some years decide to fall. It stayed on the road for weeks. We walked to school, and work if near enough. Never had a winter tyre in my life. Neither have millions and millions of others.
There are so many views about winter tyres on here...swap them, leave them on, don't leave them on, only fit at this or that temperature....I am more than confused
I am totally with TB on this....its no magic cure. The problem lies with the pratt behind the wheel!!!!!!!

Roll on a few days and winter tyres will be confined to Room 101

[feeutfo]

Absolutey Terbs.

[Elite Pete]

Mel wants a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th here

http://www.tanhillinn.co.uk/

Not sure the Omega will make it up there so i'm waiting until the last minute to book it so I don't waste my money

[Lazydocker]

Mel wants a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th here

http://www.tanhillinn.co.uk/

Not sure the Omega will make it up there so i'm waiting until the last minute to book it so I don't waste my money

It's nice there... Not stayed but stopped in as my mum lives in Richmond

They do quite a good job of keeping the main roads clear in towns up there but the Dale roads can be a bit dodgy

[cem_devecioglu]

Well...all I can say is I have been driving since 1964, with a varying range of cars from an Austin A30 through to the Omega. In those days we had snow, not this puny few day stuff that some years decide to fall. It stayed on the road for weeks. We walked to school, and work if near enough. Never had a winter tyre in my life. Neither have millions and millions of others.
There are so many views about winter tyres on here...swap them, leave them on, don't leave them on, only fit at this or that temperature....I am more than confused
I am totally with TB on this....its no magic cure. The problem lies with the pratt behind the wheel!!!!!!!

Roll on a few days and winter tyres will be confined to Room 101

Terbert, there are many occasions that even Kimi or Schumi wont change anything with those summer wheels..
 
those tyres are made and sold for a reason... you accept it or not..
 

[feeutfo]

Not!

[Elite Pete]

Mel wants a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th here

http://www.tanhillinn.co.uk/

Not sure the Omega will make it up there so i'm waiting until the last minute to book it so I don't waste my money

It's nice there... Not stayed but stopped in as my mum lives in Richmond

They do quite a good job of keeping the main roads clear in towns up there but the Dale roads can be a bit dodgy

I'll leave the booking until a couple of days before then I think i'll call them and ask what the roads are like

[Lazydocker]

Mel wants a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th here

http://www.tanhillinn.co.uk/

Not sure the Omega will make it up there so i'm waiting until the last minute to book it so I don't waste my money

It's nice there... Not stayed but stopped in as my mum lives in Richmond

They do quite a good job of keeping the main roads clear in towns up there but the Dale roads can be a bit dodgy

I'll leave the booking until a couple of days before then I think i'll call them and ask what the roads are like

Yep... I know there's been a fair dumping up there in the last week

[Terbs]

Cem.....got to agree with Chris on that.
Sorry mate....I cannot see the point in the UK. What snowfall we have had (and I live on top of the Chiltern Hills) this year is exceptional. Normally the main roads are clear within 48hrs, usually less.
Maybe other areas are different
I have done without them for 48 years...I have driven on ice, driven through deep snow....part of life Driven to work in deep snow, driven back home on clear roads.

Question.....if, as stated by one poster, winter tyres can remain on all year....why is there a summer tyre. Surely the winter tyre would be better all round grip.
Especially with all the rain we seem to get over here.

Not being confrontational, Cem.....just a point of view

[TheBoy]

Cem.....got to agree with Chris on that.
Sorry mate....I cannot see the point in the UK. What snowfall we have had (and I live on top of the Chiltern Hills) this year is exceptional. Normally the main roads are clear within 48hrs, usually less.
Maybe other areas are different
I have done without them for 48 years...I have driven on ice, driven through deep snow....part of life Driven to work in deep snow, driven back home on clear roads.

Question.....if, as stated by one poster, winter tyres can remain on all year....why is there a summer tyre. Surely the winter tyre would be better all round grip.
Especially with all the rain we seem to get over here.

Not being confrontational, Cem.....just a point of view

I think the question is "would winters provide better grip", rather than "are they essential". Or at least, thays the way I see it.

Certainly the only (unprovoked) problem I've had this winter, winters wouldn't have helped.

[Lazydocker]

Cem.....got to agree with Chris on that.
Sorry mate....I cannot see the point in the UK. What snowfall we have had (and I live on top of the Chiltern Hills) this year is exceptional. Normally the main roads are clear within 48hrs, usually less.
Maybe other areas are different
I have done without them for 48 years...I have driven on ice, driven through deep snow....part of life Driven to work in deep snow, driven back home on clear roads.

Question.....if, as stated by one poster, winter tyres can remain on all year....why is there a summer tyre. Surely the winter tyre would be better all round grip.
Especially with all the rain we seem to get over here.

Not being confrontational, Cem.....just a point of view

I think the question is "would winters provide better grip", rather than "are they essential". Or at least, thays the way I see it.

Certainly the only (unprovoked) problem I've had this winter, winters wouldn't have helped.

I still can't comment for certain, having not had winter tyres in the winter , but I'm in the same boat apart from not getting stuck I did have some minor issues that the TC took care of when I had those crappy, end of life Autogrip's on the back but since fitting the Enduro's (which are M + S Rated incidentally) it has been very sure footed Until I start playing

[Vamps]

Well...all I can say is I have been driving since 1964, with a varying range of cars from an Austin A30 through to the Omega. In those days we had snow, not this puny few day stuff that some years decide to fall. It stayed on the road for weeks. We walked to school, and work if near enough. Never had a winter tyre in my life. Neither have millions and millions of others.
There are so many views about winter tyres on here...swap them, leave them on, don't leave them on, only fit at this or that temperature....I am more than confused
I am totally with TB on this....its no magic cure. The problem lies with the pratt behind the wheel!!!!!!!

Roll on a few days and winter tyres will be confined to Room 101

Well said......