Changed to winter wheels today

[waspy]

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
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now

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

[Selseybill]

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

[waspy]

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

[markfree]

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).

[PhilRich]

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
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok
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?  :-?

[PhilRich]

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

[waspy]

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
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok
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

[PhilRich]

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
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok
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? :-/

[Stevie-blunder]

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
She looks very strange with the smaller wheels, i've not driven her yet, but i know she'll handle like a jelly now

The 16's have also been checked for any thing out of the ordinary, but all ok
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 

[doog]

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

Doug