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[Vamps]

My summer tyres are on they're last legs.

Going by average temps in uk, November to march are below 10 degrees. So might consider winter tyres at the end of the month.

Or do I want a good rain tyre?

Let's face it. At it's worst the snow lasted a week at the most. It was around for longer but as far as traffic goes the roads where salted eventually.
My commute is urban for 5 mins, motorway for 10mins, urban for 5 mins if no traffic when on shift, so high speeds are likely. Given that no other bugger uses winter tyres, if it snows the motorway will be in passable from traffic, so the only use will be the urban bits of the journey, namely getting out of my road, 400 yards uphill, and pulling into the work estate which is ltd by speed humps and 20mph limit anyway.

Oh for a crystal ball for the weather...

Bladdy sovernors...... the last 2 winters we had serious snow for nearly 3 months and a good couple of months the year before....

I live in a small village, I had some crap moments in the Omega last year, my Citroen was brilliant in previous years........

[Rods2]

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

[Vamps]

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

OK.... I wonder if my qualifications are transferable, mind I don't think I would last a week....

[feeutfo]

My summer tyres are on they're last legs.

Going by average temps in uk, November to march are below 10 degrees. So might consider winter tyres at the end of the month.

Or do I want a good rain tyre?

Let's face it. At it's worst the snow lasted a week at the most. It was around for longer but as far as traffic goes the roads where salted eventually.
My commute is urban for 5 mins, motorway for 10mins, urban for 5 mins if no traffic when on shift, so high speeds are likely. Given that no other bugger uses winter tyres, if it snows the motorway will be in passable from traffic, so the only use will be the urban bits of the journey, namely getting out of my road, 400 yards uphill, and pulling into the work estate which is ltd by speed humps and 20mph limit anyway.

Oh for a crystal ball for the weather...

Bladdy sovernors...... the last 2 winters we had serious snow for nearly 3 months and a good couple of months the year before....

I live in a small village, I had some crap moments in the Omega last year, my Citroen was brilliant in previous years........

Bloody work shy northerners not clearing the roads you mean, not tomention the M1.
...as said though the snow was around for longer,  but, as I recall, didn't affect traffic too much after a week. Just to clarify...

 Bloody grid lock initially. Winter tyres won't help there...

[Vamps]

My summer tyres are on they're last legs.

Going by average temps in uk, November to march are below 10 degrees. So might consider winter tyres at the end of the month.

Or do I want a good rain tyre?

Let's face it. At it's worst the snow lasted a week at the most. It was around for longer but as far as traffic goes the roads where salted eventually.
My commute is urban for 5 mins, motorway for 10mins, urban for 5 mins if no traffic when on shift, so high speeds are likely. Given that no other bugger uses winter tyres, if it snows the motorway will be in passable from traffic, so the only use will be the urban bits of the journey, namely getting out of my road, 400 yards uphill, and pulling into the work estate which is ltd by speed humps and 20mph limit anyway.

Oh for a crystal ball for the weather...

Bladdy sovernors...... the last 2 winters we had serious snow for nearly 3 months and a good couple of months the year before....

I live in a small village, I had some crap moments in the Omega last year, my Citroen was brilliant in previous years........

Bloody work shy northerners not clearing the roads you mean, not tomention the M1....as said though the snow was around for longer,  but, as I recall, didn't affect traffic too much after a week. Just to clarify...

 Bloody grid lock initially. Winter tyres won't help there...

Nope, we have proper snow.......
I lived in Hertford for 7 years and saw how everything stopped by a light covering of snow....I loved it, I had a series 3 Landrover..........

[Rods2]

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

OK.... I wonder if my qualifications are transferable, mind I don't think I would last a week....

Not sure Mrs Vamps would approve on the qualifications you were thinking of transferring... 

[cem_devecioglu]

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

 

being married to a foreign wife close that region, I know them very well..  and if it becomes necessary I will do again


however their alphabet and language not that easy..  :-/