I put my winter tyres on two weeks ago but my car is still coming ‘unstuck’ all the time on roads all around here. It isn’t ice or frost; it was eight degree here today and I was getting wheel-spin in first, second and third-gear (OK, I’ll admit I was trying in third-gear)! And I can’t stop for ****!
I walked the dog first-thing two days ago and I could slide down the road in my walking-boots! I thought somebody had spilt diesel on the road but the roads are like that everywhere round here.
I’ve never known anything like it.
By: charliehunt - 29th November 2013 at 08:39
An interesting comment. I drove a couple of Audi A6 Sports about 10 years ago and asked them about winter tyres and they made exactly the same comment you just have, going a bit further by saying unless I was planning to spend the winter in Scandinavia my money would be better spent elsewhere. I certainly never had a problem without.
By: Moggy C - 29th November 2013 at 07:15
Winter tyres are considerably less effective than all-year or summer tyres once the temperature is over 7 degrees.
Cheap winter tyres are pretty ineffective anyway.
Moggy
By: charliehunt - 29th November 2013 at 05:58
So many potholes and broken up surface around here it reminds me of E. Germany circa 1980!!:(
By: Creaking Door - 29th November 2013 at 00:50
Audi A4: front-wheel-drive.
By: Lincoln 7 - 29th November 2013 at 00:30
Front or rear wheel drive?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
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