Keep seeing 997s slithering up my snowy road....

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....here in London (first snow this year) at walking pace spinning up one wheel then the other. Should've ticked the PTV/LSD box

I imagine I'll be less amused later when I have to move my GT3, LSD or not!!

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jackliebling said:

Two words, winter tyres...

Ironic given that my 993 was also stranded and I have a set of winters on rims for it in storage on my terrace

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FredBasset said:

I have to say I don't get this winter tyres business at all. I'm not doubting they work but only for a very short period of time as our temps are not generally low enough.

I was first out of our village today, no gritters and snow covered roads and my half worn 305's worked perfectly:-)

Fred

Last winter, which was a lot colder in London area than this one, saw me stick the winters on the 993 in Oct thru to March if I recall. You lose some outright grip and feel when the temps are above 7 deg and daytime temps can obviously get a lot higher, but given that most people use their car early morning or in the evening when it's cold, the benefit is still there with the softer rubber. Even if it's just cold and wet (no snow), my 993 feels a lot better on winters than summers - I just never got around to putting them on this year as it never really got proper cold until a couple of weeks ago here, plus I had a track day on Sunday. GT3 was hilarious when I finally moved it today - even after the snow had melted it was mini drift at 10mph if you wanted out of every junction

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anonymous said:

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Don't be mean I could point out that you have rather changed your tune on winter tyres somewhat since my thread back in Sept