Tell us Something Really Trivial about your Life (VOL 30)
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Pericoloso said:
Bomma220 said:
I'll ask Battert to have a poke around with the flagpole. It's still lying at the side of the hangar 
That's been lying by the hangar as long as the air raid siren has been "on loan".Coincidence ?.....
Fortunately she wasn't in them at the time.
Bomma220 said:
I this it is just a coincidence in this case. Battert took the flagpole down with a chainsaw when the Brassington Bloomers became entangled at the top.
Fortunately she wasn't in them at the time.
I thought the Brassington Bloomers was that select group of men who Mrs Brassington engaged in close combat and were found wanting. If you see what I mean. Fortunately she wasn't in them at the time.
GOG440 said:
glenrobbo said:
Bobberoo99 said:
So here's a question for you chaps, I've got Goodyear Efficientgrips fitted on the Focus and they're good in all conditions, quieter than the Pirrelli's which were on there and better performing, but what tyres do you chaps use on your various cars and which do you find perform best in all conditions?
OK Bobbers, here goes:I have Dunlop Sport BluResponse on the TVR S1.
I have Toyo Proxes on the front of the S3c and Kumho's on the rear, as fitted by the previous custodian. These have been OK, but are lower profile than standard, which compromises ground clearance somewhat. These will be replaced soon with the /60 profile Dunlop Blue rinses to reduce the exhaust/speedbump interaction occurrences.
The C-Max currently has a mish-mash of DogEar ditchfinders that were on it when I bought it.
I shall probably replace them with Conti's or whatever, as and when they need replacing.
Probably when they reach their 7th birthday, as the likelihood of wearing them out before then is slim as I tend not to use it much for trackdays.
I'm very happy with the all-round performance of the Dunlops on road & track and in all weathers. They are great value and I await my sponsorship cheque from Dunlop in the post.
Tyre choice is always a compromise ( even top F1 teams get it wrong ) but my advice would be to never ever drive around on tyres older than 7 years, unless you are Charles Bronson.
The Avons went on the TVR when I realised that the tyres were 15 years old!! They also suddenly went off a cliff with regards to grip, suddenly had no grip at all
How far is your commute Bobbers ?
Mostly main roads that will get cleared ?
M27/A27 some of it ?
I had to break the ice on a hill in Tunbridge Wells a few years ago when the lorry wouldn't pull away on it.
Office asked why I didn't do the delivery at the bottom of said hill ,mainly because of the artic stuck further
down the street and I didn't want to join him down the bottom of it.
Mostly main roads that will get cleared ?
M27/A27 some of it ?
I had to break the ice on a hill in Tunbridge Wells a few years ago when the lorry wouldn't pull away on it.
Office asked why I didn't do the delivery at the bottom of said hill ,mainly because of the artic stuck further
down the street and I didn't want to join him down the bottom of it.
Bobberoo99 said:
Thanks GOG, though it does raise another question, winter tyres, is there really that big a difference between them and all season tyres? I know in that there Europe it's a requirement but are they really worth the extra money of two sets of wheels and tyres? Discuss.....
According to the review sites yes, true winters are better in snow/ice but for my mrs with the limited mileage she does there was absolutely no point in buying her another set of wheels with true winters on, the all seasons I got her have an A rating for wet grip too which is probably of more use in an average british winter.I do quite a lot of miles and it tends to be early morning and late evening when I am travelling so it is colder so it made it worthwhile for me to buy the winters (especially as I bought 4 alloys with barely used good brand winter tyres for £200) last winter was really funny, I was driving my rwd auto jaguar on snow and I could brake, steer and accelerate as normal, and I was literally driving around people struggling to move in a normal fwd hatch.
TBH if I lived down south I probably wouldnt bother, but as I live on a hill in west yorkshire and have to drive on the m62 over the pennines regularly it makes sense for me to have the winters
Thanks for the replies chaps.
Peri my commute is only 7.3 miles the unfortunate thing is getting up a steep hill to get out of my close, and then there's the legendary Hamble lane to contend with, despite it being a tanker route, a main artery in/out of a village with several industrial estates in and the only way in and out of Hamble it still gets very icy in places, then when i've made it up that there's the skid pan we like to call the Windhover roundabout to deal with!!! Still the only reason i didn't make it into work the last time it snowed was because i couldn't get the cars off the drive!!!
Right off to bed for me, night, night chaps!!
Peri my commute is only 7.3 miles the unfortunate thing is getting up a steep hill to get out of my close, and then there's the legendary Hamble lane to contend with, despite it being a tanker route, a main artery in/out of a village with several industrial estates in and the only way in and out of Hamble it still gets very icy in places, then when i've made it up that there's the skid pan we like to call the Windhover roundabout to deal with!!! Still the only reason i didn't make it into work the last time it snowed was because i couldn't get the cars off the drive!!!
Right off to bed for me, night, night chaps!!
I've never really understood the "you have to buy 4 winters ,not just 2" thing.
On a FWD ,I'd have thought 2 front winters would be fine and 2 decent tyres on the rear ,just don't drive like a tool.
On a RWD I'd maybe go with all 4 as the rears need the traction and the fronts do the steering too.
On a FWD ,I'd have thought 2 front winters would be fine and 2 decent tyres on the rear ,just don't drive like a tool.
On a RWD I'd maybe go with all 4 as the rears need the traction and the fronts do the steering too.
glenrobbo said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Morning chaps 
it's sodding chilly here this morning, heating's come on and I've put a fleece on!!
If it's a golden one, we shall call you Jason and we Argonauts shall defer to your legendary status. it's sodding chilly here this morning, heating's come on and I've put a fleece on!! 
Unfortunately glenrobbo it's not a golden one, it's more of an olive drab, but this leg-endary status sounds like it might get me the boot!!! Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff