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Anyone else stuck at home today unable to get to work?
Do you think my R1R medium compound tyres will be ok for this sort of weather?
Sod all snow here so still stuck at work waiting !
Picture of car in snow dan ?
stevie_b
02-12-2010, 12:26
I've been working from home since Tuesday.
Do you think my R1R medium compound tyres will be ok for this sort of weather?
No, not really. Toyo issued an advisory saying these tyres should be stored indoors during the winter and not allowed to get to a temperature below 0 degrees C. They also stated that in sub-zero temperatures "Do not operate the car with these tires, as the tires may suddenly fail."
I had thought that this just applied to R888s, and so have moved my stash from the garage into the house, but checking the notice again it does mention R1Rs on the list too!
its like a summers day here apart from the cold . flololol
did not even have to de-ice the windscreen this
morning at 7 am ,bahh :(
I've been working from home since Tuesday.
Do you think my R1R medium compound tyres will be ok for this sort of weather?
No, not really. Toyo issued an advisory saying these tyres should be stored indoors during the winter and not allowed to get to a temperature below 0 degrees C. They also stated that in sub-zero temperatures "Do not operate the car with these tires, as the tires may suddenly fail."
I had thought that this just applied to R888s, and so have moved my stash from the garage into the house, but checking the notice again it does mention R1Rs on the list too!
Luckily I have some spare speedlines with road legal tyres on. Off out to change them shortly!
Do you think my R1R medium compound tyres will be ok for this sort of weather?
Mine were great in the snow this morning. My train was cancelled so had to drive to work, my mint car is now covered in salt and sludge... :cry:
heavy snow came down last friday and been getting deeper each day, its about 16" deep now so not been anywhere in the car for a few days as they havent plowed the roads much lol
been walking about for now, hopefully back out in the car tomorro lol
stuck at home cos as per usual the lazy arsed teachers cant get in to work so the schools closed and kids are off.....still....few snowball fights, snowman building, and going to shove all the snow off 0051 in a bit n give it a turn over see if it fires hehe.
s'al good........and havent got the van or the a3 stuck once ;).... and i have been trying.
Any more 4 wheel drifting in the van this year...? :lol:
lol...always manages to get sideways given the room my van...weird that.....even my boss was amazed at just how broadside my van got when he was following me yesterday....his van, he reckons, must be loads better in the snow as he didnt even get a bit of wheelspin lol....
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LEIGH-ANNE
02-12-2010, 17:22
No school for the kids here either, my poor willys are FREEZING tho. Walked round to mums.
Pics to follow :wink:
Sod all snow here so still stuck at work waiting !
Picture of car in snow dan ?
No good pics this year, no :( My decent phone got stolen the other day along with my mini digi cam and passport and driving licence and satnav :(
Only old pooh camera phone pics I got was while changing my Toyo's off:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/Williams%20217/DSC00381.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w102/barneywobba/Williams%20217/DSC00380.jpg
Leighanne's will be much better pics I think.
LOL 2Live, aye, lazy arse teachers who cant drive in a it of snow :p Your boss obviously does not understand the fun of rear wheel drive in the snow then ;)
I'm gonna go out for a drive in a bit to test the LSD on the snowy roundabouts with shitty wheels and tyres :) Yey!
lmao...my vans fwd mate.....just the handbrake has a nasty habit of applying itself ;)
If you're looking for a snow day you're work shy! Been snowing every night for about the last 2 weeks here. On pavements etc must be well over a foot of snow. Have to dig my car out most mornings. Here people just get on with it.
LEIGH-ANNE
02-12-2010, 23:26
lmao...my vans fwd mate.....just the handbrake has a nasty habit of applying itself ;)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
LEIGH-ANNE
02-12-2010, 23:36
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Clio-Girl
03-12-2010, 11:17
i cant believe how much snow you had down there, we didnt even get a flutter!
LEIGH-ANNE
03-12-2010, 11:35
All that came overnight!
Red_Dash
03-12-2010, 13:01
I can't believe the amount of snow that most of the country has had. Where I am we just had a small flutter a couple of days ago, so there's practically nothing around at all. I do prefer it that way though :)
Roll on summer!!! 8)
Drove to work after we managed to unblock the road as it had cars that couldn't get up the icy hill.
Mine flew up the hill no problem. The gripper differential makes a massive difference, I am really impressed! All the open diff cars just sat there wheel spinning.
The fact the car weighs fuk all helps too ;)
Im having Looooaaads of fun in the snow.
But i keep my Celica GT4 from the £999 chalenge and bought some rally tyres of E-bay
:lol:
GT4 :D What sort? I used to drift my Sccoby, was fun. Damaged an alloy doing it once but no biggie.
stevie_b
04-12-2010, 13:53
Here's a pic of mine in the snow today:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j299/2stis/clio/wil295_16.jpg
It must have warmed up a bit as the snow is melting very fast around here at the moment - I reckon most of it will be gone by the end of the day, and then when the temps drop at night on the waterlogged roads it will no doubt be very icy tomorrow morning - take care all!
Top photos LA. :D
Stevie that looks propper mint!
Red_Dash
18-12-2010, 11:06
Just woke up to 10" of snow this morning! Unbelievable!!
LEIGH-ANNE
18-12-2010, 12:42
Thanks tom :wink:
Stevie - GET IT OUT OF THE SNOWWWWWWWW
We only woke up to 2" max today 8)
got around 10" here too :gay:
tis melting now though :roll: :?
Here's a pic of mine in the snow today:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j299/2stis/clio/wil295_16.jpg
It must have warmed up a bit as the snow is melting very fast around here at the moment - I reckon most of it will be gone by the end of the day, and then when the temps drop at night on the waterlogged roads it will no doubt be very icy tomorrow morning - take care all!
car looks well tidy, but im not a fan of them wipers
stevie_b
18-12-2010, 18:12
Stevie that looks propper mint!
Thanks. I'd say the interior was mint - I really can't find anything wrong with it. The exterior is pretty good too - the paintwork looks nice and there aren't any signs of rust coming through. A few small dents here and there that I might get taken out one day and the wheels definitely need a refurb before the car is really a minter. Couple of plastic bits to replace too. It is mainly mechanically that it was quite tired, but I've renewed a lot of that now so hopefully it will drive as good as it looks.
Stevie - GET IT OUT OF THE SNOWWWWWWWW
It will be fine. It wasn't snowing at the time so I just took it out of the barn to get a few pics in the snow. It only moved a few feet up and down the drive and I know that I haven't salted it so nothing to worry about!
car looks well tidy, but im not a fan of them wipers
Cheers. I hadn't noticed the wipers - I'll take a closer look. They could probably do with replacing anyway so I'll get something that looks more OE (are they the ones with the 'spoiler' on one side?)
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