Winter Tyres

[Sagitar]

Here's another idea for keeping moving in the snow.

When I was young and foolish (as against old and foolish)and my girlfriend was even more foolish, we solved the problem of getting up a snow covered hill by her sitting on the bonnet of the Mini while I drove very slowly up. It worked like a dream but at the top I was very worried what would be the reaction of the policeman standing there. Actually all he said was "Well, that's one way to do it", and walked off.

It did work but I don't think it's to be recommended.

I'm certain that the girlfriend (now wife) wouldn't repeat the trick now. Come to think of it though, the Prius bonnet slopes so much you couldn't sit on it even if you wanted to.

Ah the good old days when policemen were sensible and you actually saw them on foot.

You might have found it even more effective if you had persuaded the lady to bounce up and down.

On the other hand, my recollection of the bonnets on minis is that they were not very sturdy.

My wife had two minis, both of which drove very well in the snow as long as it wasn't too deep.

Edited January 30, 2011 by Sagitar

[dwilson]

Anyone tried "all season" tyres on their car? Probably not on their Prius.

Thanks for any/all replies.

David

[Doesn'tExist]

I used to have those in AT form on my 51 reg Patrol I bought, cant belief that is nearly ten years ago, anyway probably because of the AT variant I wasn't impressed with the tyres as they were no excellent on anything to be honest. I just thought they were a compromise.

[FourFourTwo]

I used to have those in AT form on my 51 reg Patrol I bought, cant belief that is nearly ten years ago, anyway probably because of the AT variant I wasn't impressed with the tyres as they were no excellent on anything to be honest. I just thought they were a compromise.

Tyre technology has come on in leaps and bounds over the last ten years.

[Grumpy Cabbie]

When my Turenzas wear out I'm just going to put on Nokian WR G2 and run them all year.

I have socks until then.

Can you let me know where you get them and how much etc. The Bridgestones weren't the best in snow, but I don't wanna lose economy by using the wrong tyres either.

Also, Bradford isn't too far away if it's a particularly helpful tyre dealer involved.