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10-12-17, 07:54 PM | #5231 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Winter tyres are made from compounds designed to have more grip at low temperature, the tread is designed to handle snow but worth having for better cold grip.
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11-12-17, 01:54 AM | #5232 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Some years ago I worked contracts in Austria and had winter tyres (more or less mandatory, and definitely compulsory in Germany). I agree with the comments, best thing since sliced bread just when temperatures drop (better than summer tyres below 7C typically). On snow they are magic, the key is the tread blocks remain flexible due to the compound and the multiple small slits in the blocks, so as they rotate and the blocks flex the snow falls out of the sipes and you get a tread, summer tyres just fill up and you've got a snow doughnut for a tyre.
Unfortunately they are now past their sell-by-date and lose pressure too quickly (a good 10yrs old now), fortunately I don't need to drive when the weather is bad now so no need to replace them. I always used to use them from Dec to Mar typically.
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11-12-17, 11:46 AM | #5233 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I've spoken to people that think because they drive a 4x4, it can stop better in snow.
I'm pretty sure all cars are fitted with 4 wheel stop these days.
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11-12-17, 01:03 PM | #5234 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Windows 10
Not necessarily. I've just replaced the video card in a clients computer for the same reason. It's a PCI-E and it card cost me £30. Resolution options restored satisfactorily.
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11-12-17, 01:37 PM | #5235 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Croaky voice and a runny nose. My first cold of the winter has arrived.
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17-12-17, 02:39 PM | #5237 | |
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17-12-17, 04:31 PM | #5238 | |
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However I'll still have the jab, as if it stops me getting it bad, or reduces the severity of anything I do pick up, then it's worth the £6 I paid this October. Especially the older I get.
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17-12-17, 06:55 PM | #5239 |
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
You stand a probability between 5 & 20% of catching flu in any winter. You have a 60% less chance if you had the jab (that drops the probability to 2 to 8%) which is still quite high. This is because the jab only ever covers 3 or 4 strains that are statistically likely to be popular in the coming season.
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I'm 69 and have never had the flu and I have never had the flu jab. Looks like I have beaten the odds.
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