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I with you Mark on this. Standard tyres on snow are cr*p on anything
approaching a slight incline, and it's hilly where I live :-/
All the weight is at the front so there's nothing to hold down the rear
wheels, as evidenced by me struggling to reverse out of a steep gravel
drive not so long ago.
Just checked prices and winter tyres for my 5 series are over =A3200 each.
=
I
do "get" that the benefits of winter tyres aren't *just* for
snow, but =A38=
00
is a lot to find. Even if I did find =A3800-odd for new tyres this year,
I'=
ve
still got to store one set of tyres all through year and they're not small!
I got some quick-fit chains last winter and predictably, haven't needed to
use them yet.
I can live with working from home for a week or so each year :-)
Cheers,
Tim.
On 30 November 2013 14:54, Mark McCall <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It makes me laugh that people will pay =A340k or more for a car,
but do=
n't
> see the value of spending another few hundred to keep it on the road
12
> months of the year.
>
> Afraid none of mine have been anywhere near that price. I stick with
> my original view - RWD BMWs on standard tyres are useless in the snow.
> Oh, and I moved to 4WD 4 years ago :)
>
> M.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I with you Mark on this. Standard tyres on
snow are cr*p o=
n anything approaching a slight incline, and it's hilly where I
live :-=
/<div><div>All the weight is at the front so there's
nothing to hold do=
wn the rear wheels, as evidenced by me struggling to reverse out of a
steep=
gravel drive not so long ago.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just checked prices and winter
tyres for my 5 series ar=
e over =A3200 each. I do "get" that the benefits of
winter tyres =
aren't *just* for snow, but =A3800 is a lot to find. Even if I did
find=
=A3800-odd for new tyres this year, I've still got to store one set
of=
tyres all through year and they're not small! I got some quick-fit
cha=
ins last winter and predictably, haven't needed to use them
yet.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I can live with working from
home for a week or so each=
year
:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Tim.<br><div
class=3D"=
gmail_extra"><br><br><div
class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 November 2013 14:54, =
Mark McCall <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:lists@xxxxxxx.=
uk"
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adding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">> It
makes me laugh that people will =
pay =A340k or more for a car, but don't see the value of spending
anoth=
er few hundred to keep it on the road 12 months of the year.<br>
<br>
</div>Afraid none of mine have been anywhere near that price. =A0I
stick wi=
th<br>
my original view - RWD BMWs on standard tyres are useless in the
snow.<br>
=A0Oh, and I moved to 4WD 4 years ago :)<br>
<span class=3D""><font
color=3D"#888888"><br>
M.<br>
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