Re: Review: BMW i3, My First Drive in an Electric Car

[Steve Morgan <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a popular debate, Mark, but my perspective paints a slightly
rosier pi=
cture.

Winter tyres work better than summer tyres below 7 degrees. Certainly, by
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hat temperature, I can feel my P-Zeroes 'going off'. Fitting the winter
tyr=
es when the temperature drops is very effective. You certainly don't have
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o wait for snow to benefit from them; I used winter tyres from November to
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April, last season and the car drove flawlessly.=20

In terms of cost, there's a capital cost, sure. But while the winter tyres
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are on, the summer tyres aren't being used. The cost of tyres over the
life=
time of the car is negligible.=20

As for wheels, I bought a secondhand set of alloys from eBay. When I
finall=
y no longer need them (when I buy a car that they don't fit), I'll sell
the=
m again on eBay and probably get my money back.=20

Alternatively, you can have a tyre shop swap tyres on existing rims, but
ov=
er time that will be more expensive and risks damage.=20

It makes me laugh that people will pay =C2=A340k or more for a car, but
don=
't see the value of spending another few hundred to keep it on the road 12
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months of the year.=20

Winter tyres aren't at all popular in the UK, because they're not mandated
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and people don't know enough about them. Our continental cousins can
certai=
nly teach us a thing or two on the subject.=20

Regards,
Steve

On 30 Nov 2013, at 13:40, Mark McCall <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>> But a second set of wheels equipped with winter tyres was a
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> Yeah, like I said in my reply - "on standard tyres etc"
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> The problem with the UK is that Snow is never a certainty.  Even in
> the years we get it, it may only be for a few days.  Most people won't
> (or cant afford) to invest in a whole other set of wheels and tyres
> for the sake of the odd day here and there.  If snow was a permanent,
> predictable, significant part of our winters then I'm sure that would
> change though.
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