| euro_ftw |
| hahaha , NO my car will be parked in the garage for the next 2 weeks or so.:thumbup: |
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| aarrgghh |
| I might have to. I'll be watching the state of the roads Sunday evening to decide if I can attempt the drive to work on the summers. Drat! |
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| arabian_ryda |
loool any1 see the yellowhead? theres more cars in the ditch then on the acual road:lol: :lol:
i ,love when it snows cause all the retards get in accidents and the roads are left for the expereinced drivers. less traffic:lol: |
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| ReasonOne |
| My MX-3 still has it's winter tires on it - so I've been driving it. I always wait until this crap is done before I swap them over. I keep all seasons on the Sunbird convertible so when the weather gets better, thats the one I drive. |
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| teg91 |
quote:
Originally posted by arabian_ryda
loool any1 see the yellowhead? theres more cars in the ditch then on the acual road:lol: :lol:
i ,love when it snows cause all the retards get in accidents and the roads are left for the expereinced drivers. less traffic:lol:
no cause i dont want to take the risk, driving my car with summer tires on these road.. :mad: |
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| cupcake |
I may have to. I don't think I would like to bus it for the next week, unless the boyfriend picks me up from work.
Grr! I was going to change my wheel today but I decided last Sunday "Hey! I'm cleaning the garage and it's +20, let's change the wheels too!"
Mother nature's s bitch. |
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| 86SilverFox |
| just put mine back on |
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| Cheemoney |
| swapped mine on thursday. thought i beat the snow :( |
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| Geofux |
| I have my summers on. I'm not too worried... :dunno: |
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| Cheemoney |
| i almost spun out on a bend in the road but just let off the gas and countered. |
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| nissanz32 |
| I am as I have a 60km commute. Even with AWD my car is all over the place. Rather take the time to put the winters on then crash |
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| Cheemoney |
| what kind of winter rubber do you guys run? i got michelin x-ice |
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| Leo |
| My x-ices haven't come off yet. :thumbup: |
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| Silence* |
quote:
Originally posted by Geofux
I have my summers on. I'm not too worried... :dunno:
Same here. |
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| euro_ftw |
| shit, i guess i am not gonna drive the car till next week or so.:mad: |
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| teg91 |
| i have some toyo winter tires.. Not sure what it is.. Came with the car...:thumbup: |
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| JeepGirl |
Put them on?......... I never took mine off!! :dunno:
:lol:
*EDIT*
I've been living here for 12 years.. I know better... |
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| Cheemoney |
| too lazy to put'em back on really. i think i'd rather drive like an old grandma for a few days haha. |
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| teg91 |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheemoney
too lazy to put'em back on really. i think i'd rather drive like an old grandma for a few days haha.
same or i just wont drive at all.. get my buddies to pick me up.. :D i think my next purchase will be a STI :thumbup: |
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| Silence* |
| I think I'll just take mommy's truck tommorow if I need to go anywhere :lol: |
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| Cheemoney |
quote:
Originally posted by Silence*
I think I'll just take mommy's truck tommorow if I need to go anywhere :lol:
yesss!!! steal the mom's car. my mom has a 4wd suzuki sidekick. that thing is fun in the winter. |
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| 92rolla |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheemoney
yesss!!! steal the mom's car. my mom has a 4wd suzuki sidekick. that thing is fun in the winter.
Sidekicks kick ass in winter, if you have the use of the 4WD system, sadly my summers don't allow this since the front and rears have different rolling diameters:( |
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| Cheemoney |
| rolling diameters? what are those? i r noob:( . i took my car to the liqour store. holy crap, that plus summer tires = bad i dea haha. |
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| 92rolla |
The rolling diameter is the total height of the tire.
So for example i'm running a 235/60 R15 (or a 235mm width, with a 60% (width to sidewall height ratio) on a 15inch rim) on the front for a rolling diameter of about 25.9" and in the rear I have 295/50 R15s for a diameter of about 26.6" so, because in 4WD the front and rear diffs are locked together, this will cause a huge amount of strain on the transfer case, so I can't run it like that. |
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| Cheemoney |
| hmm, what size engine do you run? my mother has a 1.6L. i know its hard on the engine cause the wheels are too big. so maybe thats the same problem, i've just never heard of rolling diameter before. |
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| 92rolla |
I'm running the G16A (the 1.6 SOHC 8v)
And the size of the motor has nothing to do with it. It's putting alot of strain and excess wear and tear on the transfer case (the box that goes behind the transmition, and splits the power either to the rear (2H), the front and rear (4H), or the front and rear with a reduction gear (4L)) Because the front diff is trying to spin at a different rate than the rear diff, and since there is no give point (like a central diff) the only place for that energy to go is in the gears, and they don't tend to like that very much. |
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| 98 teg |
| going to put them back for both cars.. oh well |
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| samurai_x |
| Still have my studded winter tires :thumbup: never took them off..I was gonna switch to all seasons1st before i switch to summer tires, last week but got lazy..guess it paid off.. :D :D |
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| Cheemoney |
| ahaha god damn this snow. why did it have to happen? looks like my mom's gonna be driving me to work for a couple of days haha. |
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| mcmanus7 |
| I've got Hankook Icebear W300 on my car... they have yet to come off... pretty good winter tire since they're deemed a performance winter tire...rarely does my traction control or abs kick in.. People should have watched the CBC Marketplace show when they did a thing about winter tires vs all seasons... they said that as soon as the temperature gets between 5-7 degrees celcius you should put your winters on.... and you should keep them on until the end of april haha |
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| AuZZZie |
quote:
Originally posted by JeepGirl
Put them on?......... I never took mine off!! :dunno:
:lol:
*EDIT*
I've been living here for 12 years.. I know better...
Everyone says that. But I've been living here for almost 8 years. Unfortunately..
And i've never seen weather like this in April. |
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| Cheemoney |
quote:
Originally posted by AuZZZie
Everyone says that. But I've been living here for almost 8 years. Unfortunately..
And i've never seen weather like this in April.
i've lived here since i was 4. and i'm 21 now, and yeah i've never seen this shit in april. |
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| euro_ftw |
| OMG , i think its the end of the world.:bowdown: shit i am gonna go pray .:lol: |
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| Cheemoney |
| my dad made a good point though. not only have i never seen snow like this in april in edmonton. but when did the first snowfall start? like october? november? it's almost been 6 months of snow. i hope something weird happens and we get a whole year of summer after this haha. |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
I've seen snow like this in May/June :P
Yup they're playing soccer.
Later the same day
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| Cheemoney |
| that's brutal. i kinda like the scenery in the background of the first pic. yes i realize it's mostly fog haha. |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheemoney
that's brutal. i kinda like the scenery in the background of the first pic. yes i realize it's mostly fog haha.
I live in a river valley.. almost the whole town is in the bottom, there's a hill on the other side of the river that you can kinda see. |
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| Cheemoney |
| makes me want to take a trip to canmore to visit my sister. has anyone gone out driving today? i swept the snow off my car and started it for a bit. it seems all the melted snow is dripping and freezing. my car looks like an icicle |
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| evoI |
| I've been driving the winter beater, thankfully I was to lazy to put summer tires on last week :) |
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| cupcake |
Well, I put the winters back on since my mom refused to let me borrow her car for the week.
Did a litte more of the work this time. I am a weakling and can't lift a wheel to put it on to save my life though.
I have low end winter tires that I will be changing next year. In fact, a couple websites call them "premium all seasons." Oops. The manufacturer website has them listed as winter tires though. :dunno: |
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| Cheemoney |
| maybe the snow will go away now that everyone has put on their winters again!!! :rolleyes: |
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| Karan |
| I was very tempted and extremely closing to putting my summers back on when it got upto 20c last week. but then decided to (fortunately) check the long range forecast and saw that "some" snow was predicted for this weekend. Never could I have imagined it would be this fucking much. Sure glad I decided to err on the side of caution though. :p |
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| Cheemoney |
| i remember seeing the snow forecasts and though i'd take the chance anyway. also didn't think it'd be THIS much snow :( . |
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| SilverNeonRacer |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheemoney
maybe the snow will go away now that everyone has put on their winters again!!! :rolleyes:
heh, next week i think it might... but for this week, I'm going sledding every night... cept tomorrow, I get home late :P |
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| Cheemoney |
| i would try and drive to work regardless of my summer tires. they do have some tread depth to them. its not like they're low pros or anything. but i probably wouldn't make it down my driveway curb. |
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| rp_guy |
| i put mine back on yesterday, and i'm glad i did. snow is no problem for the all-seasons, it's the thick sheets of ice on the road that cause problems. |
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| Cheemoney |
| to be honest. i bought the FC when the snow went away (they came with winter tires on already). so i don't really know how it handles in the snow with winter tires lol. |
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| teg91 |
| i am sure you will be fine if you dont drive like a retard? :thumbup: |
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| euro777 |
| i parked my car this week and borrowed my brother's, yesterday was enough mayhem for one week |
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| Cheemoney |
| drove my mom to work yesterday and today. i love the sidekick. |
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| euro_ftw |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheemoney
drove my mom to work yesterday and today. i love the sidekick.
hahaha u drove ur mom:lol: |
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| Cheemoney |
| hahaha grow up, you know what i mean. |
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