SMARTLY
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You can use snow socks where there is no snow but not snow chains. I believe this is correct.
Just been looking at the skid pan gift certificates, was thinking of getting my son one of them, but already got him a few things and the skid is £100 ish. He'll need it though as he is probably moving to Helsinki in April and it's -22 over there at the moment
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How good would those be though?
read a review last year and it reckoned they were pretty good. I think easy to fix and you can drive with them on roads where the snow has cleared ( low speeds still ).
We still have had no snow up here, but -6 last night and the corner I live on is an incline both ways and is hazardous. Went to the bit grin last night to prepare it and it was empty - so result is many stuck / slipping cars this morning. As it's a T Junction cars are meant to stop as they come up the hill and then they spin the wheels as they try and pull away. Some idiots today
My son has just gone out for his first drive on ice, they don't teach that on the test ........
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You can get stockings os it socks now for the tyres in the snow:
Found them:
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Looks good, we just need the falling snow now .........................
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So why don't I get the Xmas banner?
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Geometry on-line ? At home geometry ? Umm calendar, umm ummm snow on the web-site
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Can we try and guess?
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Rather than saying "this is strangling my fat neck" she says "stop it" - how stupid ....................... :lol
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He shouldn't be driving if he's that stupid
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I'd put it on eBay with some funny comments
Maybe it was for Dinky toys or RC cars 
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I wonder if it only a UK problem, and if the identical wheel is fitted to UK and non-UK cars. It's a bit like Lexus wheels only corroding in the UK but that is easily explained by what we use to clean them, if we protect them and what is put on our roads
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No doubt you have seen this Tony:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2009/1...loy_wheels.html
It's interesting after pressure they no longer sell the 19 inch wheels until it's been investigated. It's not potholes but either tyre or wheel. Presumably runflats have hard side walls hence your idea of the tyres?
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Why couldn't they have put a new soundproof fence in first before they start the work?
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I'm still using it, had to look back in the post and check for "WIM Blue" at the bottom though. No problems here
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Yes, you don't want your balls to float
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Doesn't look like they have changed it in over 20 years
A little plastic tube on the end will help it go in further 
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Let us know how it goes, you should get a good test the next couple of days
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Oh well in a week or two i'll get it on the rig and set the chassis but at the moment i just cannot be arsed...... blink.gif
It's lucky your customers don't have that attitude
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I'm sure I have got a similar one in the garage I used to use years ago
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They should be alright as a guide.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...tegoryId_229902
At the price you would be a fool not to. Try it in water then in neat antifreeze to guage how accurate it is.
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Are Michelin Energy Savers the same? Only I noticed my son's Citroen C2 is fitted with them and it has 3 treads and a slit as the fourth tread - just sounds similar to above.
See here a similar one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-X-MICHELIN-ENERGY-...=item5ad276e881
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Not work safe - with sound
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One tip for looking for ignition problems is to start the car in a darkened garage ( black out any window and shut door partially briefly ) with the bonnet open then look for spark jumps obviously don't put your hands in without turning the lights on or using a torch. I've used this in the distant past to diagnose a leaking HT cable. Another is to pull off the HT leads one at a time with an insulted pair of pliers ( or specific tool ) and ensure the engine note drops on each cylinder, if it doesn't you have found where to look. Also look at each plug in turn after a run and make sure they are all the same colour. I used to do my own mechanics when I had early 60's Fords and BMC cars when I was a young and it was all I could afford. I've still got the "colourtune", "timing light", point setting tool and spark checking device somewhere !!
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Surely there are two problems here? One is the idling and the suggestions of carburation or ignition are first things to get checked, do you know a garage with old fashioned ttuning machines that would identify the problem. The second problem is the compression and a difference like that in my opinion needs investigating. Again that is something the old fashion ( Crypton / Krpton ? ) type tune up machines should identify the problem fairly easily. It's not as simple as the modern one plug and look at the computer there are lots of cables to connect but in the end it runs through a cycle and gives a reliable diagnostic.
236mph on a public road
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With other vehicles on the road, yes mad
No speedo shot though 