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Is the 1199.2 your litres of oil consumed meter?

Congrats on the milestone. Do you think you'll see 100k before you switch the engine out?

I've got some standard smoked pre facelift ones you can buy. I'll drop you a pm

I'm repeatedly getting an array error when trying to pm you. Please send me a pm with payment details on it and I'll send it across.

Mark

I'll take a set as well. I had previously said the same in your first thread, what happened to it? Pm to follow shortly

I'll take a set. Sending a pm shortly.

I'm still planning on making an appearance with Tracy after golf. Due to work commitments my car is likely to be the filthiest it has ever been!

Great to know there is someone recommended local to me. Look forward to hearing it in action.

Snaffled! Sorry

If I did that my post count would be 6

Dibs. Where are you based these days?

I'll wear my orange Greg Norman top then with my Rupert the bear trousers.

Scratch that. Tracy has said she'll come too so I get a chance to change before getting to you

What time are you expecting this to go on until? I'll be playing golf on the Morning at Walsall and wouldn't be finished until about 12:00. IF you don't take the pee out of my golf outfits too much then I may just grace you with my presence!

My calendar is up in the air at the moment so I can't comit to anything at the moment....I'll be dropping in on the events if I can.

I have 2 fronts in azure available. Both would require respraying anyway.

You could give one of them a good home.

Located in the midlands.

After I polished them

Not after I'd polished them

Ouch, never realised it was so expensive on the fines. I think your car will still look good with a standard plate on it.

It isn't just for the snow that it the reason for me selecting winter rubber for both my Zed and my wife's Passat .............

 

Go back and read first post - in conditions where the temp is 10 degrees the winter tyre will not be as effective as a summer tyre. They are fantastic for when winter properly gets here but before weve even had a frost is a bit early TBH.

You are preaching to the converted.

Please check the 4th post where I highlighted the same thing.

I haven't fit my winters yet for that same reason. They are all ready to go though,

Yes. Just yes. Personal experience.

 

They're not recommended in winter of course, and tbh it's not really a great idea, but somehow I miraculously managed to survive two winters when I ran them on the VXR (admittedly on 048s), another on the Zed, and a massive blat around the snow-covered IoM in an MR2. It's all about getting heat into them, and if you can do that then they're great: Well worth a handful of seconds on a damp cold winter track, easy.

 

I don't disagree that for some people winter tyres are the best option, but for most people summer tyres will be fine and a smaller handful will be able to stay on semi-slicks without too much bother. As always with these things, it's very driver dependant.

 

Of course winter tyres will be better in the snow than summer tyres, but then we're back to the question of "Should you really be driving?" and "Is the rest of the vehicle suitable for purpose?". An FR car is not ideal for driving when you have a lot of snow (it's the worst choice), so that should be taken into consideration before setting off regardless of tyre choice.

 

Winter tyres do not a driving god make. Much like 4x4 is not invincible.

It isn't just for the snow that it the reason for me selecting winter rubber for both my Zed and my wife's Passat. It is stopping distances / avoiding behaviour traction in case of emergency. While I agree that most people will be fine it is the some people who aren't that I'm worried about. If an incident occurs in front of my wife, I want her to be in the best possible position to react and avoid anything, be that sharply turning or braking to a stop. I want that for her more than myself.

When you consider that there isn't really a great cost in running winters as you don't have wear on your summers for 4-5 months so your tyre usage/costs stay pretty similar as you look at it over the years that you own the car I don't see why people dont. I picked up a set of steels for the Passat for £25 and the JDM alloys from keyser for a very reasonable price. The wheels have residual value so you never really lose out on them when you come to sell. What is the big catch for running winters....I don't see it

The suitability of the car for the conditions seems irrelevent to me in the same way as when the met office state only drive if necessary. If I don't get to work I don't get paid....therefore it is necessary. Are you going to right off every FR car like BMW/Merc that is on the road as unsuitable? The suitablitity of the tyre makes the car suitable for the conditions. Without suitable tyres I can't even get out of my street which is why I previously used snow socks and even with snow socks on the car, the zed was composed to drive. This has been an issue for every rear wheel drive car I have owned. It would be much simpler if it was law to run winters during a period like they do in other countries.

I always liked this video as a good explanation on the ideal temps

Remember that this is based on all season vs winter. Summer tyres would be considerably worse

If it isn't a facelift then I have 2 front bumpers in azure that need prep and respray work anyway....must remember to list them on here this weekend with the skirts and other stuff

I think you would be looking at more than £100 for the repsray of an entire front bumper

Not much less than new pricing. Honestly they are rare on second hand and even then you will need to beat all of us to it!

Wired connections are much better than wireless for latency and throughput and is far more secure than wireless.

To get the most from it you could use your pc to stream media all over your house to your consoles or other devices.

Additionally you could use the cat5 for home automation in different rooms with the right controllers. You can also run power over cat5 to devices in remote areas without the need for electrical cabling, such as cctv

There is a lot you can do with it. Just depends on if you have a real requirement.

Your round trip could start from the lakez! What's another 400 miles.

Pm sent

I have a pic somewhere of mid 40's. I reset it on the m6 50 mph section.

I recently did stansted and back in mixed conditions and speeds and managed 31.

Always surprises me how good a tourer the car is.