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I had a fiesta a few years back, I bought it from my mate who works at a garage/tyre place, and he'd just put a set of winter tyres on it.

The tyres were fabulous for short journeys in the snow/ice but once the ambient temperature rose either in the tyre, or one of those lovely sunny days you often get in winter, they would flop around all over the place and make cornering/braking very interesting! I soon bought some secondhand alloys and tyres from ebay and sold the winter tyres on.

If I lived somewhere where they had proper winters, I wouldn't hesitate in having a set (as long as I had space to store them) but wouldn't bother again in the more temperate East Midlands.


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Never prepare m’y cars for winter time
Always’using them all the year long

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Use it - but from experience be VERY aware of black ice/polished frost on the roads.
I have cross climates on the Fiesta - they are very good.


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How true. This day during the beast from the east was fun.
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Snow, what's that?

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[quote=atalante83]Never prepare m’y cars for winter time
Always’using them all the year long /quote]
Dead right It's only a car. Worse thing you can do is not use it.

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Originally Posted by atalante83
Never prepare m’y cars for winter time
Always’using them all the year long

Dead right It's only a car. Worse thing you can do is not use it. That looks better!

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Originally Posted by John V6
Agreed Richard slip sliding in the snow is fun

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Originally Posted by Ray
Originally Posted by John V6
Agreed Richard slip sliding in the snow is fun

+1

Once you've tried it it's pretty addictive, I suppose it's the challenge smile


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Originally Posted by docock
This is my regime:

1) Fill tank: Add in fuel Stabiliser
2) Inflate tyres and drive onto tyre shoes
3) Roof up
4) Clean and dry car
5) Wax car
6) Vaseline bonnet tape
7) ACF 50: beading and running strips
8) Cling film on wiper blades to stop them adhering to windscreen
9) Dehumidifier silica bags in footwells
10) Trickle charger set up
11) Bright duster into exhaust to discourage mice
12) Mouse traps set around car
13) Soft fitted dust cover onto car
14) Switch on garage dehumidifier
15) Close garage and walk away crying
16) Next day think "sod it", undo all of previous work and take car out for a drive


12), I just tell the cat to keep an eye on the car. 😾🐾


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