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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.
1972 4/4 4 seater, 1981 MGB GT
1984 Harley Davidson Electra Glide, 1990 Kawasaki ZX10
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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.
2010 4/4 sport - le mans green
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How true. This day during the beast from the east was fun. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2018/03/01/20180301_093605.jpg)
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Snow, what's that? ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/10/10/IMG_0529.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/09/10/BruceMogSnow.jpg)
Bruce
1964 4/4 Series V Comp (Megan)
1994 +8 (Maurice)
2013 M3W (Olga)
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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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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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Agreed Richard slip sliding in the snow is fun +1
.+8 Now gone for a 1800 4/4. Duratec in bright yellow.
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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 
2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev
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Learner Plates Off!
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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. 😾🐾
1994 +8, BMW Calypso Red.
2002 4/4, 4 seater, BMW Calypso Red.
How do you open the boot?
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