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mjbrr



Member Since: 31 May 2012
Location: Durham
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United Kingdom 2009 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black
Winter tyres

I know there has been a lot of discussion about the merits of winter tyres on here.

A side by side comparison was interesting.

Especially the braking distance !

 2009 3.6 TDV8 HSE Santorini Black

Post #371855 Fri Feb 01 2013 11:16am
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Ady 555
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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Winter tyres are great and obviously do make a big difference, but when we get into a situation like this it doesn't matter what tyres you have on Whistle Whistle

Post #371857 Fri Feb 01 2013 11:26am
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RRSTDV8



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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

Ady, if everyone had winter tyres fitted then there would be a lot less chances of that jam happening in the first place. People driving around on low profile summer tyres are what causes the problem because they can't move in heavy snow. As the chap says in the video, some people have tried to move and just slid sideays in to other vehicles - they probably wouldn't have done that with winter tyres on.

The stupid thing is that there would have been a small number of people in that jam who could have driven home but they're stuck because the police won't let them use the hard shoulder to drive out. And if you tried there'd be some numpty who would slither across to prevent you - "I'm stuck so you're stuck too mate" 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Post #371956 Sat Feb 02 2013 8:40am
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Ady 555
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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Santorini Black

Totally agree, the police would prefer everyone to be stuck rather than one or smart arses being able to continue their journey. Whistle

Post #371970 Sat Feb 02 2013 4:12pm
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