NO!!! First snow of the year in Calgary!
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NO!!! First snow of the year in Calgary!
So coming back from hockey, I find that it's slushy and snowing and my 8 is covered! Worst part is that I've got summer tires on still. I'll tell you, that was a scary drive! This has gotten me all paranoid, so I'm probably swapping to winters tomorrow. Anybody else swap this early?
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Originally Posted by BlueFrenzy
Anybody else swap this early?
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Originally Posted by BlueFrenzy
So coming back from hockey, I find that it's slushy and snowing and my 8 is covered! Worst part is that I've got summer tires on still. I'll tell you, that was a scary drive! This has gotten me all paranoid, so I'm probably swapping to winters tomorrow. Anybody else swap this early?
I'll wait a few more days to see if this stuff is going to hang around. Last year I switched to winter tires too early, so I'd like to wait as long as possible.
Go Flames Go!
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I just got back from vacation in Acapulco so I haven;t had time to change my tires over. IT was an interesting drive to work today. I actually thought the summer tires did a better job than I expected.
I'll be switching them out tomorrow.
I'll be switching them out tomorrow.
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I dont know, but why are some of you guys so afraid of snow?
Canadians are certainly not afraid of snow - hell, we spend 6 months every year driving on it (well, except for Canadians from Vancouver - they ARE afraid of snow ). The problem is that summer high performance tires, including those that come standard on the RX-8, are completely useless and dangerous in winter conditions of cold, snow, slush, and ice. There's plenty of RX-8 owners who have tried to drive their cars in those conditions and either got stuck or, worse, crashed.
With proper winter tires, an RX-8 does just fine in winter conditions. We're talking about whether we've changed our cars to the winter tires yet. A search of this forum section for the keywords "winter tire" will turn up dozens of threads, going back over two years, about this subject.
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Luckily I changed mine last Saturday. I knew it was coming, I remember the first time I got stuck with summer tires on after a sudden dump of snow... I couldn't move, I was ready to sell the car.. Hated it. But with some good Winter / Ice Tires, she runs great. No problems this morning, just watching everyone else panic and try to remember how to "winter drive" Saw a new mustang try to boot it and spun out, smashing his rear on the cement barrier... boy I bet he wished he was more careful. ...
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Originally Posted by dodo_croatia
I dont know, but why are some of you guys so afraid of snow?
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Still nice.....
It's still very nice up here in Northern Alberta - Sunday we had a great Auto-X at Namao airbase, all on summer rubber!
This time I lost to a Subaru because it had "R" compounds on, NOT because it was 4x4; that's my excuse-du-jour and I'm sticking with it!!
(Do-do is probably referring to his famous uphill snow video (
Link.... )
he is not TOO afraid of snow!)
S
This time I lost to a Subaru because it had "R" compounds on, NOT because it was 4x4; that's my excuse-du-jour and I'm sticking with it!!
(Do-do is probably referring to his famous uphill snow video (
Link.... )
he is not TOO afraid of snow!)
S
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Originally Posted by gerhardj
^^^ yup must suck to be rotten...
well not really. I just came back from two weeks Acapulco so I'd say it sucks to be you guys!
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Boy, and I was starting to feel dumb when I had them put the winters on when I got my 8 last week! Had to drive home from Discovery Ridge on the west side to Chaparral in the south at about the time you guys were leaving the game. Handled great though! I was concerned when I bought it about this, as I've never driven RWD in the winter before. No probs! I mean sure, you can turn the rear end into a fish if you goose it, and I was getting passed constantly by soccer moms in their SUV's, but I was holding track, even at 80km/h.
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Those are some pretty pictures you posted though I dont see anyone in them .... i assume your were the one taking them and did not just "copy and paste" them off the www......
Those are some pretty pictures you posted though I dont see anyone in them .... i assume your were the one taking them and did not just "copy and paste" them off the www......
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I'm glad my bus has good tires.
And yeah, +1 for it sucks to be rotten
And yeah, +1 for it sucks to be rotten
Hah, hah, hah....this coming from a guy that has to ride the bus?!
-1 for riding the bus
-550 for getting all those tickets
-100000 for selling your RX8
-2000000 for all the camping you do with "the boys".
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Rotten:
Those are some pretty pictures you posted though I dont see anyone in them .... i assume your were the one taking them and did not just "copy and paste" them off the www......
Those are some pretty pictures you posted though I dont see anyone in them .... i assume your were the one taking them and did not just "copy and paste" them off the www......
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Originally Posted by rotten42
Hah, hah, hah....this coming from a guy that has to ride the bus?!
-1 for riding the bus
-550 for getting all those tickets
-100000 for selling your RX8
-2000000 for all the camping you do with "the boys".
-1 for riding the bus
-550 for getting all those tickets
-100000 for selling your RX8
-2000000 for all the camping you do with "the boys".
:flipoff: :squintfin
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Heh .. last year I didn't swap until late Nov. Guess we were lucky last year. But yea, time to bust out the torque wrench.
Ahhh ... good to see the ol' Rotten vs KHTM again.
Ahhh ... good to see the ol' Rotten vs KHTM again.
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Originally Posted by rotten42
Here are a couple pics from this morning
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