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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2017, 10:29:24 am »
^ Good article. :thumbup:
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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 10:46:04 am »
I dunno. Four pages about driving in a straight line for 60’ on a hockey rink? Pretty lame, IMO.

And WTF is up with the white and yellow text on a black background? That might have seemed cool in 1994, but it’s just annoying and hard to read.  >:(

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2017, 12:27:17 pm »
I dunno. Four pages about driving in a straight line for 60’ on a hockey rink? Pretty lame, IMO.

And WTF is up with the white and yellow text on a black background? That might have seemed cool in 1994, but it’s just annoying and hard to read.  >:(
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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2017, 12:39:09 pm »
I dunno. Four pages about driving in a straight line for 60’ on a hockey rink? Pretty lame, IMO.

And WTF is up with the white and yellow text on a black background? That might have seemed cool in 1994, but it’s just annoying and hard to read.  >:(
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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2017, 12:50:02 pm »
In this day and age one would think that the debate over winter vs. all-season tires is about as relevant as whether or not seat-belts save lives ::)

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2017, 01:19:29 pm »
It is here, but go forth into the general public, and you'll still find lots of people that don't see it.

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2017, 02:53:14 pm »
I also didn't particularly find the article all that useful, but I'll respectfully sit quiet.

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2017, 03:00:09 pm »
I dunno. Four pages about driving in a straight line for 60’ on a hockey rink? Pretty lame, IMO.

And WTF is up with the white and yellow text on a black background? That might have seemed cool in 1994, but it’s just annoying and hard to read.  >:(
Somebody woke up cranky today....

Somebody wakes up cranky most days. Some days I just do a better job of keeping it to myself.  ;)




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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2017, 03:01:33 pm »
I just thought it was different from most usual tire tests.

Rough crowd

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2017, 03:19:42 pm »
I just thought it was different from most usual tire tests.

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Ha, you've been here long enough to know that!!! C'mon!! Haven't had your afternoon coffee yet before your shift starts?  :rofl2:
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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2017, 03:28:45 pm »
I just thought it was different from most usual tire tests.

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Ha, you've been here long enough to know that!!! C'mon!! Haven't had your afternoon coffee yet before your shift starts?  :rofl2:
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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2017, 12:12:48 pm »
I've seen something very similar long time ago.  It just confirms what we already know.

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Re: All-Season vs. Winter Fun Test
« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2017, 02:11:35 am »
I tried again the other day espousing the value of winter tires...and MPI in the province will even finance them over 4 yrs (4 years!) at prime plus 2 - so 4-5%?  What would that be on a $1200 loan? $25-30/month for 48 months?  Nope, not in the budget he tells me.  So we'll just drive cautiously. Yeah yeah...I know I used to be like that too...get the facking winter tires...even if you get ugly steel wheels.  Wall...meet my message.