Getting quite excited about this and it is looking increasingly warmer, as pressure builds from the SW. The coming warmth and sunshine should make the whole country feel so much better!

Well, I knew that we'd have no snow here in Swansea this winter. This was more or less guaranteed as soon as I fitted winter tyres back at the beginning of December.

So should I swap them back, yet? Winter tyres work best at below 7C.

Decisions, decisions.

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Steve
Swansea

On Sat, 1 Mar 2014 08:26:04 -0800 (PST), wrote:
So should I swap them back, yet? Winter tyres work best at below
7C.

I would. Road surface temperatures during the day will probably cause
them to wear quickly.

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Well, I knew that we'd have no snow here in Swansea this winter. This was
more or less guaranteed as soon as I fitted winter tyres back at the
beginning of December.

So should I swap them back, yet? Winter tyres work best at below 7C.
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Are they 'real' winter tyres or simply all-season tyres (eg Goodyear Vector
4-Seasons)? If the latter then I'd leave them on (I do with mine all year).
Difference in UK summer _dry_ conditions is pretty marginal. In the wet then
they'll still offer significantly shorter braking conditions than most
'summer' tyres.

Real winters ..Michelin Alpin A4. I'll change them at the end of March, probably. So late snow in April it is then!

Must say when making a panic stop meeting a logging lorry on a narrow road in Mid - Wales, they proved their worth. Temperature was about 5C and the road was wet. The car just stopped and no sign of the ABS cutting in. I was impressed.

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Steve
Swansea

In article ,
writes:
Real winters ..Michelin Alpin A4. I'll change them at the end of
March, probably. So late snow in April it is then!

I remember that during the very mild winter of 1974-5, the only lying
snow we had in my part of Surrey was on the morning of Good Friday, if
you can stretch to count that as part of winter. And then of course some
places famously had snow at the beginning of June that year. (After
which the weather did an about turn, and we had a predominantly dry,
warm and sunny summer, if not quite so extreme as the summer the
following year.)
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John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

On Saturday, March 1, 2014 8:51:01 PM UTC, John Hall wrote:
In article ,

writes:

Real winters ..Michelin Alpin A4. I'll change them at the end of

March, probably. So late snow in April it is then!



I remember that during the very mild winter of 1974-5, the only lying

snow we had in my part of Surrey was on the morning of Good Friday, if

you can stretch to count that as part of winter. And then of course some

places famously had snow at the beginning of June that year. (After

which the weather did an about turn, and we had a predominantly dry,

warm and sunny summer, if not quite so extreme as the summer the

following year.)

--

John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat

The subjects of the King,

And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:

Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

Isn't it true that in most areas of the UK, Easter snow is more common than Christmas snow?

In article ,
Dawlish writes:
Isn't it true that in most areas of the UK, Easter snow is more
common than Christmas snow?

I've heard that, and it wouldn't surprise me if it was true.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

On Sunday, 2 March 2014 07:57:02 UTC, Dawlish wrote:
On Saturday, March 1, 2014 8:51:01 PM UTC, John Hall wrote:

In article ,



writes:



Real winters ..Michelin Alpin A4. I'll change them at the end of



March, probably. So late snow in April it is then!







I remember that during the very mild winter of 1974-5, the only lying



snow we had in my part of Surrey was on the morning of Good Friday, if



you can stretch to count that as part of winter. And then of course some



places famously had snow at the beginning of June that year. (After



which the weather did an about turn, and we had a predominantly dry,



warm and sunny summer, if not quite so extreme as the summer the



following year.)



--



John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat



The subjects of the King,



And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:



Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"



Isn't it true that in most areas of the UK, Easter snow is more common than Christmas snow?

I think that could possibly be because the date that Easter falls varies so much - from mid-March to mid April. Perhaps if Christmas could vary from mid December to mid January it would be Christmas that was far snowier.


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On Sunday, March 2, 2014 12:27:26 PM UTC, wrote:

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Isn't it true that in most areas of the UK, Easter snow is more common than Christmas snow?

I think that could possibly be because the date that Easter falls varies so much - from mid-March to mid April. Perhaps if Christmas could vary from mid December to mid January it would be Christmas that was far snowier.

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Yes; very true.