Snow now more slippery or are cars less grippy?

Talk about your cars etc here. Keep it sort of sensible and on topic please.
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Those Jimny things seem to go for top dollar too....
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Yes they do and so do pandas. After writing that post I had a quick look. Nope not paying that much for a takeaway hack.
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bub2006 wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:51 pm Yes they do and so do pandas. After writing that post I had a quick look. Nope not paying that much for a takeaway hack.
Would an auto survive longer, don't forget if you are self employed the new vehicle is deductable from your income
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DodgeRover wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:54 pm
bub2006 wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:51 pm Yes they do and so do pandas. After writing that post I had a quick look. Nope not paying that much for a takeaway hack.
Would an auto survive longer, don't forget if you are self employed the new vehicle is deductable from your income
Due to shitty leg I've always been harder on clutches but small autos also demand high prices and tend to be worse on fuel than the focus
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Just stuff some all season tyres on.
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Oh Noes, the end of the world is coming in the form of a "Stratospheric Polar Vortex"

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Post by LynehamHerc »

Who writes these articles?

"so the exact days the arctic blast may hit."

What about the inexact days?
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Arctic blast annoys me too, it's not going to be minus 60c so stop talking bollocks.
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"Could bring up to 7" of snow."
Hardly going to stop the country.
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paulplom wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:50 pm "Could bring up to 7" of snow."
Hardly going to stop the country.
Come on now, you know London stops for 7mm of snow & that's all the media cares about.
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