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Z4Rick said:
Michelin has told me that their SS Pilots get "real greasy" when temps fall below 45 deg. F, due to their rubber compound being maximized for racing. In use, I have found that to be true. I could not take corners as fast with the summer tires once the track had cooled off, and my lap times showed it. Cost me about 5 seconds on a 2.5 mile track. Changed tires that night to winters and my times improved back to my normal mediocre level the next day.

Cold weather tires go on in October.
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"45 degrees F"? Where do you live?

If it's England, Wales or Northern Ireland, you're changing too early.
 
Busterboo said:
ronk said:
£1500 ???
Somebody has been pulling ya chain!
They don’t charge that at the BMW main dealer for a set of 18“ BMW rims and Prelli Sottozeros
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I'll bet it's a lot more than a grand.
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Not a lot more even retail price - I got the kit for my wife’s 335xd directly from the dealer and got some extra discount as I was spending a good wedge on a new 35is

Normally I would buy used but there are specialist who do deals on aftermarket wheels.
 

I live at 3,000 feet in the mountains of western Maryland, and we've had snow in early October several times with nighttime temps routinely in the 30's. I change tires based on temps, not the calendar.
 
Z4Rick said:

I live at 3,000 feet in the mountains of western Maryland, and we've had snow in early October several times with nighttime temps routinely in the 30's. I change tires based on temps, not the calendar.
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I thought it didn't sound like Manchester. :)
 
Z4Rick said:

I live at 3,000 feet in the mountains of western Maryland, and we've had snow in early October several times with nighttime temps routinely in the 30's. I change tires based on temps, not the calendar.
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If your using deg F no one apart from you guys in the US and I believe Burma will know what your talking about. I had to find a conversion table online. Sounds like you live in a very beautiful place up in the mountains there.
 
mcbutler said:
Z4Rick said:

I live at 3,000 feet in the mountains of western Maryland, and we've had snow in early October several times with nighttime temps routinely in the 30's. I change tires based on temps, not the calendar.
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If your using deg F no one apart from you guys in the US and I believe Burma will know what your talking about. I had to find a conversion table online. Sounds like you live in a very beautiful place up in the mountains there.
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Yes, I love living in the high country. It's a little tougher, but quieter and MUCH less stress than the city - good place to retire to!

Now, as far as the whole Fahrenheit / centigrade thing....
I'll tell you what. .... You guys learn to drive on the right side of the road, and we'll learn to count by 10s!
 
Z4Rick said:
Now, as far as the whole Fahrenheit / centigrade thing....
I'll tell you what. .... You guys learn to drive on the right side of the road, and we'll learn to count by 10s!
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:lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup:
 


Woke up to 10" of new snow! This is why I share my garage with a Jeep! And why it will be April before the warm tires go on!
 

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buzyg said:
Z4Rick said:
Now, as far as the whole Fahrenheit / centigrade thing....
I'll tell you what. .... You guys learn to drive on the right side of the road, and we'll learn to count by 10s!
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:lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup:
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I drive bilingually, kms at home and miles down south, it's easy. But as much as I am a Brit, I still cannot understand the insistence in the UK of using the approximate weight of a big rock somewhere on the banks of the Thames as a unit of measure.
"what do you weigh?"
answer: "12 stone 3"
Really ? :?
 
mcbeee said:
I drive bilingually, kms at home and miles down south, it's easy. But as much as I am a Brit, I still cannot understand the insistence in the UK of using the approximate weight of a big rock somewhere on the banks of the Thames as a unit of measure.
"what do you weigh?"
answer: "12 stone 3"
Really ?
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I'm a Brit still living here, and I live bilingually - my scales are metric! :lol:
 
Mr Tidy said:
mcbeee said:
I drive bilingually, kms at home and miles down south, it's easy. But as much as I am a Brit, I still cannot understand the insistence in the UK of using the approximate weight of a big rock somewhere on the banks of the Thames as a unit of measure.
"what do you weigh?"
answer: "12 stone 3"
Really ?
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I'm a Brit still living here, and I live bilingually - my scales are metric! :lol:
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I think only businesses and very young people use metric here, , a 2x4 is still a 2x4 piece of wood, my scale is in pounds, and I make the vet convert kilos to pounds when parker gets weighed. I'm such a rebel. :rofl:
 
ronk said:
Im 12st 7lbs and 1.75m - I buy 50l of fuel a week and get 30mpg :D
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Just don’t go to Ireland where the speed limit is in km and the distance is in miles 8)
 
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