Winter Tyres

[John Laidlaw]

^ a Swedish/French conglomerate perchance?

 

[John Laidlaw]

Last time I skied in France most of the cars had them as opposed to winters

Indeed, Ive no doubt said this before but I had them on my previous Galaxy and boy did they work! Great tyres

 

[keefysher]

I remember on the early 80s, the Pompey area coming to a complete halt due to about 1/4" of snow fall ....

Wasn't in this area then, probably away somewhere warmer, or driving in the frozen north of Canada on skinny regular crossply tyres in a rental car.

My ill equipped comment was when Dormitarystoke, which is actually the highest point between London & Exeter, became snow central only a few years ago. I had a 4WD camper van, that I had collected my daughter from nursery in then went to collect my wife from work as there was gridlock. I passed loads of stranded cars in the snow, got to a roundabout, lots of them here, and had to stop. A MB W211 driver who had got stuck and I had passed with ease came running up to my door banging on the side of the camper. I put my window down as he f'd & blinded about me driving easily in the snow. I calmly asked him not swear as my baby daughter was in the passenger seat car seat. I then suggested he not drive in snow of he were 'iil equipped, ill prepared and incapable of driving to the conditions of the road, and perhaps he like all the other incapable drivers would have been best staying put instead of venturing out', he reluctantly agreed, so I bade him farewell with my middle finger

 

[umblecumbuz]

'I've never tried Guinness because I don't like it.'

That's the mind set with some motorists, who blindly insist that they will manage in the snow whatever the conditions, so they would never need winter tyres. Just hope I don't get stuck behind them.

Winter tyres went on my Merc this week.

 

[keefysher]

^ a Swedish/French conglomerate perchance?

Funnily enough, not. A British one that part of the name you can probably see when you drive round your neck of the woods, near the waterfront. Or on the footplate on old tube and merseyrail trains. One of the 2 words in each case. Same initial as your 2nd name on here

 

[John Laidlaw]

Funnily enough, not. A British one that part of the name you can probably see when you drive round your neck of the woods, near the waterfront. Or on the footplate on old tube and merseyrail trains. One of the 2 words in each case. Same initial as your 2nd name on here

Get you- I had a colleague who retired recently who was a production manager there some (many) years ago

 

[John Laidlaw]

'I've never tried Guinness because I don't like it.'

That's the mind set with some motorists, who blindly insist that they will manage in the snow whatever the conditions, so they would never need winter tyres. Just hope I don't get stuck behind them.

Winter tyres went on my Merc this week.

Which is why the temperatures will SOAR this weekend
I’m glad its not me this year.....( my work colleagues here laugh heartily at my expense when I put mine on!!)mine are not on yet (nor ordered when I remember )

 

[EmilysDad]

Wasn't in this area then, probably away somewhere warmer, or driving in the frozen north of Canada on skinny regular crossply tyres in a rental car. .....

I'm sure Pompey used to be in Hampshire

 

[keefysher]

I'm sure Pompey used to be in Hampshire

It was, I wasn't, but I am now. I was even born in the county capital, but wasn't expected to survive overnight as premature and weighed 3lb4oz so was transferred to a specialist unit in another county and returned here when I was in my late 30's, years not lbs

 

[keefysher]

Get you- I had a colleague who retired recently who was a production manager there some (many) years ago

I worked darn sarf when in the UK, which wasn't that often given the product and client base.

It was a massive group, very profitable, until taken over by an accountant who saw R&D as too risky. Happy days and lifetime of learning.

Did do some work in your field on replacing platform anchor lines with Kevlar/Hytrel that lasted 72weeks vs 6 for steel, but were 3X the cost so the accountants chose not to buy as unit cost was too high!!! Tested in the Gulf of Mexico.

Recently did some work with an umbilical supplier, same technology and materials i.e. Kevlar as the early anchor line products. Got first oil offshore India, Myanmar, China and Oz in that time. The fatality rate offshore in some areas was a shock. Had a 'man overboard' call early one morning on way to office, luckily it was not one of mine. But some funnies. Issued sat phone to my guys, asked them to call when in country in Rahkine, Myanmar. Eventually he went outside to make the call as the phone didn't work in the hotel!!!

 

[John Laidlaw]

I worked darn sarf when in the UK, which wasn't that often given the product and client base.

It was a massive group, very profitable, until taken over by an accountant who saw R&D as too risky. Happy days and lifetime of learning.

Did do some work in your field on replacing platform anchor lines with Kevlar/Hytrel that lasted 72weeks vs 6 for steel, but were 3X the cost so the accountants chose not to buy as unit cost was too high!!! Tested in the Gulf of Mexico.

Recently did some work with an umbilical supplier, same technology and materials i.e. Kevlar as the early anchor line products. Got first oil offshore India, Myanmar, China and Oz in that time. The fatality rate offshore in some areas was a shock. Had a 'man overboard' call early one morning on way to office, luckily it was not one of mine. But some funnies. Issued sat phone to my guys, asked them to call when in country in Rahkine, Myanmar. Eventually he went outside to make the call as the phone didn't work in the hotel!!!

Interesting times- we developed technology with DSM using Dyneema in our hose walls which is a real winner too, albeit it’s only cost effective for high stress applications (temperature /cryogenic), however we hadn’t covered off our IP as well as we should have and now the technology sits with a rather large (primarily Tyre) rubber manufacturer. Sad but true. However we are on the trail again...

 

[John Laidlaw]

Anyhoo....back on subject!
Anyone used Uniroyal MS Plus 77 winter tyres? They’re on a very good price with Oponeo right now. I know a lot of folks on here use the Rainsports and rate them highly but not sure on the full winters. I normally have had Vredesteins and Dunlop 3D’s but these Uniroyals are tempting for the price

 

[umblecumbuz]

Dyneema! Ahh ...Fantastic stuff.

If Drake and Co had had dyneema, they would have flattened the Armada with only a couple of ships.
Their hemp rigging and anchor lines were so bulky, heavy when wet, (and solid when icy) that both fleets were hampered by their poor equipment. Progress.

And totally off-thread.

 

[EmilysDad]

Funnily enough, not. A British one that part of the name you can probably see when you drive round your neck of the woods, near the waterfront. Or on the footplate on old tube and merseyrail trains. One of the 2 words in each case. Same initial as your 2nd name on here

I'm hopeless at cryptic clues .....

 

[Hi RX7]

I'm sure Pompey used to be in Hampshire

As we are on the subject of winter tyres, down here in the Deep South, Pompey, Hampshire I haven't put my winter tyres on my Phaeton for the last two winters. They are all about the lower temperatures though and if I lived further 'up North' I expect I'd have put them on over the last two winters

 

[JBell]

Anyhoo....back on subject!
Anyone used Uniroyal MS Plus 77 winter tyres? They’re on a very good price with Oponeo right now. I know a lot of folks on here use the Rainsports and rate them highly but not sure on the full winters. I normally have had Vredesteins and Dunlop 3D’s but these Uniroyals are tempting for the price

Give them a go, what have you got to loose (apart from the back end)

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/89343/uniroyal-ms-plus-77-tyre-review

 

[keefysher]

Dyneema! Ahh ...Fantastic stuff.

If Drake and Co had had dyneema, they would have flattened the Armada with only a couple of ships.
Their hemp rigging and anchor lines were so bulky, heavy when wet, (and solid when icy) that both fleets were hampered by their poor equipment. Progress.

And totally off-thread.

Thats what I like about this forum, we can go way off topic without toys being thrown, and share our life experiences giving readers an inkling of the capability of members.

Dyneema failed in the application I was developing non metallics for, as did Kevlar / Twaron. My objective was to replace high tensile steel wire ropes in dynamic motive power transmission application, often hundreds of kilometres long. The failure mode of Kevlar was intertersal abrasion that was then employed to defibrillate the Kevlar fibre and use in personal anti ballistic body armour, amongst other things. That was £24m spent That was refunded by DuPont when the group CEO decided that wasn't our core business.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Give them a go, what have you got to loose (apart from the back end)

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/89343/uniroyal-ms-plus-77-tyre-review

It’s what I’m thinking Jon, half the price of Michelin and Conti,-Uniroyal are owned by Conti anyway, reviews are reasonable
Think I will take one for the team and report ( as long as the car doesn’t kill me !!)

 

[John Laidlaw]

Thats what I like about this forum, we can go way off topic without toys being thrown, and share our life experiences giving readers an inkling of the capability of members.

Dyneema failed in the application I was developing non metallics for, as did Kevlar / Twaron. My objective was to replace high tensile steel wire ropes in dynamic motive power transmission application, often hundreds of kilometres long. The failure mode of Kevlar was intertersal abrasion that was then employed to defibrillate the Kevlar fibre and use in personal anti ballistic body armour, amongst other things. That was £24m spent That was refunded by DuPont when the group CEO decided that wasn't our core business.

In our case we are trying to counteract axial elongation but under less strain (primarily internal fluid pressures c25 bars) to counteract bore restriction and avoid too much turbulent flow, therefore heat increase therefore bulking with too much insulation....ok I’ll shut up now!

 

[keefysher]

It’s what I’m thinking Jon, half the price of Michelin and Conti,-Uniroyal are owned by Conti anyway, reviews are reasonable
Think I will take one for the team and report ( as long as the car doesn’t kill me !!)

Be careful out there. We appreciate your self sacrifice on our behalves