Toyos in the Snow

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Toyos in the Snow

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:D Took Loti out in the snow today and was very impressed with how well the Toyos acted, and also how well for a rear wheel drive car she handle the slippery weather :D I managed to get up the lane to my garrage in Loti when my focus failed front wheel drive Pah............................
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MrCoolA wrote::D Took Loti out in the snow today and was very impressed with how well the Toyos acted, and also how well for a rear wheel drive car she handle the slippery weather :D I managed to get up the lane to my garrage in Loti when my focus failed front wheel drive Pah............................
best put some toyos on the focus and reverse up the drive. :lol:

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Good tyres make an incredible difference to the performance of a car in snow, but the average Rodney never thinks of that. I had an old Opel Monza once that got up hills that Fiestas struggled with.
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You're a brave man Gerry. We've just come home from a Christmas "do" at Gosforth Park in the FWD MG and I was thinking to myself I was glad I hadn't used the Excel although it's true the Excel does cope better in the snow than you might expect.

It's bitter out as the late F A Howerd used to say :)
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Kev

Rear wheel drive car + Snow= :D :twisted: :D Big grins, go on go for a burn............................

She is definately better that my TDCI focus, t least at the driving end
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Had my car at brands hatch on thursday/friday last week, R888 Toyos in the snow where fantastic! massive thumbs up!
Amazed how much grip a "slick" tyre gave me!
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:shock: unfortunanly not on the cicuit tho :wink:

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gerald wrote::shock: unfortunanly not on the cicuit tho :wink:

:? What? :?
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track day cancelled because of weather conditions :cry:

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gerald wrote:track day cancelled because of weather conditions :cry:
yep... rescheduled for Jan 29 :)
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