REVscene Automotive Forum
Page 37 of 72 « First 27282930313233343536 37 38394041424344454647 Last »
Show 25 post(s) from this thread on one page

REVscene Automotive Forum (https://www.revscene.net/forums/)
-   Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events (https://www.revscene.net/forums/vancouver-off-topic-current-events_50/)
-   -   Cold and Windy outside =/ (https://www.revscene.net/forums/595215-cold-windy-outside-%3D.html)

Inaii 11-14-2014 03:33 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yodamaster (Post 8556251)
It's worthwhile to note that this is on a light pickup truck.

We had a good set of winter tires installed, pretty popular brand/model. These tires were incredible in snow, they'd push a front heavy truck up a hill without spinning.

Since money is a concern when it comes to tires, we kept running the winters for a while after the snow stopped falling.
What we discovered is that the truck is scary to drive in the rain with the winter tires installed, at half throttle going up a hill, the rear wheels would not stop spinning. If you let off and got back into the gas, the result would be the same.
This was all on tires that still had excellent tread, they were a maximum of three months old, they would let loose turning in an intersection on a less than drenched road.

I've concluded that winter tires are really only designed to tackle snow, which makes sense, it's why they are called winter tires. They are satisfactory on dry roads, but they seemingly turn into hard plastic when it rains.
Your tires sucked then. Mine are great in the rain, no problems with traction even in a torrential downpour.

jakers 11-14-2014 03:47 AM
6 degrees and cold in the same sentence. I'm at a loss for words

TOS'd 11-14-2014 08:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Inaii (Post 8556298)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yodamaster (Post 8556251)
It's worthwhile to note that this is on a light pickup truck.

We had a good set of winter tires installed, pretty popular brand/model. These tires were incredible in snow, they'd push a front heavy truck up a hill without spinning.

Since money is a concern when it comes to tires, we kept running the winters for a while after the snow stopped falling.
What we discovered is that the truck is scary to drive in the rain with the winter tires installed, at half throttle going up a hill, the rear wheels would not stop spinning. If you let off and got back into the gas, the result would be the same.
This was all on tires that still had excellent tread, they were a maximum of three months old, they would let loose turning in an intersection on a less than drenched road.

I've concluded that winter tires are really only designed to tackle snow, which makes sense, it's why they are called winter tires. They are satisfactory on dry roads, but they seemingly turn into hard plastic when it rains.
Your tires sucked then. Mine are great in the rain, no problems with traction even in a torrential downpour.
^

fliptuner 11-14-2014 08:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jakers (Post 8556299)
6 degrees and cold in the same sentence. I'm at a loss for words
http://mlkshk.com/r/NN62

quasi 11-14-2014 08:30 AM
My kid still has football practice, last night was pretty damm cold standing around for 2 hours but I'll still take it over rain. This weather has actually been really great IMO, a nice break from the non-stop rain we normally get.

EmperorIS 11-14-2014 08:38 AM
it was 21 degrees in Hong Kong and everyone busted out their North Face Bomber jackets

BoostedBB6 11-14-2014 09:01 AM
Washed the IS yesterday.....that was interesting. Just glad I have a hot water pressure washer for weather like this.
Think I need a winter beater!

Doubl3_H 11-14-2014 10:51 AM
Better than -25 here in shitsaktoon and frozen snot....
Can't wait to go home

Mr.HappySilp 11-14-2014 11:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorIS (Post 8556324)
it was 21 degrees in Hong Kong and everyone busted out their North Face Bomber jackets
WTF! wouldn't they sweat like hell? It was around -5 when i went to work this morning and I actually felt really warm with my North Face skiing jacket.

Infiniti 11-14-2014 11:48 AM
-6 in Toronto...Tip of the "Ice"berg

bicboi 11-15-2014 12:23 PM
Selling cars in the cold sucks.

Obsideon 11-15-2014 11:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp (Post 8556373)
WTF! wouldn't they sweat like hell? It was around -5 when i went to work this morning and I actually felt really warm with my North Face skiing jacket.
That's how it is in Asia, we're Canadian so we're used to it.
I remember a few years ago I was walking around HK/Taiwan in May and it was freakin' hot and humid. Mid 20+ degrees easily.
I was wearing a sleeveless and shorts. In HK there was women wearing full length fur coats and I also saw a guy walking around in the Taiwan night market in a North Face bomber.

They were looking at me like :fulloffuck: and I was looking at them like :seriously:

The opposite also applies though. My gf is Taiwanese so when we went to Asia in August I was fucking cooking in the heat. I had to run into every store that had AC, and she's all like "oh this is nice and warm"

Doubl3_H 11-16-2014 10:56 AM
Holy fuck it was bad last night
-35 with the wind chill, felt like my eyes were gonna freeze up

tegra7 12-09-2014 07:31 AM
So windy this morning. Felt my car being pushed around on the highway.

Tone Loc 12-09-2014 07:37 AM
Left my winter beater parked on the street, as I took my dad's car for a 16 hour (overtime! woo woo) shift at work.

I happened to forget about street cleaning and the sweeper went around my car. I honestly figured I'd get towed but at $640/day I took the chance.

Then proceeded to get a nasty note under my windshield from an irate neighbour because it was "annoying" to see all the dirt on the ground around my car because I forgot to move it.

People need to mind their own fucking business.

mb_ 12-09-2014 08:31 AM
Windy as hell but feels so warm :ahwow:

Soundy 12-09-2014 08:40 AM
1 Attachment(s)
Attachment 23178

StylinRed 12-10-2014 07:08 PM
suuden thunder/hail/wind storm :crazy2:

corollagtSr5 12-11-2014 09:32 PM
So it begins...

Mr.HappySilp 12-11-2014 09:48 PM
Power outages in Burnaby area near BCIT and Canada way

HonestTea 12-11-2014 09:56 PM
Power outage in Coquitlam..

:(

snails 12-11-2014 09:58 PM
everyone on fb posting about having no power.. no problems at my place so far

Mr.HappySilp 12-11-2014 10:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by snails (Post 8568242)
everyone on fb posting about having no power.. no problems at my place so far
Lucky for you. I was in the middle of a shower lol. On the up side the new flashlight I just purchase can't in handy and using a 5.5 screen phone to surf the internet isn't so bad.

snails 12-11-2014 10:12 PM
yeah, u just made sure my shop lights are all charged up, candles are out and ready, portable device charger/tablet/phone all charged up incase haha

geelaw 12-11-2014 10:15 PM
So bored without power right now.. Tablet just so happened to be at 1 percent too. Gg


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:12 AM.
Page 37 of 72 « First 27282930313233343536 37 38394041424344454647 Last »
Show 25 post(s) from this thread on one page

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Revscene.net cannot be held accountable for the actions of its members nor does the opinions of the members represent that of Revscene.net