I'm heart-warmed I am still remembered by some here. :) It has been a long time. It does not feel like it to me, though.
I have not been very well, sorry to say. Lots of personal...
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I'm heart-warmed I am still remembered by some here. :) It has been a long time. It does not feel like it to me, though.
I have not been very well, sorry to say. Lots of personal...
For sure. This test result database says nothing about how they perform when it is colder than -10c (except studs are the one thing that doesn't change even when all the winter tire rubber turns hard...
I think you will be pleased to hear that all the the performance data in the test are composite numbers, not merely one single outcome in a specific setting. Each of those test segments were, for...
Currently, I transferred all the chart data and all the subjective tester ratings to a spreadsheet on Google Docs. It has various descriptions and translations, which I translated or wrote myself all...
Winter tires, assuming they are driven during the winter season (and this assumes that nearly all of the driving will be on bare pavement, as that's how winter roads usually are like most of the time...
No sweat guys, I'll do it. Btw seems I convinced the girl to try the only sane option for her after a nice long skype session. The world isn't 100% cynical-inducing - yet.
I will make it a...
I live in one (Sweden) and did all my training and testing here. You are incorrect; the road test can be taken any time of the year. However, it is mandatory to do one day of slippery conditions /...
First thing's last: Any interest in the 2013 year's edition of this test?
Hi all. It has been eleven years (holy crap) since I first relayed that extensive winter tire review, translated and all....
It is official! Schumacher's own website says he'll drive in Barcelona for Ferrari.
" F1-Live.com
Schumacher back in the Ferrari hot seat
As if to underline that nothing is ever predictable...
Anti-brake system? What the hell is that?
Danica for F1.. She's good looking, but she's not even the best IRL driver. It would be a good show and a spectacle, but she would probably not be...
Being aware that associations is strongly affecting people's perceptions of what looks 'cool'/good etc, I just rather disregard the whole thing. They're all fascinating designs, and that they are...
Medal system sounds very interesting. It can't be denied that it'd really motivate all those able to compete for wins to go all-out crazy and bring a lot more action in. But I am concerned about the...
Thanks! That clarification helped.
I had to look up the road in question, and it says the speed limit is 100km/h.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfoot_Trail
Anyone attempting to merge at...
It's defined. The regulations and laws of the road, and the training provided/required to acquire and hold a drivers license. All rules designed to promote mobility while minimizing risk of...
If I understand you correctly, you are attempting to argue that not speeding nor driving in a reckless hectic way is lacking skill. This is useless because the argument is not about skill but about...
It's been very long. But because I knew some people (I don't talk to a single one of them anymore though) who frequent this forum, and I remember the drama/attitudes and other things, I've come back...
Agreed, there's risk in everything. But there's differences in levels of risk. Motor vehicle usage on public roads is a social activity filled with interactions, like it or not. We're all responsible...
Played through it all at superexpert mode with a friend of mine on PC (Co-op). Was quite fun! Not entirely realistic but pretty good in many regards as far as realism goes. Very immersive. Gunshot...
They won't look silly. Just think of how weird/absurd the shape is and has been since forever anyway, it's just one's associations with something. I.e. it will 'grow on you'. Almost anything can be...
I'm just a desk racer, big fan of racing sims! They're so realistic (even back then) that it applies in the real world too.
If there's one thing that *really* is needed for the north americans and...
This just shouts "I never paid attention to obscure things such as engineering and physics". It's most likely extremely unstable and dangerous to drive around in (normally taller vehicles have...
Nothing would happen to people getting hit at 60km/h by some SUV/truck/car/semi? Isn't that speed higher than what you'd get falling out the third floor?
I'm not 100% sure, but think that stuff...
Crazy. I come back to read a bit after years, and then I spot this topic. Why do you ask this on here? Some kind of assignment for school?
Halkbana = Halk (slip) bana (course/track). Slippery...
I subscribe to this topic :whipped:
- :poosie: While using cars for that would really annoy me, at least being honest about it doesn't annoy me as much. :D
Bloody forum birthday notification thingsters, reminding some people like that!
Ben forwarded the link all out of nowhere whilst I was taking a nightly break of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (it...
Since you are a slippery-surfaces n00b, I can't emphasize enough - GET WINTER TIRES. GOOD ONES. There is a review topic in this same forum on them.
Even experienced drivers are totally screwed...
- No update, sorry. I don't think they would change anything about the tire anyway. Look for new releases of the same 'blizzak' name I guess.
The tire was mediocre fine overall, exept for the...
Hey Ricky. :) Well, I might fire off some pissy posts if I happen to see something the rare times I am in here. If it's about phyiscs, driving techniques or morally related I stand the most risk of...
Well yeah, you are right about the Vancouver comment :) But that isn't even winter conditions is it? It's a sub-tropical zone (the city).
All-season = no-season tire.
As usual with many new cars, I think it looks like the windows keep getting smaller and smaller. The shoulder line (lower part of windows) keep getting taller, with more door and less window.
It's...
- I think the member fee is ridiculously small, maybe 5 dollars or so. But the hassle measured in money is large. :p No point in bothering, they will make it public sooner or later.
- The studs...
- That just proves it isn't dead then is it? :) I only saw it now. :whipped:
- The parents are responsible for what they supply their children with. An extreme example would be to provide firearms to your child, or extremely powerful new years eve firework bombs. If it blows,...
- Hey :) Glad you found that to be useful. This years tests are for members only so far, but is highly likely to be 'unlocked' for regular joes in a while. I might do another translation.
As for...
Time to buy that ceramic coated, lined with fire-proof material and aluminium covered; exhaust and bring on the anti-lag systems.
Looks like Porsche 911 meets Nissan 350z.
I guess things are getting more americanized, following the styling of the 350z, which was done by.. americans.
Ah no. Subaru has 50/50 torque split to front and rear. Then depending on what model it has limited slip differentials or open differentials (out of the three places one can put them).
I believe...
The good thing about it is that you instantly find out who are into that line of thinking (who knows what else it applies to - your clothes perhaps? Your bank account? Your apperance? Your partner?)....
Living in a place where wagons and such are the most sold cars, I can give you a bit about them.
Hatches: The trunk door having a window on it, but still having rather short overhangs and the door...
Isn't there some sort of Canadian law that states that you must drive slow enough for road conditions, car condition (tires) and ones own skill?
There are such laws here. If someone comes sliding...