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Old 30th January 2008, 19:10   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pottsy View Post
The lack of friction on the roads we are used to in the winter, is actually a function of our summer tyres and not the roads. The roads feel great on winter tyres!
I've never heard of this before, could you elaborate? Is this the case for all UK tyres? Or it is a Civic characteristic? Where can you buy winter tyres?

Certainly I've always noticed tyres going off with distance but never appreciated the loss of grip in the winter was basically down to the tyre compound not working at low temps rather then the friction available from the road surface.

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Paul

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