Snow gates in Scotland

I fitted a pair of Roadstones to the front of my merc 190e deadly they were in the wet....never had anyting as bad since....

WTF is a Roadstone? Sounds like a Chinese copy of Bridgestone.

The 'I think' in my post should make it clear that this is something I have read, in the past, have no reason to disbelieve, but cannot now find the reference to.

There is no "I think" above. And please don't use apostrophes where you should be using quotation marks.

That doesn't mention the UK.

But this is odd: "When driving in Austria it is compulsory for a vehicle to be fitted with winter tyres – which have a minimum tread depth of 4mm (1st November – 15th April) and at times outside these dates when there is snow, slush or ice on the roads."

So it's outside those dates, you're off for a drive, then realise the weather changed and it's snowing. Oops. What do you do? Set up camp?

ITYM, would have done, had we not passed a law that incorporated all EU law into UK law until we got around to sorting out what, if any, we don't actually want.

That is because it has been trimmed out, but it was in the original post.

I would never do that. I would, however, follow the standard British English practice of using single quotation marks for a direct quotation and only use double quotation marks for a quote with single quotation marks.

TBH, as Brexiteer, I consider that a reasonable move. What isn't reasonable is not to have repealed a *single one of them*.

My choice is usually made based on what is a reasonable price at the time, has reasonable wear resistance, reasonable efficiency and is A-rated in the wet.

My criteria for tyres for my kit-car are different. There I look for excellent wet and dry grip and I deliberately look for poorer wear resistance and efficiency - translating to grippier in the dry. It doesn't do enough miles to worry about wearing the tyres out or wasting petrol.

But while the tread may flatten to the road, it bulges a little elsewhere and the circumference of the tread remains pretty constant (think of it laying tread down, running over it and lifting it again, rather like a very short tank track). The rolling diameter is not an actual diameter, but the diameter of a theoretical, non-compressible tyre, with that circumference.

Not a criticism, merely an observation.

Give them time. The Law Commission has just started consultation on a review of 19th century law on the disposal of bodies. I am sure they will get around to the 20th century soon.

I assume they're related to Dunrocks.

The only tires I have with that short a life are on the bikes. Even the old bias plies got more than 10k.

It's a widely used term in the trade. Put a chalk mark on your tire, push it forward one revolution, measure the distance traveled, and do the math.

I assume you mean "within". I disagree completely. I would write: Sarah replied, "Well he told me to 'go f*ck myself' and I was most annoyed". You see the apostrophe is for a missing letter, like in don't. There's a reason they're called "quotation marks".

Correct.

Which is American English.

There are both single and double quotation marks and this article shows the different ways they are used in British and American English:

Pah, I just want them cheap and long lasting (amounts to the same thing). I don't notice much difference in grip between tyres, or between bald and new ones.

Wrong, it bulging out where it's not on the road is irrelevant. It's how far away the bit on the road from the centre of the wheel is that matters.