Snow gates in Scotland (2023 Update)

[Commander Kinsey]

Car parts make wonderful furniture:

[Commander Kinsey]

But there will be a lot of noise as she loses her balance and careers into the TV, which is now smashed on the floor.

[Commander Kinsey]

I tire of your misspelling.

[Commander Kinsey]

Both countries have a low population density, there's no need to live where you don't have room for 4 tyres.

[rbowman]

Volvo says it all. Mine are generics and are drilled for both 4x100 and

4.114.3. I don't know if it's Amazon but a generic steel wheel that goes for 80 USD is listed at about £150. I looked at the current exchange rate and the pound isn't that far into the toilet yet.

[rbowman]

Says someone who lives in a place that considers 2cm of snow a blizzard...

[rbowman]

Ah, yes, 4x4s. Use 2WD until you are hopelessly stuck and engage 4WD. Realize you're still hopelessly stuck.

Apparently not. I've never caught the act.

[The Natural Philosopher]

The ghastliest one I read of, was a woman who was killed by the impact of her seatbeltless son's head fracturing her skull as he sat right behind her....

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its odd. Mate has a volvo and a second hand alloy was £200, but I got a jaguar wheel and tyre for £130.

Steel wheels ain't £150.

[rbowman]

That's a fancy foreign car. Do you get nailed for EU imports since Brexit?

That's in line with US prices considering it's a 20" wheel and I was mostly seeing 15".

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yes. You can pay over the odds for what amounts to a 'utility' wheel, but you dont *have* to.

[Jim gm4dhj ...]

[Colin Bignell]

All but one of my 4x4s have had permanent four wheel drive.

[Colin Bignell]

Illegal in the UK.

[Commander Kinsey]

In Scotland, there simply isn't impassible snow. The modern health and softy brigade closes roads for 1-2cm of snow! I drove my VW Golf (standard low profile tyres, not winter tyres or chains) uphill through almost a foot of snow successfully. All you need is skill and/or an automatic gearbox.

Modern snowcats go 10-18mph. Or you could just use a snowmobile, those are very fast.

[Commander Kinsey]

Everything's illegal in the UK. Rules are for the obedience of fools.

So they made a safety feature illegal, ROTFPMSL!

[The Natural Philosopher]

Hmm... are they? I thought they were OK if the road was fully snow covered

It it isn't the tyre will wear out a lot faster than the road

[Commander Kinsey]

Ah, not my definition of trailer. This is a trailer:

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[Commander Kinsey]

That's their choice and their problem.

There you go then. You did it, they failed. Their problem, not yours.

You can follow a truck with a 2 inch gap and save a tonne of fuel.

[Commander Kinsey]

Don't get snow that deep here, they close the roads for a predicted 1-2cm, it was in the news.