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Snows here and rear wheels are spinning

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Old Feb 6th, 2012, 15:00   #21
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Slight divergence but related;
as others have said the michelin diamaris tyres have been great -its a very quiet tyre and grips well on all road conditions excellent for a summer tyre and does not wear like the contis before!!
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im not too sure some dunlop all weather type. accelera? something like that
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Must also add new car and tyres near legal limit so maybe that is the cause!! Snow will bring the inevitable big cost closer I guess
Get new tyres, that's obviously the cause of your problem at 2 mm tread! Anything less than 4 mm in snow becomes a problem.
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