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| ÖZmözis |
| I hope our ty ass air quality keeps the snow out of Toronto... |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Ya, we have the crappy Chay fm here at work streamign over our telephones...
turn out barrie got hit the worst of any place!!
you lucky bastards, pie!
barrie alwasy seems to beat collingwood for snow fall! hate it. :mad:
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I went for the best walk today! Woooo snow-belt life! |
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| geroin |
| how long do the snow tires usually last for, same like regular ones? i'm using all season ones right now |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
called today to price getting new michelin x-ices... ugh. $500 to buy, instal and balance them. :(
ouch. man, i dont wanna drop 500$ right now..... |
The cheapest snow tires, will out-perform ANY top of the line all-seasons. You don't have to get top of the line, get some at Costco.
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
how long do the snow tires usually last for, same like regular ones? i'm using all season ones right now |
My winters sets have each lasted me 5+ years. Don't use them in the summer, the rubber is softer and wears faster on hot pavement. |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
how long do the snow tires usually last for, same like regular ones? i'm using all season ones right now |
Unlike Dr. Evil, I'm a pretty aggressive driver in the winter. On the dry days I speed quite a bit so my winters have only lasted me 3 seasons max.
Previously I was loyal to my Pirelli Snowsport 210s but right now I just picked up Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 run-flats; let's see how these pan out.
Leaving to pick up my car from the shop in 3-2-1... |
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| Playa24_7 |
Even if you have snow tires, you still shouldn't be friggin speeding around! Sure you will stop faster than all season tires, but you're still going to slide on ice and snow regardless, just not as far! I look forward to seeing you guys rear ending a car or in a ditch this winter :D
lol
Time to do some drifting with your car this winter Fahad! |
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| Ania_xox |
i JONES for a snow day
dark and scary blizzard outside
toss my friggin books away for a night
and i RELAKS |
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| lawrenceq |
| f u peeps who has snows. windsor aint got , now i will go back to studying for my psych exam... hate my life :( |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
My winters sets have each lasted me 5+ years. Don't use them in the summer, the rubber is softer and wears faster on hot pavement. |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
Unlike Dr. Evil, I'm a pretty aggressive driver in the winter. On the dry days I speed quite a bit so my winters have only lasted me 3 seasons max.
Previously I was loyal to my Pirelli Snowsport 210s but right now I just picked up Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 run-flats; let's see how these pan out.
Leaving to pick up my car from the shop in 3-2-1... |
thanks for the responses guys |
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| EvilTree |
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...y/National/home
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No more Mr. Nice Guy: Old Man Winter is back
UNNATI GANDHI
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
November 30, 2007 at 11:09 PM EST
Hey, Canada – brace yourself.
Save for a few small patches here and there, Environment Canada has painted the country blue with the broadest of brushes, forecasting one of the coldest winters in recent memory nationwide.
The seasonal forecast, released yesterday, calls for lower-than-normal temperatures for the next three months in every province and territory, something that hasn't been seen since 1994-1995.
“Since then, a good chunk of Canada has usually been red [warmer than normal], but, my gosh, this looks like a Conservative sweep,” senior climatologist David Phillips said in Toronto. “From Vancouver Island to Bonavista, it's just nothing but blue cold.”
In other words, the long-forgotten real Canadian winter is back.
The chilling prediction follows two of the warmest winters on record, as well as a year that saw global warming pushed to the top of most government agendas.
In the Prairies, the bitter cold has already arrived, with Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg all seeing temperatures as much as 10 degrees lower than they should be this time of year. This weekend, Mr. Phillips said, those cities will barely get above -20.
Meanwhile, Vancouver and Victoria are expecting flurries over the next few days, while Halifax may get a dumping of snow on Monday. Much of Southern Ontario will be on winter storm watch, with next week expected to be about seven degrees lower than normal, hovering just below the freezing mark.
All this, Mr. Phillips said, is a taste of the next several months.
“Let's face it: I think we've got out of practice,” he said. “Are we the second-coldest country in the world? Do we shun blizzards and sneer at frostbite? Well, we brag about that, so maybe this is nature calling our bluff.
“Our winters are clearly not what they used to be. Our parents and grandparents were right.”
For the sake of comparison, the last couple of months of 1994 were the start of a wicked winter, according to statistics from Environment Canada, with temperatures across the country dipping as low as -42, before factoring in the wind chill.
The deep freeze this year will be the result of La Nińa, the pool of cold water off the Pacific Coast, which will help keep more Arctic air moving across the country than the warmer air from the south.
The good news is that a colder-than-normal forecast does not necessarily mean persistent cold, Mr. Phillips said. There could be a few brutal weeks, followed by a few warm days.
But with precipitation levels predicted to be normal this season for much of the country, combined with the lower temperatures, expect much more snow than last year, when such places as Southern Ontario and much of the Maritimes had only two-thirds of their normal amount.
Some cities will get heavier snowfalls than usual, including Calgary, Regina and Toronto, with much of it falling early in the season, Mr. Phillips said.
That means a lot of white Christmases across the country, technically defined as two centimetres of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. on Christmas Day. Last year, several holiday havens, including Quebec City, Ottawa and Timmins, Ont., had their first green Christmas in decades.
“Most of the country was green last year, where it will very likely be white this year,” Mr. Phillips said.
The season will also be long, with early forecasts calling for a colder-than-normal spring, as well.
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| eRRaTiK |
| so maybe i should consider buying a heater. |
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