A048's at this time of year?

[paulW]

While on the subject

has anyone tried acb10's in the snow and ice

Hahahaha, you are kidding??? Seriously!!

If you need to borrow a set of Tyres on 13" rims give me a shout.

[meatball]

I have R spec tyres on at the mo......scary stuff with all the ice/snow......even with being sensible.
I don't feel so lucky at the mo......bus tomorrow!

[ed]

48s arent that bad in the snow, just take it steady!

[Mike Scib]

That a recent pic Ed??

[robin]

Once on snow it doesn't much matter what tyre you are running (assuming you don't have rally tyres or snow chains) - you're reduced to the friction between rubber and snow - the elise is too light on too wide a tyre to have a chance of cutting through snow, so you're always skiing

For what it's worth I thought the new-style Pirelli P-Zero Nero or whatever they're called worked really well at Oulton in the rain/grease/sleet/slush, and as you would expect they're well mannered on the roads. The bonus for S2-owners is that they come in a 195 front section which makes for better balance front-to-rear (though still nothing like running R-tyres, of course).

Cheers,
Robin

[jason]

I once got caught in a snow shower in the Tomato on 48s. Was 1 mile from home when it started... took me ~40 mins to get back along the B-road with the 48s tickling the surface like a slippy no-grip thing. If there'd been the slightest gradient I'd have had to abandon it

48s arent that bad in the snow, just take it steady!

[pedant mode] That's not technically *in* the snow thought is it?

[alicrozier]

Once the snow gets deep enough the front undertray acts as a nice sledge raising the front wheels and ensuring all steering is done with the pedals. I've been stuck a few times in the Elise/Exige, my biggest worry is some other muppet running into you though. Oh and brakes don't work - at all.

One tip if you're stuck and one wheel is spinning away (non LSD cars). Apply a little handbrake, it brakes the spinning wheel and gives some drive to the other one.

No problems for me so far this year - been stealing the wifes Mincer. I tried the Exige this morning but the battery was flat. Maybe a combination of sitting for over a week and the extreme cold - or more likely the carbon-tat-tastic mini battery...

[ed]

Yeah what was i saying, snow woeful, cold not so bad!

That was 2 winters ago iirc!

[Mike Scib]

That was 2 winters ago iirc!

I remember my drive to Huntly well

[tut]

Which road was that coming into Huntly Mike?

tut

[kenny]

My first SE run, a few years ago now, time flies when you're having fun

Shug's pics IIRC.

[Shug]

That run was great fun

'Twas only when we got to the end of it that we discovered the sign telling us that the road was supposed to be closed!

[thinfourth]

While on the subject

has anyone tried acb10's in the snow and ice

Hahahaha, you are kidding??? Seriously!!

If you need to borrow a set of Tyres on 13" rims give me a shout.

Same here you can borrow some wheels

ACB10s are marginal on damp roads and merely entertaining on dry roads

But once they are up to temp they are simply nuts

For those outside 7 circles a ACB-10 is a supersticky crossply which is basically a racing slick with a few grooves and are made of something similar to bluetack when bought in sprint compounds

[Bill K 111S]

Hello all,

A soft southerner chipping in here. We of course have nothing like the weather that you have but my six eggs worth an all that...

I have recently swapped from 048s to Kumho KU31. I have since been drifting on Oulton's rally circuit, done thousands of all weather (except snow) road driving on them this summer and last weekend finally gave them a go on circuit. They are NOT sexy looking tyres, they have comedy deep grooves and therefore I expected that what made them good on a wet road would make them terrible on a dry track...but they were great. Of course they are not as grippy as the dedicated track tyres (such as the 048s etc) but they had MUCH more grip than expected and they didn't fall over/overheat/tear up etc. Go in a little hot and the car will wriggle rather than snap and they'd do that all day which I personally find more fun. They are listed as Kumhos 'performance' tyre and not only are they better suited to road use but they are a fraction of the price and have already lasted longer. I'm not knocking 048s as you just cant beat them for ultimate laptime stuff on track but these Kumho bad boys are a great allrounder choice.

Cheers

Bill K

[Shug]

Where'd you find best for getting hold of them Bill? Or was it a local buy?