Changing down for a bend slows the car and gives much better driver control. Changing down for a junction or traffic lights is also good: you will need to be in a low gear anyway to accelerate away in any event. What you need to avoid is changing into too low a gear, which could cause the engine to...
Can someone please explain why new tyres can't be fitted to the front, I've never come across this before, if I've needed two new front tyres, they've put them on the front, unless if I wanted to swap back to front. Confused.com It is due to understeer and oversteer. Understeer is when the front ty...
People who say "we don't get that much snow... it's not worth the money...." EVERY TIME this country experiences snow the roads grind to a halt and people get killed. Why? Use of inappropriate tyres. If people fitted the correct tyres a) the roads would close less often since people will ...
Unless you can 100% guarantee you will NEVER drive your car in snow or ice, then you should really only be considering all-season tyres. Why manufactures still insist on fitting summer tyres for cars supplied to a country as far north as the UK beggars belief. Most other European countries do not p...
So they should pay the same for parking, they take up the same space. :evil: Agreed but it seems our London Mayor made an exception. Evidently they currently pay for ten minutes and can stay up to four hours. The General Parking Discount for EV’s in the City of Westminster ends in April. EV’s will ...
Unless you can 100% guarantee you will NEVER drive your car in snow or ice, then you should really only be considering all-season tyres. Why manufactures still insist on fitting summer tyres for cars supplied to a country as far north as the UK beggars belief. Most other European countries do not p...
I find the computer fairly accurate too. I have a 155 and my average over the last few thousand (trip 2) is showing 47.9. At the moment, with the winter and my wife driving more around town (she likes the winter pack) it’s doing around 45mpg. I never use Eco mode. The wife always uses Normal but I’m...