Should we be using winter tyres in the UK?

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

I'm listening to Radio Five Live and they said that last night the temperature dropped to -21 in Highlands, that's cold even for us. How are you Britts coping since your houses are drafty and not so warm??

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Yeah it's pretty cold. -9 here at the moment and we're right near the coast!

My cars temperature sensor doesn't seem to be located in the best place..... it was about -1 outside when I took these photos but the car says it's 11 degrees c :mark:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~fenix1983/Files/Warm.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fenix1983/Files/Warm1.jpg

We seem to have lost both of our ice scrapers somehow this morning so had to deice Caroline's car with neat washer fluid and a lunchbox lid :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

It was -12 here this morning and us Brits just aren't used to it. Luckily I own a fairly new house so not so bad.. :)

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Our house is just cold, being an end terrace most of our walls are outside walls, with little or no cavity wall insulation :( .

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Originally Posted by Mark

Our house is just cold, being an end terrace most of our walls are outside walls, with little or no cavity wall insulation :( .

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You should be able to get a grant for cavity wall insulation non?

My mum got a grant for cavity wall insulation. She only had to pay about £150 towards it herself. :)

Back to the tyre situation....we currently have a nice 59 plate Porche belonging to one of the partners currently abandoned in the entrance to our carpark. We're debating whether to help him out later.

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Originally Posted by GridGirl

My mum got a grant for cavity wall insulation. She only had to pay about £150 towards it herself. :)

Back to the tyre situation....we currently have a nice 59 plate Porche belonging to one of the partners currently abandoned in the entrance to our carpark. We're debating whether to help him out later.

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Porsches shouldn't be too bad being rear engined and RWD.

Then there should be no excuse for it to be blocking the the majority of the entrance to our car park then and be nowhere near his nice allocated space! I'm suprised that no one has crashed into this morning already. :s

Really glad we added another few layers of loft insulation last year. We are cosy and warm! :D

You can tell which houses round here have good insulation by seeing which ones have snow on the roof which ones have melted.

Ahhh!
This morning the Chinook has arrived!
We now get a week of warmish weather. Hooray!

-9 today. Beautiful winter day. Makes me think I should take up skiing again....

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Originally Posted by edv

Ahhh!
This morning the Chinook has arrived!
We now get a week of warmish weather. Hooray!

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Yep. My head has been pounding since yesterday.
Still, that won't deter me from perhpas digging out (literally) the BBQ and charring some meat this weekend :up: