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Yeah, like thats reassuring :)

It can be very dangerous to be too confident walking on ice. We usually check the ice on regular basis and if its 10cm++ we consider it safe to walk on. It can be 10cm in one spot and 2cm at another spot. So you have to check atleast a few places. Some ppl doesnt and they have to learn it the hard way. Just a few days ago here where i live ppl were ice skating on the ice where the ice was a few days old. The police had to command them to get off the ice. We have a lot of accidents/deaths related to this here every year.
 
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Sounds right! We went ice skating on new year's day 1992 on Skraperudtjern and the southern end was water with ducks in it! I got off pretty quick after noticing that... all the Norgies were quite happy skating around, but I had flashbacks of The Omen...

Then it was up to Frognerseteren IIRC for apple pie in my new Norsk sweater she'd made for me. I still wear it and a few others - people back home couldn't believe how expensive they were though :)

I do remember seeing the Northern Lights in Oslo on the New Year's Eve the night before, and despite being -14c it didn't feel cold. Although, after the shock of the alcohol prices, I'd still managed to drink a lot, and that no doubt helped!

Happy days... I do miss the place!

Where about are you?
 
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It sounds like you had a good time over here. How did you end up here in the first place? Yeah alcohol and subzero temperatures goes hand in hand :D

It is usually the opposite for me. I also get shocked by the alcohol prices when i travel, but in a good way. Prices here for a 2/3(0,4L) of a imperial pint is about £8.

I live 10min east from the center of Oslo in a place called Lørenskog.
 
Thats sounds like a good idea, SES88. :)

You can probably sell a lot of what youre making here as well. I think there is a lot of interest for your stuff on the norwegian lrforum.
 
I was on Skullerudveien in south of Ostensjo, east Oslo. I had a Norwegian girlfriend I met over here and followed her back. We spent a couple of years shared between both countries and I have many happy memories of Norway. Somehow, I have never managed to go back but I certainly shall.

The club we were in on New Year 1992 had beer at £10 a pint back then. I kid you not!! I also remember trying to out-drink some Norwegian sailors in a bar with Aquavite. Oh, that was fun... Anja lasted longer than me..... :rolleyes:

I have a German friend who spends a couple of weeks every year hiking and camping in Norway and I've promised to join him sometime...
 
I've got Michelin Latitude Alpine 215/65/R16 snow tyres mounted on their own wheels in winter, but they cost a fortune to buy. I only got them due to the stock LR Continental Conti 4X4 M&S sucking and regretting it big time in an emergency, when admittedly, we had rather extreme snow. (I'd have preferred 205 width and reckon it's best to go as slim as possible).

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Latitude+Alpin

Very expensive to do this, but far better than the stock Escort Cosworth rivalling 235/50/R18 on the Freelander Sport, a tyre that got a medicore rating in SNOW and ICE, Just my luck!!!!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=4x4+Contact

If I didn't have to rely on snow tyres so much I'd get massive oversize AT tyres that are rated in tests as quite good on snow, just not 'the best'.
A proper dedicated snow tyre will get wrecked driving on the road as they're softer so you'll need to mount them on a pair of old wheels, and change them in spring. Big hassle, and costs too to buy the wheels, even 2nd hand.

Still when you're in a blizzard and can get to A&E it's worth it when you then hear once safely arrived that all the ambulances are stuck!!! (ambulances are usually good in snow as they're very heavy).
The case for snow tyres sounds far fetched, until you actually get driven in a car with snow tyres, or in my case not considering this and praying/ doing 10 hail mary's the vehicle is moving in a forward, not sideways direction. :p
 
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The lakes freeze in Canada too, thick enough to support logging trucks. Flying over in my cousins Cessna, we saw where a truck had cut a corner on the marked route, just a bloody great hole in the ice:eek: Apparently, there are currents underneath that thin the ice in places, safe as long as you stick to the route. Not my idea of fun although I did do a lake run on a Skidoo in minus 30C.
 
TD4_4x4 said:
I've got Michelin Latitude Alpine 215/65/R16 snow tyres mounted on their own wheels in winter, but they cost a fortune to buy. I only got them due to the stock LR Continental Conti 4X4 M&S sucking and regretting it big time in an emergency, when admittedly, we had rather extreme snow. (I'd have preferred 205 width and reckon it's best to go as slim as possible).

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Latitude+Alpin

Very expensive to do this, but far better than the stock Escort Cosworth rivalling 235/50/R18 on the Freelander Sport, a tyre that got a medicore rating in SNOW and ICE, Just my luck!!!!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=4x4+Contact

If I didn't have to rely on snow tyres so much I'd get massive oversize AT tyres that are rated in tests as quite good on snow, just not 'the best'.
A proper dedicated snow tyre will get wrecked driving on the road as they're softer so you'll need to mount them on a pair of old wheels, and change them in spring. Big hassle, and costs too to buy the wheels, even 2nd hand.

Still when you're in a blizzard and can get to A&E it's worth it when you then hear once safely arrived that all the ambulances are stuck!!! (ambulances are usually good in snow as they're very heavy).
The case for snow tyres sounds far fetched, until you actually get driven in a car with snow tyres, or in my case not considering this and praying/ doing 10 hail mary's the vehicle is moving in a forward, not sideways direction. :p
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I've been using what I would best describe as 'cold weather tyres' in South East UK. My tyres, Continental WinterContact TS830 do not wear out faster in the warmer months. I generally have them on for about 5 months of the year and driven in 25c (in the Lake District) as well as -14c (in Scotland) they have worn about 2mm in 20,000 miles over 3 winters.

The only reason I change them for summer biased tyres, is because the tread blocks are a little wobbly in the warmer weather.

I prefer the security of a proper cold weather tyre that is at its best when the temp is below 7c.

The compound in 'winter' tyres is not so much softer, but it just remains flexible in cold temperatures, whereas the summer & AT tyres perform best over 7c.

The little sipes (cuts in the tread) is what gives traction on snow, as they fill up with snow, and it is snow on snow that gives you traction.
 
I found the same with my TS850s. Brilliant all winter and no excessive wear in the warmer times before I swapped them back either. It's the siping and tread blocks in some ATs that help them work in the snow despite not being a winter compound.
 
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It's the siping and tread blocks in some ATs that help them work in the snow despite not being a winter compound.
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Which is why they spin and slide in cold weather. Whereas the more flexible winter compound doesn't.

Handling feels just like 'normal' with no wheelspin or sliding when braking, that you get with a harder compound tyre like the AT's. My father has a disco 1 and it slides all the time in winter :lol: he has AT tyres on, but can't remember what.
 
Indeed, but still better than normal roady tyres. I'd imagine the tread flex and siping helps warm the tread blocks a bit.
 
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