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Old 28 September 2005, 03:44 PM
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Why don't you hit ebay and buy a total piece of sh*t 4x4 to see you through and then just punt it in the spring. You might lose a few £hundred but you'd save that on fuel/mileage-based deprecitation and scooby/bmw running costs anyway. Then you'll have the rustic, country-go-anywhere doctor image
Old 28 September 2005, 04:22 PM
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Why don't you hit ebay and buy a total piece of sh*t 4x4
Why do that when I've got one already It is silver and has f***ed headgaskets
Old 28 September 2005, 05:40 PM
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If it really is only a few days that the summer tyres on the subaru can't cope then why not get some chains?

Or even chains on the RWD. The only PITA is as soon as you've cleared the heavy stuff you have to stop and take them off
Old 28 September 2005, 08:19 PM
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If its any use I can tell you my rwd AMG is a death trap in the snow. My Scoob on F1s was much better
Old 29 September 2005, 10:54 PM
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If I was putting winter tyres on the scoob ( STI UK), would I need to put on four or would I survive on 2?

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Old 30 September 2005, 07:42 AM
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I would advise 4 as they will be different sizes and you will still be driving normal Motorway speeds etc. Think of the savings versus low profile tyres
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