Recent content by Fridarey

I meant to change my winter tyres back a few weeks ago but only got round to it this morning. Really impressed that the garage said there's more than enough wear in them for another winter as I've done over 12,500 miles since I put them on on 6th December. Conti Winter Contact 850P. They were...

I get flashed maybe 2 or 3 times a month. I can kind of see how oncoming lorry drivers might wrongly get some full beam in the eye if the central reservation confuses the radar. When there's a bit of haze/mist in the air you can actually see this (the beams not turning off reliably). On the...

That's a good point.

I can totally appreciate how chuffed someone would feel to do that themselves, but as it's only £100 I'd rather spend it and have a warranty from the manufacturer. If it was £500, a different matter maybe...

ACC is literally the one thing I wouldn't be without after having it bundled on my last car in 2013. But it just shows how different all our tastes are - some will never want or need it. Foldy mirrors, definitely. Matrix lights are good, but (for me) not as much a must-have as I'd thought...

Fiesta is a great little car. Good luck on the school run.

If I lived down your way I'd be having a pretty good look at Michelin CrossClimates. Good luck whatever you go for.

nice pics, well done :)

Aye, that's the cold weather for you ;)

Drove 20 miles to the coast for an early meeting, thought I'd miss the worst of the snow. Instead: All the snow! Abandoned the meeting and closed the site after 90 mins as the main roads north and south shut, managed to get the long way back via the only route left, and decided to work from...

Dealer read out a list of SW67s and I picked the one that made me think of a disease (not STD :) )

My last lease didn't follow this line. They didn't care what tyres were on the vehicle as long as the spec was correct. I had decent tyres on it for four years but when it needed a couple a month before handing back (dammit!) they were cheap as chips and not a word said - the car was driven...

I really like the current Volvos. What my last one was great at was thinking how a driver uses all the technology - the adaptive cruise control (for example) was controlled from the wheel rather than a stalk and so distances were much simpler to adjust on the fly - some of the other controls...

I drove 500 miles back from a trip to Englandshire (Aberdeenshire to Hungerford/Oxford). At this time of year I tend to wash it when the wheels start looking manky, they're the only bit that seems to change after the first few days. The bodywork (Daytona Grey) just seems to look "lived in" from...

What complete tossers, really sorry you had this happen Keef. It's not just the damage it's the reminder that idiots who don't even know you feel they can interfere with your life...