Written like a true Apple Fan Boy

It’s his ’thing’. He’s very much like Clarkson in that you either love or hate him. Personally I really enjoy his shows. He can be annoying but he’s also very enjoyable.

He was one of the UK’s biggest TV stars in the 90's, he moved to radio present BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, the BBC’s halo radio show while presenting TFI Friday on Channel 4.

He’s good at going fast up hills, doesn’t mean he’s capable of driving an F1 car

How lovely, a special edition especially for British Columbia

How can I be wrong when the tires I am referring to are winter tires? You just don’t believe that the winter tire mark on any tire means anything.

A simple yes or no would have sufficed, you must have a lot of time on your hands, however you still didn’t clarify weather you had driven on All Weather tires that conform to the standards for winter tires. If you have, it’s basically your opinion vs my opinion, my trust in the system and your distrust. If you…

This is significantly worse than the Dieselgate and yet where are the screaming harpies?

I can’t access the video with my work US VPN on............guess I’ll have to watch it on Hulu

Yep, because there is a margin of safety built into the ratings. How do you know the winter tires you use are the best available?

It is the standard that winter tires have to meet. So All Weathers perform as well as winter tires, it’s pretty simple. There are winter tires that will perform better than other winter tires but that doesn’t negate the fact that all weather are just as good as the worst winter tires.

Because we have no need to, there isn’t the pathological distrust of government here.

Completely different tread patterns and internal construction.

No, because it’s Canada and we do things better than in the US. So do the Fins, who make Nokian tires. Having used them I can vouch for their suitability for driving in severe snow conditions having traversed two major mountain passes, including the highest in Canada.

Then they are not true all weather tires. The mountain and snowflake symbol is only used tires that have been tested and approved by Transport Canada. We differentiate here, because they are different to M+S tires.

Very true.......even on the sun baked rain soaked BC Lower Mainland we’ve got pretty good infrastructure for ice & snow.

Potential segment on the new TG?

No I’m not, but I know that a set of All Weather tires, that are rated the same as winter tires (ie they have the mountain & snowflake symbol), are a great option that saves you from having two sets of tires. Yes they are a compromise, more so in the summer, but they are very good in the winter.

They meet the federal standards for winter tires and are rated fit severe snow conditions. Transport Canada give the rating, the industry body in Canada rate then as winter tires and insurance companies give winter tire discounts. So they are winter tires not M+S tires.

No, there are more than one manufacturer