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All-Season Tires are Delusional

Last week, Canadian Tire invited me to drive on an ice rink to test tires; winter VS all-season ones.

Winter dominated.

What had the most impact on me, though, was:

50% of Canadians are driving without winter tires. I was shocked.  That’s too low and not okay.

How can 1 thing perform 5 functions?

Show me one outfit that can be worn to work, a cocktail party, a club, a movie night in, then to play baseball.  Can’t.

(read it online here)

Favourite line:

For sure I’m a bit lippy this week, but I feel strongly about this because apparently half of you are irresponsibly driving beside me in icy conditions while wearing roller-skates, thinking they’re good for all four seasons.

At 7ºC, the rubber in a non-winter tire hardens, it loses elasticity, and therefore adhesiveness.

Therefore, winter tires go on at 7ºC

The rubber in a winter tire is designed to stay flexible in low temperatures, so it sticks better to the road.

Driving with me is Graham Jeffery, Tire Business Manager with Canadian Tire, hi hi.

Deep grooves that expel snow, that’s what to look for.

Here’s a post about my new camera setup, seen above.  And I’ll leave you, with the Final Cut file.

This is what the video above, actually looks like.

Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

My Current State of Owning as Little as Possible

Getting there, not done yet.

“I Gave Away Everything I Own in ‘My Emporium”,
and Now All My Belongs Fit In a Trunk”

I still have this to go through:

Plus I was too generous during my first round, this will also be reduced.

I’ll guess 80% of that gets purged. I’m ruthless.

I’ve always had on my backup plan list, “Professional Organizer”: I come over and sort out your life, remove the crap, and install systems for you to follow.

I’ll video a tour before I disassemble this place, show you what I’ve got it down to. Clothes take up a lot of room, and bathroom products, books weigh a ton.

It’s a King Kong trunk if you’re curious. Canadian Tire, $160.

Here’s what “The Emporium” looked like:

Remember that time I found I could fit in my trunk?

Remember ‘Dance Packing’?

Re-embedding, ha.

I haven’t thought about any of the stuff I gave away.