Manitoba Homestead Act

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Manitoba Homestead Act

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Manitoba government might offer loans for seasonal rubber

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The gubbernmint of Manitoba, CA is planning to make it worth your while to buy some winter tires so you can go out and stake your claim.
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Speaking of Tyres,

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Revs per mile don't change much no matter what size or brand you order on your new Chrysler 200:

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Manitoba: Neat idea!

Tire revs per mile: That seems like a pretty narrow spread. Seems well within the margin allowable for ABS and AWD...
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theholycow wrote:Manitoba: Neat idea!

Tire revs per mile: That seems like a pretty narrow spread. Seems well within the margin allowable for ABS and AWD...
Only about 1% difference between the lowest and the highest - just the way DOG planned it.
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...so let's say that a person wasn't very observant: "A Person wasn't Very Observant."

So, you could put a different tyre on each corner of the car and from the driver's seat they couldn't see it, but I bet the vehicle dynamics would be infected.
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Rope-Pusher wrote:...so let's say that a person wasn't very observant: "A Person wasn't Very Observant."

So, you could put a different tyre on each corner of the car and from the driver's seat they couldn't see it, but I bet the vehicle dynamics would be infected.
There are people here in Detroit who have different tires on each wheel, but the only vehicle dynamics they are interested in is that the old beater starts up in the morning and how many quarts of oil it takes to go 100 miles. :lol:
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You don't have to go to Detroit to see it. I work with a guy like that. :lol:
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