Director Matt Reeves has teased The Batman II in two new photos of what has been described as a camera test.

These two images of the Batmobile driving in snowy conditions where uploaded to the bad place, (X 🤮) with the caption, " #SnowTires 🦇"

*Shakes with excitement*

We've had some warm temperatures here on the prairies the last couple of days, and it's mostly looking like above-freezing during the day for the foreseeable future [1]. So today I pulled the snow tires off the cars and put the "all-season" [2] ones on.

Please join me tomorrow in celebrating the semi-annual festival of Oh My Gawd Why Are My Knees On Fire And I Didn't Even Know I Had Muscles In That Part Of My Thigh.

[1] To be fair, this is about 5-6 days max. They don't bother to even try forecasting further out than that here.

[2] Really "three-season", if you live anywhere where it gets more than a handful of degrees below freezing.

#Canada #prairies #SK #YQR #weather #warm #spring #snow #tires #SnowTires #AllSeason #knees #thighs #pain #sore #MiddleAge

One reason to change over to snow tires according to temperature rather than snowfall is because you are not in competition with every else after the first snowstorm. The other is because temperature affects tire performance as much as snow.

#SnowTires

Car and Driver, Jul/Aug 2025 Issue, Page 11, Backfires

What I learned waiting for my new all weather tires to be mounted and balanced.

FWIW: Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive 225/65R17’s on a Mazda CX-5

#caranddriver #snowtires

Good Morning #Canada
I don't want to alarm you but... #WinterIsComing. That means it's time to start thinking about installing your #SnowTires because I don't want you behind me on a slippery slope if you're not prepared. Outside of Quebec, where winter tires are mandatory, over 76% of Canadians are putting on the special rubber to protect themselves and others. Atlantic Canada leads with 94% using winter tires, and tropical Saskatchewan and Manitoba have the lowest usage at 64%. But you need to be alert because 31% of Canadians surveyed say they won't buy or replace their snow tires because of affordability. The friendly rotund Michelin Man recommends that every vehicle should have snow tires from December 1st to March 15th. Why would he lie to us.

#CanadaIsAwesome #Snowmageddon

Haikus and snow tires
Sometimes they get traction
Sometimes they do not

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #February #Seasons #Winter #Cold #Frigid #Snow #SnowTires #Tires #Traction

February 21, 2025