The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015

[beko1987]

Nearly all gone now in Marlow. Apparently still everywhere in Thame though.

[BenWRXSEi]

beko1987 said:

Nearly all gone now in Marlow. Apparently still everywhere in Thame though.

Ha, I work in Marlow as well. Will be interesting to see what the back roads are like later if its still snowy in Thame...

[hman]

Puggit said:

Carnage in Buckinghamshire:

That level crossing is slippery in the wet coming from ponds forge round towards stone, and the right turn after the level crossing is tight too.

Done right you can get a good S shaped drift around there ( best done at night so you can see headlights of other cars to know its safe/not safe to do)

[NRS]

hora said:

Sonic said:

Puggit said:

I had to follow someone doing 35 in a 60 all the way to work. On roads totally devoid of snow or ice

I feel your pain.

I had to endure 10mph behind an mx5 for 12 miles on country roads to the train station, a journey which normally takes approx 20 minutes took about an hour... only to get to the station to find the trains were buggered and i had to return home, albeit this time following a vw polo doing 8mph... and i'm in a RWD BMW FFS!!

I'd have annoyed you then doing 25 in a 50 a couple of weekends ago.
What was the overnight temperature?

The first time you'll know about ice on the road is when you are on it.

Generally I wouldn't go that slowly, however if I was going quite a lot under the speed limit for a bit of a distance I'd pull over and let people past who were wanting to go more quickly.

[mybrainhurts]

Derbyshire, 2 Feb 2015. Mam Tor and Rushup Edge.

Edit...

Next time round, I am NOT coming back as a sheep...

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 3rd February 16:14

[Vincefox]

mybrainhurts said:

Derbyshire, 2 Feb 2015. Mam Tor and Rushup Edge.

Edit...

Next time round, I am NOT coming back as a sheep...

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 3rd February 16:14

I left buxton in 1979 and i just scrolled through those thinking "fk me, that looks like home"

[CatfishCKY]

We actually got a little bit of snow in South Wilts today, huzzah, though nothing compared to MBH!
Finally a chance to try the winters out though.





I was absolutely fine, being careful but still managing to get the tail out and have some fun.
But I concur with other posts, other people SERIOUSLY do not know how to drive in the snow around here! I was using 3rd at some points, but the amount people I saw spinning their wheels out of junctions made me shake my head in disbelief.

[Ikemi]

Puggit said:

Carnage in Buckinghamshire:

Someone managed to roll their car onto it's roof, nearby to Walters Ash!

[Maracus]

Ikemi said:

Someone managed to roll their car onto it's roof, nearby to Walters Ash!

Probably going down one of the hills too fast?

[Cliftonite]

GetCarter said:

And just WHAT is that number plate? Part 'shopped?

(Although it wouldn't be your first dodgy one, would it)?

[GetCarter]

Cliftonite said:

And just WHAT is that number plate? Part 'shopped?

(Although it wouldn't be your first dodgy one, would it)?

Just altered to stop scroats, but not in the nasty way most people do it!

[leglessAlex]

GetCarter said:

That's a really good pic Steve, I hadn't realised how much of a looker the Evoque is!






















Also, I am absurdly envious of where you live

[All that jazz]

GetCarter said:

Cliftonite said:

And just WHAT is that number plate? Part 'shopped?

(Although it wouldn't be your first dodgy one, would it)?

Just altered to stop scroats, but not in the nasty way most people do it!

You'll have to try harder than that to stop the PH detectives! I know that the last letter is either O or S. And the first one is easy enough to work out.

[NRS]

Maracus said:

Ikemi said:

Someone managed to roll their car onto it's roof, nearby to Walters Ash!

Probably going down one of the hills too fast?

Generally Norwegians know how to drive in snow, but the other day someone had bent a lamp post in half at the bottom of my hill, They should have known better, it was polished ice before and then we got a cm or two of snow on top which results in an uber slidy surface.

Gaz. said:

Don't MX5's have pretty good steering feel and BMW's not so good/bloody awful/delete as appropriate... that may have been a clue to your differing perception of an appropriate speed?

In my MX-5 I have had idiots up my chuff when I can feel the back wheels sliding slightly (with spiked new that year winter tyres). So it could be part of the reason. That said, the weight of the car would be somewhat different too.

[GetCarter]

All that jazz said:

You'll have to try harder than that to stop the PH detectives! I know that the last letter is either O or S. And the first one is easy enough to work out.

Luckily scrotes aren't usually that bright!

[All that jazz]

GetCarter said:

Luckily scrotes aren't usually that bright!

[NRS]

Looks like some people are having fun in the snow... sorry for the Daily wail link, may be NSFW:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/arti...

[dazwalsh]

Haha quality

[mybrainhurts]

Vincefox said:

mybrainhurts said:

Derbyshire, 2 Feb 2015. Mam Tor and Rushup Edge.

Edit...

Next time round, I am NOT coming back as a sheep...

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 3rd February 16:14

I left buxton in 1979 and i just scrolled through those thinking "fk me, that looks like home"

For a sheep, you type very well....

[Fishtigua]

In certain parts of the US they go drifting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eoVCbSNSk8