RE: Mucking about in the snow

[vmackie]

4x4 with winter tyres that 99% of people think is a FWD Mondeo. Its good fun watching people expect you to get stuck.

[BadBanshee]

What car is that? ^^^

[Baryonyx]

pthelazyjourno said:

Hacked off with the snow now, it's too deep for my Elise. Lost the front number plate earlier, tore a hole in the diffuser on a chuck of ice in the road and keep catching the front clam on things hidden in the snow.

Could do with a higher ride height. Perhaps I need some comedy 18-inch wheels to raise it off the ground a bit!

Either that, or a winter snotter! Something cheap and stty to take out and leave the Elise at home.

[vmackie]

BadBanshee said:

What car is that? ^^^

Its a Mondeo 2.0 Ghia 4x4 Estate, just the way Ford made it back in 1995. There were only a few hundred 4x4 Mondeos made, I forget the exact number.

[BadBanshee]

Oooh, didn't know that!

[Shmee]

zmaster007 said:

Here's what I got up to..



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu2-L3AfrzQ

I wondered what it would be like up there, but without checking didn't fancy the outdoor ramp to find out.

[maser_spyder]

I've been using the 4x4 tractor.

[NotDave]

vmackie said:

BadBanshee said:

What car is that? ^^^

Its a Mondeo 2.0 Ghia 4x4 Estate, just the way Ford made it back in 1995. There were only a few hundred 4x4 Mondeos made, I forget the exact number.

WANT!

[TheAllSeeingPie]

vmackie said:

4x4 with winter tyres that 99% of people think is a FWD Mondeo. Its good fun watching people expect you to get stuck.

You've still got a bit of snow on your car there ...

[Pork]

vmackie said:

4x4 with winter tyres that 99% of people think is a FWD Mondeo. Its good fun watching people expect you to get stuck.

Brilliant!

Like the plates too...the VEE 5V one is sooo close to be worth a good few quid - VEE 8V must be worth a bob or two.

[zebedee]

did anyone else see the other interesting mondeo mk1/mk2 on the BBC news a few nights back on the snow reports - it looked to be fluoro yellow!

[vmackie]

TheAllSeeingPie said:

vmackie said:

4x4 with winter tyres that 99% of people think is a FWD Mondeo. Its good fun watching people expect you to get stuck.

You've still got a bit of snow on your car there ...

We did actually brush all the snow off, that was mostly ice. Car has heated front and rear screens and air con so by the time we get to the main road its usually OK. I do hate to see vehicles with piles of snow on and uncleared windows. Note to self, clear car better next time!

[zebedee]

vmackie said:

We did actually brush all the snow off, that was mostly ice. Car has heated front and rear screens and air con so by the time we get to the main road its usually OK. I do hate to see vehicles with piles of snow on and uncleared windows. Note to self, clear car better next time!

Heated screen was pretty advanced back in 1994 wasn't it? Did Ford have/still have the patent for it?

[Dusty964]

My 91 ranger had a heated screen.bloody great idea

[TheAllSeeingPie]

vmackie said:

We did actually brush all the snow off, that was mostly ice. Car has heated front and rear screens and air con so by the time we get to the main road its usually OK. I do hate to see vehicles with piles of snow on and uncleared windows. Note to self, clear car better next time!

Don't worry I was just being facetious.

[Sir_Dave]

Not so much mucking about in this photo, but had just done a 200 mile journey to Warwick & back on Friday - in a blizzard

[zebedee]

Sir_Dave said:

Not so much mucking about in this photo, but had just done a 200 mile journey to Warwick & back on Friday - in a blizzard

a picture tells 1000 words! What is the deal with the reg on the car on the right of the pic?

[Sir_Dave]

zebedee said:

a picture tells 1000 words! What is the deal with the reg on the car on the right of the pic?

Diplomatic plates iirc.

[ChrisBuer]

It's not my 1M, but I liked the photo

[Gridl0k]

Sir_Dave said:

Diplomatic plates iirc.

Too good to be true: It's for Chile