Snow! How are we all doing?
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We are on a bit of a hill, and I've been able to get up the hill and get the car home and onto the drive since the snow came on Saturday, as long as I can keep moving at a steady pace. But today I had my first fail, I had to stop for parked cars and traffic coming down the hill, and from then on it was a struggle to get going again, tickover and/or minimal revs, third gear, clawing my way up car length by car length, had to give up just a few car lengths short of my drive and give the clutch a rest. Went back out later and cleared a way with a shovel, and with some help pushing from the neighbours, managed to get the car onto the drive and off the road. Apart from the problem of living on a hill, I've been OK getting about.
How about you lot? How's it going? Any prangs or abandoned vehicles?
How about you lot? How's it going? Any prangs or abandoned vehicles?
Not having any particular difficulty driving in the snow, but it's the same crap joke as previous years: clueless muppets everywhere, not a hint of a gritter to be seen despite being on the doorstep of the gritting depot, chaos on the hill in/out the village (tractors towing lorries up the hill). Took over two hours to get home tonight. Sod that for a game of soldiers - we're working from home until they can be bothered gritting the roads 
Not too bad out here on the Fens - no hills to mess things up with.
Seen 4 cars in ditches/dykes though. 2 were 4wds! Judging by the marks along the verges the pilots were going FAR too fast for the conditions...
Had a few white van drivers following me 6 inches off my rear bumper on main roads, despite me driving at 40 mph. Morons.
Someone in Lincs county council has had their leg lifted - the gritters have been out but the snow just won't melt. Special salt perhaps? The inert type...
Seen 4 cars in ditches/dykes though. 2 were 4wds! Judging by the marks along the verges the pilots were going FAR too fast for the conditions...
Had a few white van drivers following me 6 inches off my rear bumper on main roads, despite me driving at 40 mph. Morons.
Someone in Lincs county council has had their leg lifted - the gritters have been out but the snow just won't melt. Special salt perhaps? The inert type...
I live at the top of a hill just outside Nottingham City Centre (Bakersfield) and now I understand all 3 modes of the BMW's DSC/Traction Control, that I didn't in the snow earler in the year (I know, I know) I've been ok. I'm not saying it's been a piece of piss but for a RWD Beemer it's done well. Work is only 11 miles to East Leake across the border so not too bad.
I went to work Friday night on overtime in the Pug 205 oil burner and didn't expect 4 inches of snow in Kirkby the next morning. The A38 and M1 were white over at 5am with no sign of a gritter or snow plough. The Pug performed amazing well - just glad I wasn't on the Northbound side behind all those stuck lorries at junction 28. Today I decided to take the old series 1 Land Rover as they'd had more snow up there. I'm so glad I did as it was over 8 inch deep in places - so glad I fitted the new front prop shaft 3 weeks ago too.
It's not been too bad in Long Eaton so far but it's surprising how much more snow there is 3 junctions up the motorway.
It's not been too bad in Long Eaton so far but it's surprising how much more snow there is 3 junctions up the motorway.
I swapped cars with a friend in a massive carpark to let him have a go at drifting, he hit a kerb and bent my nearside front wishbone which pushed the wheel into my wing on the Mx5! TVR Moneypit said:
GeraldSmith said:
TVR Moneypit said:
Yesterday it took me less time to drive from Bristol to M1 jct 29, than it did from M1 jct 29 to Dronfield, (a distance of about 6 miles).
Ooo, pleased I decided not to try and go home then! Getting out to J29 was interesting enough yesterday morning.I've yet to see a NE Derbyshire gritter or snowplough.
vxrandy said:
gsd2000 said:
Snow socks
You using the Ro?, I've wimped out and took the accord for the last few days. Where did you get the snow socks from? Im looking into winter tyres for next year, i will pick up a set in the summer.
Had to clear the drive and was a bit sideways going up the main road and through some of the smaller roads to work. Still snowing so it could be interesting getting out of the works carpark
Got home ok last night, but needed a push once in the street,
spent an hour clearing the snow around the car til about 10pm,
now have 6 inches in that area, but about 10-12 inches in the rest of the road and two neighbours cars blocking the street anyway. Enforced day off, then. have rung into work.
spent an hour clearing the snow around the car til about 10pm,
now have 6 inches in that area, but about 10-12 inches in the rest of the road and two neighbours cars blocking the street anyway. Enforced day off, then. have rung into work.
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