Lotus' a 'summer car' hey...?
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Normally good fun in the snow when you take it out the garage to go play, but when left overnight outside a mate's house 'oop north' (I'm a southerner) it isn't half cold getting in it in this state!
Still love the thing to bits though
Come on people, there must be some much more 'snowified' pictures than my ones above?
>> Edited by TonyHetherington on Monday 13th March 14:20
I was a little bit busy concentrating on staying on the road when we had our wintry dump the other week to take any photos:
Big dump of snow/soft hail late afternoon, temperatures then increased briefly before plumetting (thus freezing the melt water), followed by further light dusting of snow to hide the ice.
The result was a half inch sheet of ice on even the main roads; no sign of gritters when I left for work.
If it hadn't been for the combined ice and snow on my roof I would have driven to work topless! As it was it took me over an hour instead of the usual 20 mins.
Big dump of snow/soft hail late afternoon, temperatures then increased briefly before plumetting (thus freezing the melt water), followed by further light dusting of snow to hide the ice.
The result was a half inch sheet of ice on even the main roads; no sign of gritters when I left for work.
If it hadn't been for the combined ice and snow on my roof I would have driven to work topless! As it was it took me over an hour instead of the usual 20 mins.
TonyHetherington said:
Normally good fun in the snow when you take it out the garage to go play, but when left overnight outside a mate's house 'oop north' (I'm a southerner) it isn't half cold getting in it in this state!
Still love the thing to bits though
Come on people, there must be some much more 'snowified' pictures than my ones above?
swap the 'i2' for 'www'!
Bet that was fun once you got moving!
Times like this the hard top pays for itself!
sp60 said:
swap the 'i2' for 'www'!
Bet that was fun once you got moving!
Times like this the hard top pays for itself!
Ah ha, thanks!
Yup, was nice having it slightly more comfortable with the hard top! Had a 3 hour drive home oto so it makes it just that little more bearable on a long boring motorway drive home (M1 on a sunday afternoon....doh!)
I've enjoyed the car in the snow before; it's amazing how much fun you can have at 5mph in a big car park!!!
Blimey you're a bit of a detective, aren't you?! 
I live in Kent but went to Sheffield to stay with a friend for the weekend; the truck is his, and thus it was up in Sheffield. However, the Southall is named after the place where he used to live (similar area) but not where that pic was taken.
Make sense?! I'll be asking questions later
I live in Kent but went to Sheffield to stay with a friend for the weekend; the truck is his, and thus it was up in Sheffield. However, the Southall is named after the place where he used to live (similar area) but not where that pic was taken.
Make sense?! I'll be asking questions later
TonyHetherington said:
Blimey you're a bit of a detective, aren't you?!
I live in Kent but went to Sheffield to stay with a friend for the weekend; the truck is his, and thus it was up in Sheffield. However, the Southall is named after the place where he used to live (similar area) but not where that pic was taken.
Make sense?! I'll be asking questions later
I used to see a girl who lived in Sothall. Checked your profile and you're from down south so my conclusion was that you'd gone away on your jollies or the truck had gone walkies for the weekend!
I was going to ask the road name next as I'm sure it's familiar!
TonyHetherington said:
Blimey you're a bit of a detective, aren't you?!
And on that note... as I can only see Rob's 5 and no Daz's SL in the background... this leaves me to deduce that Sqdn Leader had already left and that you hadn't dragged yourself out of your pit until sometime after midday as usual you lazy suthern dog!
Hope the run was good on Saturday Tony, gutted that I had to get up early and get home.
Not QUITE accurate, but you get a B+ for effort!!! Daz left on Saturday night about midnight (didn't drink when we went out)...I left Sunday morning about 11am and the difference between the two times is the snow you see above.
The run was good fun and there are some cracking picturesque spots in the Peak District. Come summer, it would be nice to do it again; we just have to get rob to agree
The run was good fun and there are some cracking picturesque spots in the Peak District. Come summer, it would be nice to do it again; we just have to get rob to agree
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