The only winter thread you'll ever need.

[Fume troll]

What de-icer should I buy? Can someone recommend me a scraper? Which screenwash is best? Should I buy it concentrated or pre-diluted? Will I damage my car by letting it sit and warm up / defrost in the mornings? I need a 4x4 (no, really I do, I live on a hill and everything!) I got stuck for about 5 mins last year, so I need chains, or are these socks any good? Should I buy winter tyres? Should I get two sets of wheels to put them on? Do I need to tell my insurance company? Oh look it's snowing, so much for global warming! Why don't people defrost their cars properly like I do? Someone crashed into me! Who can I sue? Someone put their foglight on this morning, can I legally kill them? What kind of jacket should I get? What if I'm cold? Should I wear a hat? How do I set my central heating in winter? Should I get a wood burning stove? I slipped on some ice, who can I sue? My council has almost (but not quite) run out of salt, can I sue them? Why is everyone (except me) so bad at driving in the snow? Someone has slid into my car and it has caused some/very little/no damage, should I have whiplash and can I sue them? Potholes; have you seen the size of these potholes, won't someone think of the children!? Someone should do something.

That should cover it.

Cheers,

FT.

[HellDiver]

Should we just close down the PH forum now, seeing you've just covered everything?

[shouldbworking]

You missed driving gloves and 'Im a driving god why cant people handle snow, oh wait I crashed'

[Fume troll]

shouldbworking said:

You missed driving gloves and 'Im a driving god why cant people handle snow, oh wait I crashed'

Driving gloves, yes. Should have got that.

Cheers,

FT.

[kambites]

You missed the mocking of BMW drivers stuck on hills that a Daewoo Matiz could get up, too.

[Rawwr]

Halfords. Credit card. Any. Concentrate. No. No you don't. Too bad. No you don't. Yes. No. No. No. No it isn't. They're idiots. The driver. No. Haglofs down. Warm up. No. 22°c. No. Nobody. No. They're not. No and no. Yes. No.

[GPT]

I think we need a thread to discuss driving on ice that has oil on it.

Is it best to try and power out even if I can feel my tread blocks moving?

[pacman1]

Rawwr said:

Halfords. Credit card. Any. Concentrate. No. No you don't. Too bad. No you don't. Yes. No. No. No. No it isn't. They're idiots. The driver. No. Haglofs down. Warm up. No. 22°c. No. Nobody. No. They're not. No and no. Yes. No.

Precise and to the point.
Next...

[Uhura fighter]

Fume troll said:

I will click that little red X in the top corner, that should cover it.

Cheers,

FT.

2/10

[Fume troll]

kambites said:

You missed the mocking of BMW drivers stuck on hills that a Daewoo Matiz could get up, too.

Oh yes. And the old cars /skinny tyres story.

Cheers,

FT.

[Jonny671]

I have heard before that leaving a car sitting there warming up, idling.. Is bad for it? (I sometimes go out to the car, heaters on, lock the door again with the spare key and go back inside for ten minutes..)

True or False?

[pilchardthecat]

It won't work.

You need a thousand meaningless anecdotes which prove nothing.

[Alfa numeric]

You need an MX5.














Oh, wait...

[BeeRoad]

You forgot to argue that at exactly 7 degrees C normal tyres turn to blocks of ice coated with lard, teflon and banana skin extract and using them instead of proper winter tyres designed for north of the arctic circle is tantamount to being a paedophile quite frankly.

[plasticpig]

Jonny671 said:

I have heard before that leaving a car sitting there warming up, idling.. Is bad for it? (I sometimes go out to the car, heaters on, lock the door again with the spare key and go back inside for ten minutes..)

True or False?

False. Letting the engine get up to a decent temperature before driving a car is a good idea.

[Jonny671]

plasticpig said:

Jonny671 said:

I have heard before that leaving a car sitting there warming up, idling.. Is bad for it? (I sometimes go out to the car, heaters on, lock the door again with the spare key and go back inside for ten minutes..)

True or False?

False. Letting the engine get up to a decent temperature before driving a car is a good idea.

But sat there idling, rather than driving slowly/low revs?

[i remember]

Should you take one look at yourself in a mirror and ask yourself why you are so incompetent that you just had to ask all of those questions on PH?

Answer. Yes

HTH

[Fume troll]

BeeRoad said:

You forgot to argue that at exactly 7 degrees C normal tyres turn to blocks of ice coated with lard, teflon and banana skin extract and using them instead of proper winter tyres designed for north of the arctic circle is tantamount to being a paedophile quite frankly.

That's right, and winter tyres run above 10C turn into silly putty.

Cheers,

FT.

[Fume troll]

plasticpig said:

Jonny671 said:

I have heard before that leaving a car sitting there warming up, idling.. Is bad for it? (I sometimes go out to the car, heaters on, lock the door again with the spare key and go back inside for ten minutes..)

True or False?

False. Letting the engine get up to a decent temperature before driving a car is a good idea.

Lots of people would disagree. Starting with S6 TVR owners.

Cheers,

FT.

[Basil Brush]

Fume troll said:

plasticpig said:

Jonny671 said:

I have heard before that leaving a car sitting there warming up, idling.. Is bad for it? (I sometimes go out to the car, heaters on, lock the door again with the spare key and go back inside for ten minutes..)

True or False?

False. Letting the engine get up to a decent temperature before driving a car is a good idea.

Lots of people would disagree. Starting with S6 TVR owners.

Cheers,

FT.

And possibly their neighbours if the S6 is decatted.