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Well its just taken me 4 and a half hours to get home in the snow from hemel to luton. not once did my car over heat or do anything silly and even when i pulled on to my drive and slide though my garage did it complain no!! didnt even have a scratch on it !! so now it will be know as the double hard green meanie!
>>> Edited by vodkakid on Friday 31st January 20:32
>>> Edited by vodkakid on Friday 31st January 20:32
My cerb was great in the snow today. I was following some work colleagues at 730 am this morning on the way to a conference at Ascot racecourse. we drove to an entrance down a racecourse side road but the gate was locked and we all turned round. the car at the front (an elise got up as he was on the fresh snow), most of the next 5 or 6 cars were fine and then I had to sit behind a 530d BMW auto that couldnt get up the hill. Eventually I sat in his boot and he got a bit of grip and away he went. I then reversed down the hill and took a run up and made it no problems ! No one could believe I had made it (including me)!
Yup- been there etc- see 'Just been out in the snow' thread in General Gassing.
This area of London is utterly gridlocked and cars are actually being abandoned due to a)ignorance of driving in these conditions b) running out of fuel.
I'm still impressed by the TVR's handling in fairly extreme conditions
This area of London is utterly gridlocked and cars are actually being abandoned due to a)ignorance of driving in these conditions b) running out of fuel.
I'm still impressed by the TVR's handling in fairly extreme conditions
What a ballache eh?
I hardly ever use public transport but today I thought I would this morning because of all the snow forcast.
So I got a bus this morning, and come hometime there wasn't a single form of public transport running out of Cambridge to anywhere near I live.
So I'm stranded at work where I'm going to have to sleep the night, nice!
The moral of the story is: If you've got a TVR drive it all the time and never rely on public transport.
Bloody Hell tell me about it!! Took me 2 hours to get from West end to Crouch End (to a mates cause going home to Hemel was a no no!). The Chim managed it fine...phew! Few hairy moments when I touched my accelerator about a millimetre and the back end was sliding, and that was doing less than 5mph!
Saw some guy in Highgate (who was behind me but I pulled over cause he was
) slide about 75yds down a narrow road, back end flying side to side clip about 3 or 4 parked cars before grinding to a 90deg halt!
And I thought I would make it to garage on Finchley Road to fill up with petrol, by the time I got halfway though regents park I had to turn back and fill up!
All good fun tho
Saw some guy in Highgate (who was behind me but I pulled over cause he was
) slide about 75yds down a narrow road, back end flying side to side clip about 3 or 4 parked cars before grinding to a 90deg halt! And I thought I would make it to garage on Finchley Road to fill up with petrol, by the time I got halfway though regents park I had to turn back and fill up!
All good fun tho
BBC TV News at 10 last night said that the roads in London were gridlocked 'cos of snow. Cue picture of London Black Cab at a crossroads with not a drop of the stuff. Only a yellow box junction. Have you lot down there actually got snow or are you making it up cos you're jealous.
runs for cover....
runs for cover....
Plenty of ice about late last night as well, to add to the snow.
There was a bus parked in an 'interesting' place sideways across the road, straddling an island in Shepherds Bush. Clearly the driver's enthusiasm for tail-out fun going round the roundabout exceeded his ability at some point....
There was a bus parked in an 'interesting' place sideways across the road, straddling an island in Shepherds Bush. Clearly the driver's enthusiasm for tail-out fun going round the roundabout exceeded his ability at some point....
). Pottered along in 3rd at idle until the M4 and then things were OK. Isn't this country pathetic? I drove over to Blackpool from Sheffield yesterday, with forecasts of snow in NW and Yorkshire - so I had boots, shovel, food, hot drinks in flasks, AA number etc - and had a fantastic drive on dry, salted roads, light traffic, crisp winter sun. The only snow I found was a light dusting which started 50 yards from my house!
Then I hear of people in their cars for 16 hours, the M25 sheet ice, dead cars everywhere, and radio headlines that "The country is in chaos". Sorry chaps, it isn't. "The country" is NOT London and the home counties, and including Aberdeenshire does not make it "the whole country".
Sorry, for a bit of a parochial rant, and apologies to all you PH guys who have been having it rough, but I hate this London-centred bias. There is life, (and good quality life, too!!) in the shires.....
Then I hear of people in their cars for 16 hours, the M25 sheet ice, dead cars everywhere, and radio headlines that "The country is in chaos". Sorry chaps, it isn't. "The country" is NOT London and the home counties, and including Aberdeenshire does not make it "the whole country".
Sorry, for a bit of a parochial rant, and apologies to all you PH guys who have been having it rough, but I hate this London-centred bias. There is life, (and good quality life, too!!) in the shires.....
nubbin said:Sorry, for a bit of a parochial rant, and apologies to all you PH guys who have been having it rough, but I hate this London-centred bias. There is life, (and good quality life, too!!) in the shires.....
No worries - I'm from the Blackpool area myself and only darn sarf for work.
Maybe the answer is for TVR to stop "exporting" cars south of Manchester......
:runsforcover:
Abandoned attempt to go out in the car yesterday evening due to heavy snow falling on ungritted roads in Kent. Late evening after I had taken the dog for walk, snow had stopped so decided to spread some of grit from helpfully placed gritbin across the road. Didn't want to be woken up by sound of out-of-control vehicles crashing into neighbours' cars. Just as I finished spreading grit along the road, along came the gritting lorry. Oh well.
nubbin said: Isn't this country pathetic? I drove over to Blackpool from Sheffield yesterday, with forecasts of snow in NW and Yorkshire - so I had boots, shovel, food, hot drinks in flasks, AA number etc - and had a fantastic drive on dry, salted roads, light traffic, crisp winter sun. The only snow I found was a light dusting which started 50 yards from my house!
Then I hear of people in their cars for 16 hours, the M25 sheet ice, dead cars everywhere, and radio headlines that "The country is in chaos". Sorry chaps, it isn't. "The country" is NOT London and the home counties, and including Aberdeenshire does not make it "the whole country".
Sorry, for a bit of a parochial rant, and apologies to all you PH guys who have been having it rough, but I hate this London-centred bias. There is life, (and good quality life, too!!) in the shires.....
Hear, hear! Have been looking forward to some snow, but despite Edinburgh being on the East side of the country, we seem to have been missed out completely. How depressing
Went to Leeds and back Thursday in the combo: as I got back into Teesside the sky got darker and I had to take my sunglasses off (yes, really!). Within 2 miles you couldn't see more than a hundred yards for snow. I got home, had a coffee and checked in here (about 4-ish), tried to get back to the office but only made it 300 yards before a constable advised me that the road I wanted to use (with a long hill on it) was blocked by 12 cars that had 'intermingled'. The only other route was similarly chaotic, so I turned around and came home. That took me 20 mins. I rang the office and advised everyone to leave early. They did. One guy spent 3 hours driving 12 miles.
At about the same time there was a 21-vehicle incident on the northbound A19, nicely placed so that nothing
could move anywhere for almost 3 hours.
Only saw one gritter all day, and that was near Leeds gritting a road that had no snow, ice or even rain on it. Not one on Teesside, though they were out today.
Typical Brit drivers though: they either slow to a ridiculous crawl needlessly, or don't bother slowing at all. Doh.
Ian
At about the same time there was a 21-vehicle incident on the northbound A19, nicely placed so that nothing
could move anywhere for almost 3 hours.
Only saw one gritter all day, and that was near Leeds gritting a road that had no snow, ice or even rain on it. Not one on Teesside, though they were out today.
Typical Brit drivers though: they either slow to a ridiculous crawl needlessly, or don't bother slowing at all. Doh.
Ian
Ha. Well yesterday evening the A19 was completely at a standstill and we couldn't get off the (one way in, same way out) buisness park till 8pm due to queing traffic.
And this morning, I got within 300 yards of work, saw the queue, went the other way only to spend 75 mins waiting for idiots over-reving their cars to get up the hill. Had to get out and push the person in front on numerous occasions.
So the North East was just as bad. 2.5 hours to go 7 miles to work may be normal for down south, but is a bloody anoyance for me. And no, I didn't take the Tiv, that's why I insure the rover.
And this morning, I got within 300 yards of work, saw the queue, went the other way only to spend 75 mins waiting for idiots over-reving their cars to get up the hill. Had to get out and push the person in front on numerous occasions.
So the North East was just as bad. 2.5 hours to go 7 miles to work may be normal for down south, but is a bloody anoyance for me. And no, I didn't take the Tiv, that's why I insure the rover.
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