A perfect car for the snow :-)
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It was a bit of a stupid idea but after buying my second Chimaera 450 two weeks ago and not wanting to store it in England till the spring time and then drive it over to Austria where i have been living since 11 years i decided to take a chance and drove it over last week.
Everything was going great till i hit the Black Forest which is by Stuttgart. As the snow started to fall heavier and my heart started to beat faster for the first time since 10 hours my girlfriend was quiet. To say i was in total concentration would be an understatment. I can now say from experience that TVR'S were not built for driving in the snow :-)
Anyway luckily for us the snow turned into rain and we thought we were out of trouble until one hour later and short before the Austrian boarder it started snowing again but this time it fell so quick. It was clear to see that the motorway lane looked better than any of the exits (which had not been cleared) and made getting of the motorway harder than trying to keep the car in a straight line and moving forwards. Thank god that once again as we hit lower ground the snow turned to rain. To keep a long story shot it was an experience that i will not be wanting to do again and we were so so happy to get the car eventually safely back home and tucked away in my garage. That is until the last snow is well and truely gone and i can give it a blast over the mountain passes. Can't wait :-) :-)
P.s I would love to hear of anyone else's adventures.
Everything was going great till i hit the Black Forest which is by Stuttgart. As the snow started to fall heavier and my heart started to beat faster for the first time since 10 hours my girlfriend was quiet. To say i was in total concentration would be an understatment. I can now say from experience that TVR'S were not built for driving in the snow :-)
Anyway luckily for us the snow turned into rain and we thought we were out of trouble until one hour later and short before the Austrian boarder it started snowing again but this time it fell so quick. It was clear to see that the motorway lane looked better than any of the exits (which had not been cleared) and made getting of the motorway harder than trying to keep the car in a straight line and moving forwards. Thank god that once again as we hit lower ground the snow turned to rain. To keep a long story shot it was an experience that i will not be wanting to do again and we were so so happy to get the car eventually safely back home and tucked away in my garage. That is until the last snow is well and truely gone and i can give it a blast over the mountain passes. Can't wait :-) :-)
P.s I would love to hear of anyone else's adventures.
Only ever driven a 1.6 Fiesta in the snow and that was bad enough! Can't imagine what it must be like in a Chimaera. Will certainly never take mine out in the snow. Glad you got yours home safely - there seems to have been a lot on here damaged in the snow recently.
I have always wondered what an Evo or Scooby would be like in the snow, or maybe even the new Nissan GTR (which i REALLY want).
I have always wondered what an Evo or Scooby would be like in the snow, or maybe even the new Nissan GTR (which i REALLY want).
I realise that it's your occupation John, but your log-in name is simply a gift to some of our chest-beating, Griffith-owning, second-cousins-removed
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None the less, I upset someone on here last week (calm down dear, its only a TVR chatroom) when I challenged his statement that only an idiot would drive a Chimaera in the snow and, to be honest, it is not wise to do so unless you know what you're doing and are assured that the tyres are up to scratch (or slide, as such).
.None the less, I upset someone on here last week (calm down dear, its only a TVR chatroom) when I challenged his statement that only an idiot would drive a Chimaera in the snow and, to be honest, it is not wise to do so unless you know what you're doing and are assured that the tyres are up to scratch (or slide, as such).
To be honest the condition of the tyres don't really come into question because no matter how good the tyres are they will never be as good as a proper winter tyre which have a completely different rubber compound and profile and are law as of the 1st of November every year in Austria. But anyway as i'm only looking to drive it in the summer i will not be needing these.
We still have the snow tyres we used to use on the escort, these tyres have a real deep chunky tread pattern with metal spikes for the ice.
Hmmmm........... escort............ford hubs.......... I wonder
I'm now keeping my fingers crossed for lots of snow this year so I can find out if they fit haha, or should I just fit them anyway and take some pictures?
Hmmmm........... escort............ford hubs.......... I wonder
I'm now keeping my fingers crossed for lots of snow this year so I can find out if they fit haha, or should I just fit them anyway and take some pictures?
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