+ 1, good advice there.
My M3 is parked up for the winter and the Mondeo is seeing winter action.
Who has hung their keys up for the winter?
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+ 1, good advice there.
My M3 is parked up for the winter and the Mondeo is seeing winter action.
Dont get too much snow down here in Southampton but there was never a time were I thought I was going to slide off the road or unable to finish my trip.
Didnt encounter many steep hills either so no probs with that.
Had slight difficulty getting on the GF's drive way but nothing serious and on holiday in Devon this year we had some snow which had me crawling up a hill very slowly but still going forward.
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IMO it's other road user's abilities I have little faith rather than my own.
I could drive as carefully as humanly possible but it doesn't stop someone rear ending me.
But all the same, I'll be doing a fair amount of miles this week seeing friends.
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Hang up my keys for winter?! What and use public transport?! LOLOLOLOL! 
That hilarity aside, why would I want to hang my keys up?
That hilarity aside, why would I want to hang my keys up?
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Nope, why would I?
Not hanging my keys up, nope. That said, this afternoon I tried getting out of my street in the car and it was hopeless, I barely moved 10 ft on the road at the bottom of my drive ( there is an incline that heads up towards the end of the road to the main road ). So I gave up and then struggled to get back into my drive again. Wasn't helped by the complete knob in the house over the road who parked directly opposite my drive albeit on the other side of the road. I had to knock his door and ask him to move his car as I couldn't get out because of the position his old shed was sat at. He got very stroppy and we ended up having a bit of an argument ( that's putting it mildly ).
Eventually moved his shed and this allowed me to take a different cut at getting out but as I said, once on the street it was a no-go and I had to give up. Rest of the street was similar. I then went out with a shovel and cleared the street at the end of my drive. Ended up helping a neighbour down the road who just sat and spun her wheels in her Focus soft-top. She had to give up getting out of the street too, and all I could do was clear snow for her to allow her to get back into her drive. No grit in the yellow grit bin left and as it is a private estate, no council gritters have been down it to clear it.
If I can get out the street tomorrow on a second attempt, I'm off to B&Q or somewhere similar to see if they have any road salt for sale although I would doubt I'm the only one in the market for such stuff just now.
Thankfully off work on annual leave just now but if it is still as bad as this when I'm due back on Sunday morning, I'll do my 18 mile commute on my mountain bike. More chance of actually getting to work on it than if I take the car. All day all you could hear was the sound of wheels spinning on snow up and down the street.
Buying a new car in 2011 and if this is the sign of winters to come, it's definitely going to be a 4x4 in some shape or form.
Oh, and I haven't been out on the RSV in the past few days either.
).Eventually moved his shed and this allowed me to take a different cut at getting out but as I said, once on the street it was a no-go and I had to give up. Rest of the street was similar. I then went out with a shovel and cleared the street at the end of my drive. Ended up helping a neighbour down the road who just sat and spun her wheels in her Focus soft-top. She had to give up getting out of the street too, and all I could do was clear snow for her to allow her to get back into her drive. No grit in the yellow grit bin left and as it is a private estate, no council gritters have been down it to clear it.
If I can get out the street tomorrow on a second attempt, I'm off to B&Q or somewhere similar to see if they have any road salt for sale although I would doubt I'm the only one in the market for such stuff just now.
Thankfully off work on annual leave just now but if it is still as bad as this when I'm due back on Sunday morning, I'll do my 18 mile commute on my mountain bike. More chance of actually getting to work on it than if I take the car. All day all you could hear was the sound of wheels spinning on snow up and down the street.
Buying a new car in 2011 and if this is the sign of winters to come, it's definitely going to be a 4x4 in some shape or form.
Oh, and I haven't been out on the RSV in the past few days either.
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The way I see it personally is not necessarily a lack of faith in one's driving abilities, but understanding and accepting that their car is not really suited to driving in bad conditions.
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Buying a new car in 2011 and if this is the sign of winters to come, it's definitely going to be a 4x4 in some shape or form.
Or just get the right tyres for whatever you have now if consistent snow is going to be a big thing for you.
Fox m8, tyre choice would not have made much of difference to anyone in the street today other than if someone had decided to fit snow specific ones. Anyway, I've been hankering after a Chelsea tractor for a while now - must be getting old....lol. The guy a few doors down with the Shogun was looking quite smug today, it has to be said.
I take your point though. The last few winters we have had around here have been absolutely awful and if I wasn't going down the 4x4 route I'd be considering snow tyres for the car to swap over from the current tyres till it gets back to normal weather again.
On a side note - Snow covered dangerous roads?. Try driving a fire appliance at 02:30am to a fire with "persons reported" and on the way, fire control come on the mainscheme radio to tell you "we are receiving repeated calls to this incident and FYI this is a confirmed persons reported" on roads that normally you wouldn't dare take a vehicle onto. Now that gets your backside twitching.
I take your point though. The last few winters we have had around here have been absolutely awful and if I wasn't going down the 4x4 route I'd be considering snow tyres for the car to swap over from the current tyres till it gets back to normal weather again.
On a side note - Snow covered dangerous roads?. Try driving a fire appliance at 02:30am to a fire with "persons reported" and on the way, fire control come on the mainscheme radio to tell you "we are receiving repeated calls to this incident and FYI this is a confirmed persons reported" on roads that normally you wouldn't dare take a vehicle onto. Now that gets your backside twitching.
I've not driven the 7 since the end of September, though mainly because I need (i.e. want) to do quite a bit of work on it before next year. I used it through the winter last year on the dry/sunny days. It takes a special kind of mindset to leave a nice warm house for a car with no windscreen or heater in this weather
Just learn to moderate your throttle input. It isn't an F1 car.
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Scandanavian countries and Alpine areas manage it year after year without 4x4s or any silliness. Just comes with a bit of driver education and sensible preparation.
On a side note - Snow covered dangerous roads?. Try driving a fire appliance at 02:30am to a fire with "persons reported" and on the way, fire control come on the mainscheme radio to tell you "we are receiving repeated calls to this incident and FYI this is a confirmed persons reported" on roads that normally you wouldn't dare take a vehicle onto. Now that gets your backside twitching.
You guys genuinelly are awesome
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I'd rather take my car to work than leave it on the street, there has been two collision already due to numptys that slam the brakes on rather than just pootling down the street in 2nd.
I've not driven in snow before so I can't say i'm looking forward to when it eventually does arrive here, especially given the state of the driving of some of the ***** I encounter on my way to work as it is but i'm just planning on taking it slow and steady rather than abandoning my car until March.
No, but it is a 1700KG, RWD automatic barge with wide tyres and what is easily approaching 300bhp. All the moderate throttle input in the world is not going to make unexpectedly hitting black ice fun in this thing fun.
Sorry Joshy but I think you're wrong. Nobody said anything about it being fun, we are talking about being in reasonable control of the car. You need to learn genuine throttle control and become more sensitive with your inputs.
It will come with time and experience.
If my Mrs can drive a 200SX on Marshall Powermax tyres in the snow then I'm pretty sure that in time you can manage the Soarer.