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Oh ****, snow!
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I hope you have a car charger for your phone 
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The issue here is that a lorry has jacknifed ahead, I can see a bit of the motorway across the valey with lots of flashing lights, so theyve not shifted it yet. There's at least 6 inches on the ground, goes up well past my shoes!
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I hope you have a car charger for your phone
Lenovo W510 powers it's USB ports in standby mode, I could browse for a week. Gotta love Enterprise notebooks.
I hope you have a car charger for your phone
Stuff that. I'd be looking at the fuel gauge.
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It's the M6 between 26 and 27 northbound, the only section that's closed. 
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Pinned against the top, filled before I set out. Took from 9:30 to 11 to get here then left the engine on till 1, I can keep it cosy for an hour and a half by running for 15 mins. So that could last all week too.
My worry is I'm down to an inch of Pepsi and 10 or so chocolate cornflake nibbles.
dont eat yellow snow mate its not good
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I'm finally home, 18 hours after leaving Hursley.
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I took the Granada out today, it's a bit lively in the snow to say the least! It's V6 isn't powerful by any stretch but it's a really torquey little mill, just seems intent on spinning up the rear wheels all the time!
Why not try it yourself?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200555006406
OT but everyone's driving has already gone to hell here and there's only a centimetre or two - driving in the middle of the road, no lights on, at 5mph - that kind of jazz. Just frustrating, especially when you're trying to keep up some momentum!
Why not try it yourself?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200555006406
OT but everyone's driving has already gone to hell here and there's only a centimetre or two - driving in the middle of the road, no lights on, at 5mph - that kind of jazz. Just frustrating, especially when you're trying to keep up some momentum!
I took the Granada out today, it's a bit lively in the snow to say the least! It's V6 isn't powerful by any stretch but it's a really torquey little mill, just seems intent on spinning up the rear wheels all the time!
Why not try it yourself?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200555006406
That looks like quite a find for some lucky punter, happy memories, owned one just like that (bar the bodykit) around 10years back.
Tell me about it!
The trick with an artic in snow is to keep your momentum up & brakes off, its SOO damn infuriating to have to slow for prats who can't drive for **** - many of them in 4x4's too which is really getting my Goat!
Morons! the lot of 'em!
That looks like quite a find for some lucky punter, happy memories, owned one just like that (bar the bodykit) around 10years back.
Tell me about it!
The trick with an artic in snow is to keep your momentum up & brakes off, its SOO damn infuriating to have to slow for prats who can't drive for **** - many of them in 4x4's too which is really getting my Goat!
Morons! the lot of 'em!
Fit a snow plough on the front
two birds with one stone, clear the roads and clear the idiots 
I had to drive from my house, up to J26 of the motorway at midnight last night, which was interesting to say the least as its uphill all the way!
Fortunatly my Rallye showed it would be suitable for rally (hur!) and I made it with a full car of passengers passing plenty of stuck cars and people abandoning them.
I had 5 miles to go but had to stop a few times as people ahead were sucking and just wheelspinning from side to side, so rather than lose momentum or get onto a steeper section stopped to get a run at it. Managed to pass 6 cars at once at one point to others amazement.
Michelin PE2 ***!
I guess we had about 6 to 8" of snow in total and at that time all the minor roads it was virgin snow, only the main roads had traffic, which I don't know if it helped or not as it was being compacted into ice. I took the main routes figuring if I got stuck then people would be around to help push! Packed a shovel, bag of rock salt and my work PPE so suitable for the outdoors anyway.
The snow came so quickly even though the roads had been gritted it wasn't effective. I got home at 6 and by 9 there was at least 4-5" of snow. I gritted my drive but it was just swamped and the snow came down ontop of it.
Fortunatly my Rallye showed it would be suitable for rally (hur!) and I made it with a full car of passengers passing plenty of stuck cars and people abandoning them.
I had 5 miles to go but had to stop a few times as people ahead were sucking and just wheelspinning from side to side, so rather than lose momentum or get onto a steeper section stopped to get a run at it. Managed to pass 6 cars at once at one point to others amazement.
Michelin PE2 ***!
I guess we had about 6 to 8" of snow in total and at that time all the minor roads it was virgin snow, only the main roads had traffic, which I don't know if it helped or not as it was being compacted into ice. I took the main routes figuring if I got stuck then people would be around to help push! Packed a shovel, bag of rock salt and my work PPE so suitable for the outdoors anyway.
The snow came so quickly even though the roads had been gritted it wasn't effective. I got home at 6 and by 9 there was at least 4-5" of snow. I gritted my drive but it was just swamped and the snow came down ontop of it.