Caporegime
Took the Evoque through ~half a meter of water along a riverbed, was fun, looking for some more rain so i can take the Discovery through something a little deeper.
What have you done to your car today?
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Caporegime
Why do I always end up driving at the same time on the road where the grit trucks does the spraying.....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Soldato
Worst is when you are on the motorway and you either have to go round it or try to avoid it somehow.
I was picking grit out of my bumper the other day and was no where near the grit truck.
I was picking grit out of my bumper the other day and was no where near the grit truck.
Soldato
Changed oil, wipers, pollen and air filters. Hardwired my dash cam fitted a few accessories.
Man of Honour
Made up most of an adapter harness, should have waited until everything was crimped and fitted to the connector housings before the heatsink as the wires crossing isn't ideal but as I have no idea if the experiment will even work properly its not too critical
Fixed (probably temporarily) my small orchestra of suspension squeaks by the simple method of pointing a can of silicon grease at any bushing I could see.
Then realised the worst offender was actually the spring in the arm rest cubby. Aforementioned grease sorted that out too
Then realised the worst offender was actually the spring in the arm rest cubby. Aforementioned grease sorted that out too
Caporegime
Loads of snow here... I knew I should have swapped my wheels over yesterday.
I don't think I'll even be making it safely out of my road on semi-slicks...
I don't think I'll even be making it safely out of my road on semi-slicks...
Soldato
Loads of snow here... I knew I should have swapped my wheels over yesterday.
I don't think I'll even be making it safely out of my road on semi-slicks...
Yeah like 10mm here in horsham. I'm doomed lol.
Man of Honour
Bought some new wiper blades will stick them on before work in the morning and hopefully have a nice smear free windscreen again.
Caporegime
I've never driven in snow. 10MM doesn't sound like it should cause too much of an issue though right? If you go careful.
Caporegime
Now I've driven in snow. Good fun. Semi slicks aren't the best suited tyre though.
e; Oh wait no I drove the old MX5 in the snow before, at that meet. Never mind.
e; Oh wait no I drove the old MX5 in the snow before, at that meet. Never mind.
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Caporegime
Sods law dictates you’ll get stuck in deep snow today and over the weekend and then not need these until December
Caporegime
I did too, half price from ECP.
Man of Honour
I almost got them from there but the list price is £50 and you can buy them everywhere else for under £20 normally, the ECP discounts are great for some things like 5l of premix screenwash for less than £2.50 but in other cases their RRP is daft.
Caporegime
I'm just going to put my "normal" wheels and tyres on, instead of my semi slicks.
I was going to replace them with a winter set but I didn't think I'd need to.
Caporegime
Mine came to £18 with a bottle of screenwash with free DHL delivery, in this weather that i don't need to go fetch it, great value!
I'm just going to put my "normal" wheels and tyres on, instead of my semi slicks.
I was going to replace them with a winter set but I didn't think I'd need to.
My NB was more than a little tail happy the other day in icy conditions, so it did seem prudent to stuff a pair on, though as already stated, we'll probably not have any snow now, or I'll have some white van write off the car in snow whilst I'm feeling smug driving normally.
Man of Honour
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Nearly had a head on collision as a van comes across the road and we both stop 1/2 metre from each other. Then he tries to pull away and nearly slides back into me! Other than that, my little SLK AMG handled the weather well.