MK9R
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:01 AM |
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Snow tw@ts II
Driving at 5mph with 30 cars stuck behind, none of whom can get up enough speed to get up the next hill due to the snow tw@t!!! Saw a woman this
morning doing just this with her face pressed up against the windscreen causing havoc!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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scootz
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:02 AM |
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Was her face pressed against the windscreen cos she'd only cleared at 10cm2 of ice?
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Was her face pressed against the windscreen cos she'd only cleared at 10cm2 of ice?
Without wishing to be sexist this is the standard position that the less confident female drivers seem to adpot; I often see them hunched over the
steering wheel with their nose virtually on the screen.
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scootz
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:13 AM |
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How to turn a 20mph shunt into a trip to the Neurosurgery ward!
It's Evolution Baby!
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nick205
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:25 AM |
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...or the other form of snow tw8t who refuses to stay in line when everyone else is going nice and steady with good gaps and decides he has to
overtake all and anyone on straights, bends, hills - anywhere.
I felt like pulling out on him to show him where the hedge was - I managed to stop myself 
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deezee
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:50 AM |
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I too spent 10 minutes of my morning commute stuck behind a woman who chose to panic and stop everytime an vehicle came the other way down the country
roads. Awesome 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 11:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
...or the other form of snow tw8t who refuses to stay in line when everyone else is going nice and steady with good gaps and decides he has to
overtake all and anyone on straights, bends, hills - anywhere.
I felt like pulling out on him to show him where the hedge was - I managed to stop myself
well everyone’s different, can't say I hang around behind a queue of traffic that's crawling.
Quite funny, yesterday I was happily towing a loaded double axle trailer with 17inch low profiles on the Bluebird through snowed in housing estates
picking up furniture and look of disbelief on some of their faces when they couldn’t even get their cars out and here’s some guy towing a trailer! 
What is so difficult about driving on snow??
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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MK9R
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
...or the other form of snow tw8t who refuses to stay in line when everyone else is going nice and steady with good gaps and decides he has to
overtake all and anyone on straights, bends, hills - anywhere.
I felt like pulling out on him to show him where the hedge was - I managed to stop myself
well everyone’s different, can't say I hang around behind a queue of traffic that's crawling.
Quite funny, yesterday I was happily towing a loaded double axle trailer with 17inch low profiles on the Bluebird through snowed in housing estates
picking up furniture and look of disbelief on some of their faces when they couldn’t even get their cars out and here’s some guy towing a trailer!
What is so difficult about driving on snow??
I did try and go out in my mondeo first this morning and it was terrible, i could not get any traction at all, even just letting clutch out with no
revs at all the wheels just started to spin. I got stuck on the brow of a hill, where as the astra behind even managed to get started again after i
blocked their path. I eventually got it going with a piece of carpet, got home, dumped it and used the Disco!!! I suppose i should have realised the
mondeo tyres were rubbish as i slipped off my drive and bounced off the neighbors house!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:23 PM |
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quote:
with her face pressed up against the windscreen causing havoc!!
She was THAT ugly?
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A1
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:39 PM |
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it is hilarious watching all the beemers and mercs completely stuck with their wheels spinning... while we pull out of a parking space on the same
hill with a048s on, no wheelspin or anything
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trikerneil
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:40 PM |
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My Mondeo has been great in the snow - so far.
I was around Basingstoke the night the snow caused havoc, there were abandoned BMWs Mercs and Porsches all over the place.
I just chugged on through no probs.
Neil
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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MK9R
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trikerneil
My Mondeo has been great in the snow - so far.
I was around Basingstoke the night the snow caused havoc, there were abandoned BMWs Mercs and Porsches all over the place.
I just chugged on through no probs.
Neil
Not blaming the mondeo, its the 3/4 worn kumho ecsta sports causing the lack of grip
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 12:55 PM |
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my civic is proving to be awful in the snow (probably something to do with 225 tyres  )
but I was astonded the other day when i was forced to drive at the edge of the road through about 10" of the stuff because the bloke in a
rangerover coming the other way refused to move across off the clear bit....
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 01:04 PM |
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no point me making yet another snow related thread but is anybody cycling about still?
I've got a short 10 miles a day commute on my bike and I've just started again after my winter holiday.
I managed to get halfway up the hill into town with my legs going at 5000rpm before I started to go backwards
Craig
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 01:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
no point me making yet another snow related thread but is anybody cycling about still?
I've got a short 10 miles a day commute on my bike and I've just started again after my winter holiday.
I managed to get halfway up the hill into town with my legs going at 5000rpm before I started to go backwards
surely MB mud tyres are the thing to have. Last year I was using my racing bike in the snow which was ok except trying to stop, that was a bit hairy
at points.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 01:22 PM |
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its a racing bike im using now, slick tyres and all. Can't afford a mtb - I'm pretty sure this makes me a snow tw@t...
Craig
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nick205
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 01:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
...or the other form of snow tw8t who refuses to stay in line when everyone else is going nice and steady with good gaps and decides he has to
overtake all and anyone on straights, bends, hills - anywhere.
I felt like pulling out on him to show him where the hedge was - I managed to stop myself
well everyone’s different, can't say I hang around behind a queue of traffic that's crawling.
No one was crawling, simply keeping good pace @ 40mph on a snowy/icey, windy cross-country A road. The pen1s in case chose to overtake multiple cars
at a go on straights, bends and hills - places you wouldn't overtake in good conditions.
Like a say a pen1s in my book
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 02:01 PM |
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It's all about driving for the conditions. As has already been said, it's not a big deal driving in snow and ice, just common sense. I was
tootling up a rather steep hill on the way to work about 20mph and steady, no throttle, no brakes, just pootling nicely. Mr Audi behind thought I was
going too slow so decided to try and force me on a bit....soon dropped back when he started swinging left and right trying to get some grip,
especially when their was a van coming the other way on a road that is only just 2-cars wide.
Once you lose traction that's it, so my theory is not to lose it in the first place. It still amazes me how many people think that they can burn
away the snow and ice by revving the gits out of their cars!
Hey ho...
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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mcerd1
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 02:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
its a racing bike im using now, slick tyres and all. Can't afford a mtb - I'm pretty sure this makes me a snow tw@t...
what not even an old s/h steel framed lump ?
(I'm sure I could find you one if you where a bit closer)
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 02:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
what not even an old s/h steel framed lump ?
(I'm sure I could find you one if you where a bit closer)
not when I could spend Ł50 on finishing the brakes off on the dax
[Edited on 11/1/10 by cd.thomson]
Craig
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 03:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
It still amazes me how many people think that they can burn away the snow and ice by revving the gits out of their cars!
Hey ho...
Sounds like my dads approach which totally fails so far he’s not managed up his drive and blames the car but its just a normal FWD…it his
driving that’s the problem and its his trailer that I borrowed at the weekend, then parked back where it was at the top of his drive
Like you say, just put down as much power as your grip can take and you'll keep going. This is where the fine control of an automatic gearbox
comes into its own ;o)
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Danozeman
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 04:36 PM |
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There are some right nutters about in this weather. Iv had no problems at all in my bmw apart from lack of grip due to the 265's on the back.
But slow and steady and i have no trouble.
The hill going into where i work people have abandoned cars at the bottom because they cant get up. Iv towed 3 van several vans up there with a fwd
transit and not got stuck yet. As said dont let the driving wheels lose traction then your ok.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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segan2b
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 04:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
no point me making yet another snow related thread but is anybody cycling about still?
I've got a short 10 miles a day commute on my bike and I've just started again after my winter holiday.
I managed to get halfway up the hill into town with my legs going at 5000rpm before I started to go backwards
Wrong tyres?
 
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DAN-MNR-ZX12R
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 06:38 PM |
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My mercs toss in the snow, not helped by the fact that I cant turn my interfering traction controll or stbility control off compleatly.
As soon as I start to loose traction the car reduces the power to the wheels untill they stop spinning (which is wheels stopped compleatly) then the
stability control assumes that if my back end is spinning I must be in a slide and applies the front brakes to compensate.
So to summeries the car stops the rear wheels from turning and puts the front brakes on and leaves me in the missuses corsa. ACE!!
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stevebubs
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| posted on 11/1/10 at 07:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DAN-MNR-ZX12R
My mercs toss in the snow, not helped by the fact that I cant turn my interfering traction controll or stbility control off compleatly.
As soon as I start to loose traction the car reduces the power to the wheels untill they stop spinning (which is wheels stopped compleatly) then the
stability control assumes that if my back end is spinning I must be in a slide and applies the front brakes to compensate.
So to summeries the car stops the rear wheels from turning and puts the front brakes on and leaves me in the missuses corsa. ACE!!
Try turning it off, perhaps?
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