Mundane News

[LeetleGreyCells]

-5 C this morning.

 

[biggs682]

Looks like a lot of windscreen scraping will be required..

Ah the beauty of owning a 10 + year old Ford with heated screens

I will be in the car today folks so be warned and take care

 

[EltonFrog]

The top of the morning to ya.

Nice cup of tea.

 

[screenman]

Looks like a lot of windscreen scraping will be required..

Not for me, car stays in a nice warm garage. Now I should not have been so smug there as I just remembered I have 3 windscreens booked in at my first customer this morning, blast.

 

[Andy in Germany]

-7 degrees.

Ice all over the road.

Heavy spiked tyres.

Pitch dark.

And still I'm plotting ways to ride a little bit longer...

 

[Illaveago]

Morning! Is everything hunky dory where you are today ? It is -6 C here with a lovely pink sky forming .

 

[Lullabelle]

People laugh at us for owning a mini, we are the ones laughing now because it lives in the garage-we don't have to scrape the windows in the morning

 

[fossyant]

Colleague didn't come in yesterday in his Range Rover Evoque - nearly crashed twice so went home. I somehow managed fine in a 17 year old saloon car ?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Colleague didn't come in yesterday in his Range Rover Evoque - nearly crashed twice so went home. I somehow managed fine in a 17 year old saloon car ?

I had similar experiences in college: the people who were most often late were those who came by car. It was always "Traffic jams" in summer and snow + traffic in winter.

 

[Illaveago]

It is now -3 C.

The old Mini's were fun to drive in the snow .

 

[Levo-Lon]

It is now -3 C.

The old Mini's were fun to drive in the snow .

They were fun period..

 

[Levo-Lon]

We were minus 6 ,warming a bit but a beautiful stunning morning.
I love this weather,makes you feel alive

 

[Deleted member 26715]

[QUOTE 5520557, member: 9609"]It is something that I have taken notice of for quite some time - when there is adverse weather the vehicle stuck in the hedge or upside down in the field is very often the 4x4
My guess is they are so good at going forward with all wheel drive plus all the electronic traction control gizmos that the driver is less aware the road surface is slippery. Unfortunately when it comes to bends the tech still can't over rule the laws of physics.[/QUOTE]
Quite often it's the width of the tyres, they try to ride on top of the snow/ice rather than cutting into it like narrow tyres do, also as you say the gizmo's you can still be travelling forward at 30mph with all 4 wheels locked up & as far as the car is concerned you're stopped.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 5520557, member: 9609"]It is something that I have taken notice of for quite some time - when there is adverse weather the vehicle stuck in the hedge or upside down in the field is very often the 4x4
My guess is they are so good at going forward with all wheel drive plus all the electronic traction control gizmos that the driver is less aware the road surface is slippery. Unfortunately when it comes to bends the tech still can't over rule the laws of physics.[/QUOTE]
It's more down to the stupid tyres some people fit to them, too wide and not enough tread to bite through the snow.

 

[raleighnut]

Quite often it's the width of the tyres, they try to ride on top of the snow/ice rather than cutting into it like narrow tyres do, also as you say the gizmo's you can still be travelling forward at 30mph with all 4 wheels locked up & as far as the car is concerned you're stopped.

Great minds and all that.