OMG NO KAOS?

[willswitchengage]

Yes it still won't let me edit my posts, that's meant to be fordperv's picture of a light dusting

[brickwall]

I was just saying on another forum that it has been beautiful up here today and I even wore a t-shirt for a while.

[skattrd]

2" of snow on the cars when I got up this morning. Cleared it off the Volvo and boring, came back late afternoon and theres another 2" of snow on the boring. No pics cos I'm crap and its now dark ... I'll try and remember to take pics next time.

 

As for winter tyres, I drive 1000+ miles a week and this time of year feel a lot happier knowing I've got decent grip underneath me.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Never mind winter tyres- I'd bet serious money that the majority of UK drivers haven't checked the tyre pressures within the last 6 months.

 

I have to drive to Liverpool tomorrow for a job interview, and I am really surprised by the fact that the Snake Pass seems to have remained open. Last year it managed to close about 3 seconds after the first flake had landed.

[Vanny]

You lot where lucky then we had the forecast 10 cm here in Coventry.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh no, wait, the BBC scare mongering team got it completely bloody wrong, and banged on about it for four days!

[JohnDeere]

About an inch overnight in Fenland - a mostly uneventful drive to Ely at 6 this morning taking it easy on the bends. Only exciting* part was braking from 15mph to turn into Angel Drove car park near the station and the car decided to continue straight ahead for another five metres. Just shows that ice can lurk when you least expect it.

[Lord Sterling]

Absolutely F-all here in the Midlands but a pathetic light dusting of snow. The BBC were on about an 'amber alert' or something or other having been called. I was hoping to be sent home early but alas it didn't happen, I doubt it will to be honest.

[Ben_L]

Absolutely F-all here in the Midlands but a pathetic light dusting of snow. The BBC were on about an 'amber alert' or something or other having been called. I was hoping to be sent home early but alas it didn't happen, I doubt it will to be honest.

 

L.S, on my BBC news app on my phone, they're calling the "Amber Alert" something truly daily mail like "One step away from National Emergency*". Truly pathetic, it's a bit of snow, so slow down, put a jacket on and make sure your Bovril is the correct temperature before drinking it. We'll all get by without the Beeb telling us our light dusting is "One step away" from the Forest Fires of 'Oz.

[Mr Lobster]

Surprising amount here in Burnley this morning although almost all gone now.

 

Unsurprising amount of mongs in the spray / snow mix dawdling along at 45/ 50mph on the motorway without any lights or seemingly demisted windows either.

 

Re Winter tyres. Well worth the money and the extra surefootedness is useful in cold temperatures. If your car is a long term keeper anyway then the extra expense is not that great as whilst the winter tyres are fitted the 'summer' tyres are sat nice and dry and not wearing out.

 

As long as you bear in mind they are winter tyres and not magic-go-anywhere-at-any-speed tyres then you'll be fine.

[dollywobbler]

To be honest, I've not had a chance to really test the winter tyres on my BX TD yet. They've been astonishingly good at all other times though. Not sure how they'd handle a heatwave but I live in Wales, so this event is unlikely. Might just leave them on all year. Quite handy having two BXs for side-by-side comparison. The summer tyres on the other BX are noticably crapper - though they're noticably more worn too. What tyres to buy for that though? Tempted by all-seasons - best of both worlds and yet another avenue for endless internet discussion (sorry...).

[pompei]

Took 4 hours to do a 20 mile return trip today Mind you, it was to Caister, which is (IIRC) the highest point in Lincolnshire. Never seen so many fuckwits out on the roads.

 

The return journey was slow because, according to Sally Traffic, a bus had been in a collision in Grimsby town centre Motorists were abandoning their vehicles on the A180

 

Why oh why ... plenty of warning ... no sign of gritters ... etc etc

[Ben_L]

Tempted by all-seasons - best of both worlds and yet another avenue for endless internet discussion (sorry...).

 

No point in these apparantly... From what I've heard, Winter Tyres/Snow/Mud 'n snow tyres have to meet certain criteria. But calling them "All Seasons" has no bearing on how they'll handle as there's no rules/guidelines on them. They could be £24.99 ATS specials with "All Seasons" on the side...

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Buy Michelin Energys. They are a bit shit, but you won't be needing any new tyres until the car's become an Indesit. Seriously, they just refuse to wear out. One of mine has been there for absolutely ages (probably from three owners ago), the sidewall's starting to crumble due to age but there's still about 472348230423mm of tread left.

 

I've read some good reviews on All Season tyres...I think Vredestein and Hankook do them, certainly wouldn't trust a no-name brand for them.

[barmatt]

I was just saying on another forum that it has been beautiful up here today and I even wore a t-shirt for a while.

 

I saw someone post that on LZ earlier, would that be you?? L_____789????

[Albert Ross]

Took 4 hours to do a 20 mile return trip today Mind you, it was to Caister, which is (IIRC) the highest point in Lincolnshire. Never seen so many fuckwits out on the roads.

 

The return journey was slow because, according to Sally Traffic, a bus had been in a collision in Grimsby town centre Motorists were abandoning their vehicles on the A180 :roll:

 

Why oh why ... plenty of warning ... no sign of gritters ... etc etc

 

[pedant]Ermmm...Caister is coastal, near Great Yarmouth. Caistor is North Lincolnshire.....[/pedant]

[Station]

Little snow in leamington yesterday, quite cold, quite warm now though.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Amazingly, the Snakepass was open.

 

Unsurprisingly, people in vans/Tourans/Audis were driving'em like they'd stolen'em, never mind the narrow lanes and snowy verges.

[wuvvum]

It snowed quite heavily for about an hour and a half over lunchtime, which was enough to cause complete pandemonium on the roads. First casualty was a stupid Mercedes bendy bus which couldn't get up the slight hill outside the office and ended up completely blocking the road (which is part of the inner ring road so fairly busy), then it got worse and worse until Corsa Cs and 106s were getting stuck. Then it was announced that some of the bus routes were being partially suspended as the buses couldn't get through. It's stopped snowing now and the sun is out, so it'll probably all be melted by home time - I'm sure that still won't stop half the population driving at 18mph though.

[trigger]

It's been coming down quite heavy for 10 minutes now, I can see more twats crashing their cars, there's been 30 reported accidents this morning already in Ipswich according to the radio.

 

[wuvvum]

It's absolute fucking pandemonium in Norwich at the moment. The entire city has been gridlocked since lunchtime. A colleague who left off at 1.15 to take her dog to the vets phoned in at 4.45 - she'd just got in the front door of her house, five miles from the office.

 

Trigger - your avatar made me do a LOL.

[splatthefat]

I can second Wuvvum's comments, took me 35 mins to get home from Angry Square (small shopping center, a bit like a live version of Jeremy Kyle), a distance of about half a mile.

[barmatt]

It's absolute fucking pandemonium in Norwich at the moment. The entire city has been gridlocked since lunchtime. A colleague who left off at 1.15 to take her dog to the vets phoned in at 4.45 - she'd just got in the front door of her house, five miles from the office.

 

Trigger - your avatar made me do a LOL.

 

It was chaos in Fakenham this afternoon aswell. I saw 2 crashes in the space of 1 mile caused by people driving too fast and then slamming the brakes on and a couple of others on the road side that must have happened shortly before I passed.

 

I ended up dragging 2 vans up Barsham hill as they had got to the bottom and were getting nowhere fast, so that's my good deed out of the way for this year

[vulgalour]

I don't think it's just the snow that's causing it, there wasn't any snow happening or on the road when we went to Walsall today but there were 3 crashes in the course of about 130 miles.

[barmatt]

I don't think it's just the snow that's causing it, there wasn't any snow happening or on the road when we went to Walsall today but there were 3 crashes in the course of about 130 miles.

 

According to North Norfolk radio there was 63 car crashes here today that required the police to attend, that's about a years worth for this area.

[OwdChina]

Oh well...............here we go again....

 

 

Only just got rid of the last load

[Rocket88]

We're supposed to get "some" on Friday....over here. 3 flakes is enough to cancel the buses, close the schools, and clear the supermarket shelves.......and then all the the blonde bimbo fuckwits in 4 x 4s start getting stuck.

[Albert Ross]

I recall a particularly heavy winter of 89/90, I was in North Wales, working at a Land Rover specialists. I was called out to recover our recovery truck (merc 508/9) which had lost it's clutch, at the foot of (I think) Nercwys Hill. I was on my back, underneath it, trying to realign the gearbox onto the clutch/engine. Ice cold meltwater running down my back, I was freezing my cock off. Yes, the surface of the road was quite slippery due to the previous week's snowfall and subsequent thaw. I was alerted to the fact someone wanted me by the noise of an impatiently prodded Japanesey sounding horn. I rolled out, all 6 foot and 18 stone of me, and "enquired as to what the commotion might have been".... Some posh bint in a Fourtrak .... "Eeeew Heleeeew, do you know how to put this if four whhhheeeeeel Drive"? Yes. I Thrust my furry, gritty, oily hand thus towards her left knee, and pushed the button marked "4WD". I charged her £20 and fucked off back under the Merc. Not a thankyou or fuck all. I hope she crashed. Posh bint.

[OwdChina]

Well, it's still snowin.....and gettin deeper.....despite the snow ploughs an salt etc.

Think i'll use the redneck swamp mobile to go into work tonight.

[drum]

Bugger all here but I still had to help push a transit and a wee Japanese thing up a gentle incline. Young plonker offered to push the Japanese thing with his car which is "quite good in the snow". He said he would put cardboard between the bumpers to prevent damage

I managed to dissuade him of this folly.

[wuvvum]

Some posh bint in a Fourtrak .... "Eeeew Heleeeew, do you know how to put this if four whhhheeeeeel Drive"? Yes. I Thrust my furry, gritty, oily hand thus towards her left knee, and pushed the button marked "4WD".

Didn't that era of Fourtrak have manual free-wheeling hubs as well?