Supposedly snow on the way
 

midlands to get some snow over the next few days :)
now where have i heard that before :rolleyes:
oh yes central news .I wonder if they might get it right this time.?

Hmmm probably Granda as we have had the same forecast :wall: :wall: :wall: I am expecting rain as not to get my hopes up again :grr: :grr: :grr:

Liverpool's run out of grit according to the News...

That'll be fun for you..!

FIFE is also out of salt


what are they putting on thier chips then:D

our street has about 8 inches of solid ice on it.... and not a grain of salt has been laid.:rolleyes:

Just started by us,BIG flakes.Mightn,t last long,forcasted to be -6 tonight?

Thats ok as it's over the water :razz:..........................Am in the posh bit aledgeally :D and we still have grit :ihih: as the winsford salt mine is all the cheshires lot's property :devil:

I'd be more than happy with rain. I'm heartily sick of chipping the car out every morning. I hate cold weather at the best of times. Give me a hot beach any day

Gritter,just went past ours.So we must have some reserves?Unless it went passed with just it,s light on?:lol:

Hot peach....:ihih:

can't ya scrape some off the underside of the 90?!?!?!!:p:moon:

The West Sussex CC gritters are brilliant, the roundabout at Patching, where the depot is, just next to the A27 is like Pendine Sands this time of year, you're more likely to spin on the marble sized grit than ever get caught out by the ice or snow...

The rest of the county just fends for itself, under a blacket of sheet ice...

We had -9 last night near Castle Combe in Wiltshire...............

And my winter tyres are gripping like shit to a blanket in this cold weather..............:finger::finger::finger::fing er::finger::finger:

my car thermometer was reading -7 this morning. The works car park was just a sheet of glass. I can't remember it ever being this cold :shocked:

But you're an old fecker, and you're t'oopt'North, I thought it was always -273.15C in your day.......................

I really like this kind of weather myself, cold/frosty/snowy but bright and dry.
Even though I did go arse-over-tit in the car park this morning, much to the mirth of a mate at work! :o

funnily enough I haven't noticed my summer tyres giving me any problems :finger: mind you I am in an Astra at the moment. The Volvo is dead and the lease company is as much as useless trying to get her to the garage.

To cut a long story short:

Last week car develops intermittent problems, all sorts of warning lights. Car fails to start twice.

Call RAC. Arrive and the car starts. Albeit with ABS, traction control and other warnings saying the car needs to be serviced. RAC refuse to take her to garage as she is driveable. I should arrange with dealership to recover car

Decide to treat kids to curry. All pile into Volvo...refuses to start, Emjay proceeds to see own arse :wall::wall:

Phone Volvo Warrington, book car in for service this coming Thursday but they cant recover the car as it's leased and the lease company has to sort it

As I need to get kids back to Nottingham urgently, arrange for hire car after giving up on the Volvo.

Today I phone the lease company, explain the situation. First thing they do is transfer me to RAC. In a queue for ten minutes, swear and give up. Saw my arse :fire::fire:

Phone lease company again and complain. They put me through to fleet service department. They offered to put me through to RAC. I refused point blank and after much discussion made the position totally clear.

1. the car is not driveable
2. RAC won't take her away if she starts up
3. I haven't got any more time to fanny about
4. I want them to arrange to have the car recovered to the dealership
5. I don't want to speak to anybody else aprt from the company collecting the car

Right.....sorted. Get a phone call back about 3.30 from the lease company. They were on the phone as we speak to the RAC and they will recover the car. Fan...bloody..tastic :tup:

How wrong could I have been. RAC man fones me at 6pm tonite. On me way Mr Johnson, be with you in ten. OK

Turns up on time, turns the engine, car starts. A few strange errors but cars starts. The following conversation ensues

"Sorry mate can't take your car, its started"

"You are supposed to take it irrespective, thats what I told Daimler Chrysler I wanted"

"Oh, well I can't take it anyway as I don't have a trailer hitch"

"So what have they (Daimler chrysler) told you?"

"It's a non start roadside assistance"

"Did they tell you you have to take the car to Warrington Volvo?"

"No, why?"

"Because thats what you are here to do, recover the car and take her to Volvo Warrington"

"No I wasn't told that, I was told it's a roadside breakdown and to get you going, as the car works sign here please"

I saw my arse again....tomorrow I am going to see it again and share the experience with Daimler Chrysler :fire::fire::fire::fire::fire::fire::fire:

aye...so old I keep a tartan blanket in t'car just in case :moon:

My 80's road holding is pretty rubbish compared to that of my last car, a Mk3 Cavalier that was tremendous in the snow. The 80 motors along but I daren't do anything remotely silly, as soon as you touch the throttle the wheels just want to spin.

The 90 is worse but the on/off clutch action doesn't help & the tyres are needing replaced - side wall damage to 2 of them, lowish tread on the other 2.

Coldest December since 1995 apparently... remember getting my snow driving practice in my first car - a 1985 Honda Accord. That was great in the snow. Looking forward to good weather again, whenever it comes, 2 weeks away at best according to a BBC weatherman.

I have a waterproof backed tartan dogging blanket in the back, as well as a disney fleece one!!!

Ditch the volvo :devil: and get a proper car:finger:

I am...... it's a beemer next time round :moon:

its snowing here in the pool:tup:

its absolutly chuckin it down now 12:30 am good job i got all that snow driving training in yesterday and sunday as im back to work tomorrow sorry today :tup:

Nowt yet but we are waiting for it! Just been watching ice truckers just in case it gets any worse

nothing yet near Castle Combe......

Got up expecting drifts,the whole of 1 inch on front lawn.Saying that,that,s enough to draw the whole of Merseyside to a stand still.:lol:(Especially the trains)

its here now....chaos getting in to work.....muppets are out doddering along!

You seen the forecast...

You'll be needing those Winter tyres on the Wiltshire Downland tonight and tomorrow!..

by heck....snow flakes the size of dustbin lids here.......that means the gritters do one as usual :wierdo:

Once again we've got nothing! It;s either ooop North or darn Saaarf, and this time we are mainly being piggy in the middle!

And I work in Bath, so snow here at lunchtime, and at home by 6pm.........

"We got a full tank of gas, a fully charged battery, its snowing and I've got winter tyres fitted. Hit it"

It's all your fault, you've been praying for snow ever since you took delivery of those winter tyres! We'd still be having our Indian Summer if it wasn't for you!

And me :p but we have nothing either :grr: :grr:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/e0cc3a17.jpg
outside work, the bridge in the background is the m1

Bollocks! Spoke to soon! Now it's proper started!!

YEAH pea souper here, thats my van after 20 minutes......whoops

loving the reg plate!

Panda,

Did you find out if you went for the Ultrac Sessanta or the Wintrac Extreme on your Q7???