Bloody snow

[219]

What is this snow everyone is going on about ?

Taken outside moments ago

Best regards from sunny Glasgow

 

[Charles Morgan]

That has to be a fake - sun and no precipitation in Glasgow!

 

[Borys]

He he

 

[brucemillar]

Just starting to snow in North Kent.

The temperature retained in the ground here from the over-fueling of BBQ's (these are the most common form of cooking appliance in Kent) means that snow may have trouble lying.

 

[300CE]

Now at home as i took the scoot into work today (Kingston) and it started snowing at about half 8 so convinced the boss that it's going to be a mare getting back home to Kent (where it's currently light but steady). Checking work mail from home, in between surfing the net of course

 

[nigel cross]

Now at home as i took the scoot into work today (Kingston) and it started snowing at about half 8 so convinced the boss that it's going to be a mare getting back home to Kent (where it's currently light but steady). Checking work mail from home, in between surfing the net of course

Very wise starting to really settle in Surbiton

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Getting worried - very worried.

a) No winter tyres because I only cover 5-6k a year and don't do a daily commute, so find it difficult to justify the cost.

b) Wonder how well the original equipment tyres will cope with the snow - not tried them yet.

c) How delicate can I be controlling the 306bhp being pushed through those wide rear tyres?

d) Had the outlaws staying with us for the last 4 months and they're due to fly home on Sunday - Will Heathrow be open?

e) Will the roads and no winter tyres allow me to drive from Peterborough to LHR and back?

f) The biggest concern of all: Will I ever get rid of the outlaws?

 

[Satch]

255 40 at bank and 225 45 both 17s at front. It's Falken winter tyres. Middle of road. I notice most here are running premium brands?

How new are they? Can take between 300-500km for winter tyres to start doing their stuff to the full.

They obviously need to lose the mould release compound and get roughed up a bit but a lot of the grip comes from the sipes cut into the tyres allowing the rubber to conform to the road surface and that takes a little while.

 

[Borys]

Thats a reason/s to get drunk

 

[Bellow]

How new are they? Can take between 300-500km for winter tyres to start doing their stuff to the full.

They obviously need to lose the mould release compound and get roughed up a bit but a lot of the grip comes from the sipes cut into the tyres allowing the rubber to conform to the road surface and that takes a little while.

Mine were good straight from the box.
If they hadn't been, I wouldn't have got home when I had them fitted.

 

[GP801]

Getting worried - very worried.

a) No winter tyres because I only cover 5-6k a year and don't do a daily commute, so find it difficult to justify the cost.

b) Wonder how well the original equipment tyres will cope with the snow - not tried them yet.

c) How delicate can I be controlling the 306bhp being pushed through those wide rear tyres?

d) Had the outlaws staying with us for the last 4 months and they're due to fly home on Sunday - Will Heathrow be open?

e) Will the roads and no winter tyres allow me to drive from Peterborough to LHR and back?

f) The biggest concern of all: Will I ever get rid of the outlaws?

Heathrow is open albeit with delays. The motorways are running fine down here. In fact better than normal because so few people have made the effort to travel/work. Was on the Surrey section of the M25 earlier and it was soooo quiet.

 

[mika]

No snow on the south coast of Kent ..yet
bitterly cold though -2 oC

 

[Palfrem]

No work today?

Cough, cough - Working from Home John.

All our Depots are closed and those that can have been sanctioned to WFH.

Just spent best part of 2.5 hours from Solihull to Edgbaston and back to collect Mrs P from her work. She refuses point blank to drive in snow.

 

[artyman]

Walked to the local garage/store arrived at the checkout to discover I'd left my wallet at home, trudge back in the snow to collect wallet and return to garage. Then spent an hour clearing the driveway and car of snow. Was planning a trip to Newhaven tomorrow to visit wifes brother, not sure if that will be advisable. I'm another low mileage non commuting summer only tyres driver.

 

[st13phil]

Slough coming to a halt now - just too many unprepared fools out there.

I drove from Princes Risborough to Bicester around noon and the unprepared fools seem to have managed to vacate Slough and migrate north-west - either that or they have brothers and sisters elsewhere

The A41 east of Bicester was most amusing: the quite substantial snowfall had been compacted and had become polished ice. I quite enjoyed being able to stop and steer in my Conti TS830P-shod W212 as people in Clio's, Ka's and the like slithered about

We now have around 4-5 inches of the white stuff where I live and unlike in 2010 when I couldn't get up the minor incline out onto the main road in my W204 with summer tyres without assistance, the W212 takes it in its stride. Very impressed

 

[st4]

195s on a car with 250kg over the front axle and no problems. kg for kg I'm running wider than you are. Perhaps your choice of car with so little of its weight over the driving wheels is your problem.
Brand = Kleber Quadraxers. Recommended.

I'll note the recommendation.

You'll be right of course, I'll go load up with sand bags if I need to head out in the snow...except none here so far

How new are they? Can take between 300-500km for winter tyres to start doing their stuff to the full.

They obviously need to lose the mould release compound and get roughed up a bit but a lot of the grip comes from the sipes cut into the tyres allowing the rubber to conform to the road surface and that takes a little while.

I fitted them in November, snow came in December and I'd probably done about 100-200 miles. They've done a good couple of thousand now at least.

 

[horatio]

My E320 was scary on the way home!

It probably won't snow again for 3 years after I do it, but I'm considering getting a set of steelies and fitting a decent set of winters so I don't get caught out again.

Every other taxi in europe is one of these cars so I'm figuring it should be usable with good tyres.

 

[tali]

Perfect timing for me - as my week off from "work" started today- mind you it's only 3.5 miles away and i could still easily get to work .... and return home with few probs

 

[Bellow]

I'm considering getting a set of steelies and fitting a decent set of winters so I don't get caught out again.

If you have the storage space then the way to go. Tuck the alloys up safe and salt free until summer. No rim scraping tyre changes either.
My third winter doing just that and it has saved me having to prematurely replace my summer tyres.

 

[gaz_l]

We've had a fair dump of snow, around 3/4 inches which is quite a lot for this area. Got up this morning and although there wasn't much on the ground it was snowing pretty hard, and I didn't fancy RWD & 360BHP so off to work in the Panda.

Although I'm quite happy driving in the snow I have to admit it was pretty nasty out there. The Panda didn't shine in the conditions either - it has 195/50/15 Yoko's on which are great most of the time but apparently have a coefficient of friction close to zero when placed in contact with snow. Slippy slippy slidey slidey. But I made it in to work unscathed, albeit taking twice as long as usual.

TBH the best snow car I've had was our previous Panda (the old style one, designed by Giugiaro using only a ruler). Skinny tyres, light as a feather and no power = dance across the snow. When we had the last decent dump I drove past an A6 quattro that had got stuck. Happy days..

Cheers,

Gaz