Will it start?

[JumboBeef]

Back on the 17th Dec, I parked the W124 and started using the Disco because of snow. Since then, we have had temps of -9C at night and lots and lots of snow.

There is a W124-shaped snow lump on the drive which has been there 12 days. I am going to dig it out today, but the question is: will it start?

 

[mattc]

my money is on yes, first time, provided your battery is not 4 years old or so.

so what sthe answer?

 

[bennesspipers]

My money's on a slightly flat battery, thats what my W210's done.

 

[st4]

Not a prayer of starting.

 

[JumboBeef]

so what sthe answer?

Not going out to it for another hour or two. Too warm in the house!

 

[JumboBeef]

This is the ice block this morning (it is currently -1C).

 

[trapperjohn]

It will start. No worries.

 

[st4]

It will start. No worries.

Yeah with jump leads

 

[lynall]

Will start straight away.



Lynall

 

[MBK]

Will start on the first turn

 

[JumboBeef]

Went out to her, chipped the ice away from around the door so I could get it.

Key in, turn key and..............





























......vroooom. As soon as the key is turned, she's away

Never doubted it

I will be sad to see her go (I'll be selling her in the next month or two, due to the fact I bought her as a motorway mile cruncher but now I rarely do the miles any more).

 

[st4]

Genuinely surprised nice one!

 

[d w124]

Went out to her, chipped the ice away from around the door so I could get it.

Key in, turn key and..............





























......vroooom. As soon as the key is turned, she's away

Never doubted it

I will be sad to see her go (I'll be selling her in the next month or two, due to the fact I bought her as a motorway mile cruncher but now I rarely do the miles any more).

:bannana::bannana::bannana:

 

[trapperjohn]

Bingo! Not many posts on here about 124's playing up in the cold weather.

 

[219]

As long as you don't have an alarm draining the battery , cars can be left a very long time .

Did the same with the 280SE , after it standing for about a month , about 2 seconds cranking , then Vroooom !

 

[jimti]

my car is regularly parked for 3 or four weeks including from the 3rd to 23rd December, so when I picked it up it was under 6 inches of snow.
So far it has never let me down, ironically the battery gave out in the summer when I was using the car every day

 

[alanf]

Call that snow it looks more like a hard frost. I had to get about 8 inches off the SLK last week and yes it did start straight away which did surprise me as it was only the second time since i sorned it on the 1st.

Alan

 

[JumboBeef]

Call that snow it looks more like a hard frost.

That was the aftermath. It had spent more than a week completely covered in snow: we've had a lot in Cumbria.

 

[alanf]

Cumbria Jumbo? Did you get much ? We always seem to miss out over here but got a fair amount this time.Ive just read on Ceefax about people getting airlifted off the A66 last night due to drifting and yet it's nearly all gone here.

Alan