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Buce

Buce

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36 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Meant to be off Birmingham for Liam Gallagher gig in Birmingham tonight don't know what to do. 

 

Roll with it.

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Parafox

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Ice on our local untreated roads cost me £400.

 

Turned from a slushy main road into ours on Sunday evening (it was a necessary journey) and hit ice at a fairly low speed. Our road at this junction slopes away to the right a little and the car just went. Forget ABS and anti-skid protection, there was nothing I could do. The front off-side wheel hit the kerb with some force and subsequently my steering was way out of line.

I thought I'd shifted the tracking so took it to the tyre place yesterday, they checked it and it turns out both lower suspension arms on the driver side were bent. 400 sodding pounds FFS!!!!

Arriba Los Zorros

Arriba Los Zorros

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16 hours ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

I'm not far from you DT.

 

Apparently it'll be -9º down here tonight. You gotta admit, that's pretty cold! :o

 

 

16 hours ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

I'm not far from you DT.

 

Apparently it'll be -9º down here tonight. You gotta admit, that's pretty cold! :o

 

I'm just outside of Aylesbury and sister lives in High Wycombe and can confirm its pretty cold and snowy in this part of the country! We're just not used to it either. Getting around any B road or village is a mission, especially hilly ones.

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Steven

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On 12/9/2017 at 22:24, Steve_Walsh5 said:

Snowing in the Market Tavern toilets last week.

Is that a particular form of bukake? :ph34r:

Countryfox

Countryfox

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Well I made it down sarf yesterday in 3 hours, ...   no drama, no delays, no crashes or slides ...   and amazingly wasn't attacked by any giant snowmen ..  :o.    Been outside since just before dawn ...   just had a quick bacon sausage and egg sandwich from Ali's roadside grill and back out in 20 minutes till sundown.   Spect most of you are still at home looking at all that scary white stuff  through the window ...

Izzy

Izzy

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35 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

Well I made it down sarf yesterday in 3 hours, ...   no drama, no delays, no crashes or slides ...   and amazingly wasn't attacked by any giant snowmen ..  :o.    Been outside since just before dawn ...   just had a quick bacon sausage and egg sandwich from Ali's roadside grill and back out in 20 minutes till sundown.   Spect most of you are still at home looking at all that scary white stuff  through the window ...

Image result for double hard bastard

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Buce

Buce

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36 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

Well I made it down sarf yesterday in 3 hours, ...   no drama, no delays, no crashes or slides ...   and amazingly wasn't attacked by any giant snowmen ..  :o.    Been outside since just before dawn ...   just had a quick bacon sausage and egg sandwich from Ali's roadside grill and back out in 20 minutes till sundown.   Spect most of you are still at home looking at all that scary white stuff  through the window ...

 

Meh. 

 

When you’ve dug a snow-hole shelter on a mountain to escape a blizzard, get back to me. :cool:

lee7

lee7

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When the weather is like this it makes me even more inclined to sell my BMW! 

On Sunday I had to abandon it on the A5 as it wouldn't make it up a slight incline. Yesterday I collected it and trying to get down my road was horrendous! The back end was constantly skidding out & with cars parked on the road either side of the street I was fearing a costly claim from many drivers on my insurance :sweating:

goose2010

goose2010

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23 minutes ago, lee7 said:

When the weather is like this it makes me even more inclined to sell my BMW! 

On Sunday I had to abandon it on the A5 as it wouldn't make it up a slight incline. Yesterday I collected it and trying to get down my road was horrendous! The back end was constantly skidding out & with cars parked on the road either side of the street I was fearing a costly claim from many drivers on my insurance :sweating:

just reverse down the side streets, its what my neighbour was doing yesterday did make me laugh but seemed to work.

lee7

lee7

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2 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

just reverse down the side streets, its what my neighbour was doing yesterday did make me laugh but seemed to work.

Reversing does actually seem to work more! Just buggered if anything comes the other way as the roads only big enough for one car at a time so then I'd have to attempt to drive back up the hill lol

BoyJones

BoyJones

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The worrying thing is that we haven't actually had much snow in Leicester and it hasn't been that cold, so heaven knows how we would cope with a real dump (of snow) and really cold temperatures. 

 

People seem to be struggling now, so let's hope we don't have anymore of the white stuff as I don't know we'll manage to survive. 

Soar Fox

Soar Fox

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2 hours ago, lee7 said:

When the weather is like this it makes me even more inclined to sell my BMW! 

On Sunday I had to abandon it on the A5 as it wouldn't make it up a slight incline. Yesterday I collected it and trying to get down my road was horrendous! The back end was constantly skidding out & with cars parked on the road either side of the street I was fearing a costly claim from many drivers on my insurance :sweating:

Couple of bags of sand in the boot will do the trick.

 

I have had 2 bmw’s and every time we had a bit of snow I’d just put a bag or two of sand in the boot. Awful cars in the snow.

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Countryfox

Countryfox

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2 hours ago, lee7 said:

When the weather is like this it makes me even more inclined to sell my BMW! 

On Sunday I had to abandon it on the A5 as it wouldn't make it up a slight incline. Yesterday I collected it and trying to get down my road was horrendous! The back end was constantly skidding out & with cars parked on the road either side of the street I was fearing a costly claim from many drivers on my insurance :sweating:

 

I stuck some snow tyres on my beemer and it transformed it.   

Countryfox

Countryfox

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4 hours ago, Buce said:

 

Meh. 

 

When you’ve dug a snow-hole shelter on a mountain to escape a blizzard, get back to me. :cool:

 

Dont hold your breath Bucey ...    or should I say Buce Grylls ! ...    :thumbup:

StanSP

StanSP

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it's this aftermath of the snow that I dislike. Love when it snows but I hate when it ices up and makes things dangerous on pavements which haven't been gritted. 

 

Was so bad in the car park at work today. had not one ounce of grit on it and so it was terribly slippery. I know it's part and parcel of what happens when it snows but still very inconvenient and uncomfortable!

Buce

Buce

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20 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

 

Dont hold your breath Bucey ...    or should I say Buce Grylls ! ...    :thumbup:

 

Bog standard survival technique, CF.

 

Bear would have probably fashioned a two-storey igloo complete with Jacuzzi, and built a fire out of the snow.

promised land

promised land

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8 hours ago, Parafox said:

Ice on our local untreated roads cost me £400.

 

Turned from a slushy main road into ours on Sunday evening (it was a necessary journey) and hit ice at a fairly low speed. Our road at this junction slopes away to the right a little and the car just went. Forget ABS and anti-skid protection, there was nothing I could do. The front off-side wheel hit the kerb with some force and subsequently my steering was way out of line.

I thought I'd shifted the tracking so took it to the tyre place yesterday, they checked it and it turns out both lower suspension arms on the driver side were bent. 400 sodding pounds FFS!!!!

Been there and done that, 1994 heavy snow turning into a small side road at less than 10mph, wheels turned right, car went straight for the curb, so said turned wheel whacked it and pulled the lower arms, anti roll bar and a few other bits, driving it after that was an experience as the slightest pot hole or cat eye pulled the car a foot over the road, plus one front tyre lost most of it's tread as they were miles out, got it to the garage and had a bill like you so I feel your pain.

 

Very easily done when the wheels are turned as its a weak point for head on impact.

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Lovejoy

Lovejoy

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14 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Not even attempted to drive my bmw last two days, got lifts to and from work 

On Sunday I attempted to drive mine. Literally drove less than 10m, got stuck and thankfully was able to reverse it back lol.

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Sir Shep

Sir Shep

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Couple of flakes and bang, the M1 is shut at 19.  Gotta love this country. Oh well back to work, those who are still off enjoy your day you part timers!!!

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