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Jan 4, 2010 | 12:05 AM

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Coming down heavy here now ...

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by barnes_2k7

wish it was like that here, nothing at all really, we had a few days of sheet ice which was very good fun, loved it in my BM, scooby is out of action waiting a replacement engine. only bad thing about it is my abs is shockingly poor on the bmw, but it is old so ill let it off.

I watched a 7 series BMW in the car park on Saturday. It's back end was everywhere. The bloke did a fantastic job getting it out. Hats off to him. I would have been pooping myself

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:07 AM

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Yes, well you are a girlie .....

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:08 AM

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haha, it only apeals to me because it is RWD, and not one to boast but i am pretty good whith it

goes everywhere sideways, when its safe to do so ofcourse

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:12 AM

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Yes, well you are a girlie .....

Yes, and I can always find a willing bloke to get me out of a sticky situation. Suckers

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:13 AM

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haha, it only apeals to me because it is RWD, and not one to boast but i am pretty good whith it

goes everywhere sideways, when its safe to do so ofcourse

As Pete has so politely said, I am rubbish in this type of weather

Scares me to death

Jan 4, 2010 | 12:21 AM

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haha its all good

Jan 4, 2010 | 08:39 AM

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Only has rear wheel drive cars - BMW and Pork!! The Pork is good with weight over the rear end but the tyres are SO wide they just sledge over fresh snow!! Earlier 911 was better as it had narrower tyres.

Don't need one of those gay Scoobs to get about

Jan 4, 2010 | 10:06 AM

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From: Wolverhampton!!!

It's not so much snow here, just ice pretending to be snow. A few flakes fell 2 days ago and froze on top of what started to melt. Thus, creating a sense of false security when stepping out with the nippers this morning.

Fecking weather needs to sort itself out.

Oh and my car was so frozen this am that I had to wipe the defrosted ice of the *inside* of the back window.

Christmas is gone so...... winter is officially ****e!

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Jan 4, 2010 | 10:38 AM

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Another beautiful sunny day here in Cornwall .... no snow or rain!

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Jan 4, 2010 | 11:00 AM

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Weather here is brilliant - minus 11.5C, brilliant sunshine, 10cm of crisp dry snow.

Very alpine and lovely.

Jan 4, 2010 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by barnes_2k7

omg ma scoobi duznt andle in da sn0w wft ama guna do i finks il flud scoobinet wiv posts init lol

translation:

oh my god my scooby doesn't handle in the snow, what the F*** am i going to doo, i think ill flood scoobnet with posts, isn't it. lol

northeners

You done good!

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Jan 4, 2010 | 11:21 AM

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So its actually restricted to north of hadrians wall , or thereabouts !

Jan 4, 2010 | 11:41 AM

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We have about an inch here, fell yeaterday, went slushy and has now frozen like bloody concrete, -6.3 c it says on my temp thingy, back to work Friday so if it could dump a foot of Snow on Cheshire before then that would be good but we never get proper amounts here !

been there done that and my car is still in one piece

this is all we had in cardiff the week running up to christmas. was a nightmare and it takes ages to go.

Jan 4, 2010 | 11:43 AM

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So its actually restricted to north of hadrians wall , or thereabouts !

I am at least 80 miles south of Hadrian's Wall

Jan 4, 2010 | 02:49 PM

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bring it on

Jan 4, 2010 | 03:06 PM

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Just stay away from the yellow stuff.

Jan 4, 2010 | 04:51 PM

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Plenty here in North Lincs. Came down saturday night, started to thaw, then froze hard and hasn't got above freezing since despite two days of bright sunshine.
-9 degrees here last night

And as someone else posted, INSIDES of windscreens frozen. Took me 20 minutes to start, defrost and thaw out the wife's car this morning

Jan 4, 2010 | 04:56 PM

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Yep. It's a right pain. And who said Scoobies were good in the snow. Mine is diabolical.
Anyone says it is the driver, will get a swift kick up the ***

Tyres and the driver Lee: sorry.

Jan 4, 2010 | 05:08 PM

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You done good!

Les

why thank you

lol

Jan 4, 2010 | 05:11 PM

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no snow but -8'c last night, south mcr

Jan 4, 2010 | 05:27 PM

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no snow around cambridge, it was -4 this morning

Jan 4, 2010 | 05:48 PM

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BMW's were strewn across the county a few days ago - now, either BMW drivers are dicks, or the rear wheel drive doesn't work in the snow .... or both!!

ppft, point to point race anytime you fancy it Pete

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Jan 4, 2010 | 05:58 PM

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-11.5C here this morning. Never got above -3 all day, even colder our of the sun.

Jan 4, 2010 | 06:00 PM

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Tyres and the driver Lee: sorry.

Cheek

This was last year, instead of going nicely to the right and down the drive, IT went straight on

Missed the fence by about 1 inch

Jan 4, 2010 | 06:33 PM

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ppft, point to point race anytime you fancy it Pete

astraboy.

You pick the ice covered snowy stretch and I will show you the benefits of 4 wheel drive

The BMW will be in the landscape within seconds

Jan 4, 2010 | 06:36 PM

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take the fuse out of the abs, that's what's happening to the bmw when it snows again, when it all the snow clears up i'll put the fuse back in.

Jan 4, 2010 | 06:37 PM

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I live in the middle of nowhere so no gritters and our road has been pack ice since a week before Christmas. Four cars have gone off within 50 yards of our house, including a Forester.

Not had a moment in either the BMW or the GT3