The enemy are out & about!
 

Just seen a grit spreader going past my house,Gutted :cry:

Don't complain, I have lived at my current address for nigh on 20 years and only seen a gritter go by twice in all that time.

Know what you mean though, it's getting colder and all that shi££y salt is no good for our cars.

My jdm import is not going to like it. :nono:

Ditto.My point exactly.Evil stuff.My car won’t be going anywhere near it.

You got something to use for the winter, other than the subbie, jonny.

Yeah I have a Pug 207 hdi that returns 60 mpg on average for my daily.Bit of a contrast from the Sub which has only done 20 thou Miles in last 7 years.Am looking for a BMW R1200GS as well atm.After the salt is put down on the roads I won’t take my Subaru out now until we have had some heavy rain.

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FFS get a grip. It is what an AWD Subaru was designed for. As long as the underseal is in good order stop being a massive bunch of fannies.

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I passed one out and about last night and thought it was a great sign! Yes it’s not great for exposed pressed steel but that can be protected! For me it’s a sign that we may get snow and our cars thrive on the stuff. Can’t beat being up at 3AM, having the roads to yourself that are covered in snow. My idea of nirvana 👍🏼

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Golf R32 Rear springs (and shocks).


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Rust in pieces :(

(Spring perches fill up with mud, salt water washed in finishes them off, fronts had weakened and sagged too meaning it was running on the bumpstops).

We have a Seat Altea that lives in Spain most of the time...it's the same age and has the same chassis, and has done twice the mileage...and it still looks like new underneath, even the disc bells haven't rusted. The lower arms still look like new after 10years, yet I put new lower arms (genuine) on my Golf three years ago, and now they look like they've swam with the titanic.

Sod grit/salting our roads. Just make winter tyres mandatory by law; Itd stop the numpties a driving round assuming all the roads have been gritted.

but will prob be going in a ditch on black ice then :lol1::lol1::lol1::lol1::lol1:

Just seen on a local newspaper board "gritters ready for action" i said to the mrs thats great news :rolleyes: if people learned to drive and adapt to conditions we wouldnt need this rot causing crap to be used. Heard we meant have a bad winter this year but we was meant have a nice summer aswell.

have you got winter tyres?

No why would i unless i owned a bmw???? My car a weekend car anyway any ive never had any issues or drama in it even on untreated b roads. Just adapt driving to conditions.

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Excuse me I will tailgate you in any weather conditions if you please as it’s my god given right as a car driver.

Preventative maintainance on an MY 04 JDM Leggy.
Keep it clean and protected.
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Excuse me I will tailgate you in any weather conditions if you please as itÂ’s my god given right as a car driver.
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jonny Ill have my winter tyres and snow chains on tho so as soon as we hit black ice the only thing you be tailgating is that ditch we all going to end up in :cry:

then your just lucky, when it lets go on sheet ice then you've not got a chance.

No luck about it mate just driving skill and common sense. Start a poll if it makes you happy see how many (of the few left) run winter tyres.

Just out of interest how many british winters has that wheel arch seen.

Two winters. Recycling centre runs. Trips to the continent and through most of mid Wales.
Anyone that knows me will vouch for my car use.

Well done keeping it that clean :thumb:

some would call that being a bit of a fanny though..............:p

Keeping it maintained is essential. Being scared of dirty roads is behaving like a fanny.
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Unfortunately the boot lock and the alloy wheels were clearly not designed for such salty conditions, and we can look forward to said lock being seized and alloys looking sorry after the winter season. We can also look forward to our STi front caliper bolts snapping like carrots, and seized in the caliper, when we attempt to replace our corroded discs :rolleyes: Additionally, we can look forward to our paintwork being pebble dashed from one end to the other by gritters and our windscreens to be full of small chips, or cracked. :D

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So you know the problem areas. Take action with preventative maintenance and protect/prepare the know problem.
If you think that farmers bought Subaru's before Rallying was famous makes your response mute. But alloy wishbones last longer than the pressed steel fitted to low spec UK cars.
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Indeed. Driving home last night in the pitch black with pissing rain and mud covered roads, with a week of freezing weather ahead made me glad I just threw a cover over it and SORNed it till March.

The old Yaris shed won't be washed until the spring and I honestly couldn't care less what I'm driving in winter when it's dark all the time - bliss :D

Isn't not driving it in those conditions taking action?

I'm not going to stop driving and then cleaning mine but I'd think more about if it was really necessary in crap conditions because the arches could do with as little salt as possible, whereas the van don't care

Sure is. I get use the works van and if not use my push bike to do the 2mile trip to work wind,rain or shine. None of the above have winter tyres fitted and both seem be ok in ice/snow