03STI vs Gritter
16 December 2003, 12:20 AM
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How sad am I?
Travelling up the motorway saw the inevitable gritter in the distance. Not wanting to get the 8 week old beast peppered by the damned thing I drove for 3 miles at 35mph a good distance behind it (virtually no other traffic on the motorway before you start complaining ).
Next junction I left the motorway, drove swiftly
along the winding A roads and rejoined some 3 miles up the motorway just in front of the gritter - result 
Then I started worrying as to whether the road might be icy
How sad is that?
tiggers.
Travelling up the motorway saw the inevitable gritter in the distance. Not wanting to get the 8 week old beast peppered by the damned thing I drove for 3 miles at 35mph a good distance behind it (virtually no other traffic on the motorway before you start complaining ).
Next junction I left the motorway, drove swiftly
along the winding A roads and rejoined some 3 miles up the motorway just in front of the gritter - result Then I started worrying as to whether the road might be icy
How sad is that?
tiggers.
16 December 2003, 07:23 AM
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tiggers
You lucky man
I was gritted twice on the motorway coming back from the dealership having just picked up my shiny new STi8.
My intercooler is a bit bent and still has some grit in it despite my best efforts with the vac and the tweezers [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
TONY
You lucky man
I was gritted twice on the motorway coming back from the dealership having just picked up my shiny new STi8.My intercooler is a bit bent and still has some grit in it despite my best efforts with the vac and the tweezers [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
TONY
16 December 2003, 08:04 AM
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I always seem to get stuck behind them, so I just get past as quick as possible, lol.
My mate was infront of me so he took the worst of it all over his freshly resprayed Escort Cosworth!
Nightmare this time of year!
Andy
My mate was infront of me so he took the worst of it all over his freshly resprayed Escort Cosworth!
Nightmare this time of year!
Andy
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16 December 2003, 12:24 PM
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i would have done the same!
last week though i saw some guy in an old knackered sierra tailgating a gritter trying to pass it. whole car was being showerd in salt.
quite a funny sight
last week though i saw some guy in an old knackered sierra tailgating a gritter trying to pass it. whole car was being showerd in salt.
quite a funny sight
16 December 2003, 01:04 PM
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Its bad when you pass them in the opposite direction and realise its too late to do anything before your covered.
[Edited by SiPie - 12/16/2003 1:04:54 PM]
16 December 2003, 07:25 PM
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sorry guys, but i have to drive one of them if im called out, only good thing for me is , if i,m out in the gritter i wont be out in the sti8 stuck behind one...
16 December 2003, 11:33 PM
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chips, scratches, stuffffffff.
it's not a toy.
it's a tooooooooooooooooooool.
and that's how i like it - real
drive past the gritter like you're gettin jizzed
it's not a toy.
it's a tooooooooooooooooooool.
and that's how i like it - real
drive past the gritter like you're gettin jizzed
17 December 2003, 09:29 AM
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Can you claim compensation off the council for stonechips? There is no need to blast grit everywhere, why don't they just use finer salt granules or modernde-icer sprays as used on runways?
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