Driving in the snow
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Jokes apart, we have a set of winter tyres that will go on the car this week [as soon as I can get a slot at the garage]. In Hunland only the most stupid would not bother with winter tyres and we have a set /in case/ here. We used them two years ago for Scotland, last year in Wales and also for a few winter trips across Europe. I also keep my snow chains in the car from October through to March. It is so much easier and safer if you have the right equipment.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Jokes apart, we have a set of winter tyres that will go on the car this week
Studs or no studs?
No studs. Wehn it's really shyte, I'll add the chains.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
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No studs. Wehn it's really shyte, I'll add the chains.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
No studs. Wehn it's really shyte, I'll add the chains.
Good strategy. Environmentally correct. I don't have studded tyres myself, and I have no chains. But the salting of wet, icy roads is very efficient here. On dry snow/ice you don't need studs.
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I cannot drive whilst it is snowing. I get hypnotised by the snow coming at the windscreen and then flying over the top of it. I end up focussing on the windscreen and see nothing beyond it. Fortunately we've had virtually none around here, and it is another beautiful sunny but cold day, just like the weekend and end of last week.
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ChrisElston wrote:
I get hypnotised by the snow coming at the windscreen and then flying over the top of it.
I always found that if you drove while it's snowing and you focused too much on the snow coming down towards the windshield that it looked as if you were jumping into warp speed or something! At which point you can no longer look away from the stars snow flying by your spaceship car. :omg:
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ChrisElston wrote:
I get hypnotised by the snow coming at the windscreen and then flying over the top of it.
I always found that if you drove while it's snowing and you focused too much on the snow coming down towards the windshield that it looked as if you were jumping into warp speed or something! At which point you can no longer look away from the stars snow flying by your spaceship car. :omg:
"The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
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ChrisElston wrote:
I get hypnotised by the snow coming at the windscreen and then flying over the top of it.
I always found that if you drove while it's snowing and you focused too much on the snow coming down towards the windshield that it looked as if you were jumping into warp speed or something! At which point you can no longer look away from the stars snow flying by your spaceship car. :omg:
"The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
MikoTheTerrible wrote:
At which point you can no longer look away from the stars snow flying by your spaceship car.
... And go where no car has gone before!
They've been up other trees, maybe, but not that one.
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PompeyBoy3 wrote:
Where is 'here'?
Am I being groomed? Cos my mum said I'm not allowed to give that sort of information out to strange men on the internet. Live near Lichfield, work on the outskirts of Walsall.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Here's mine: 0) Look out window, observe snow accumulating on ground. 1) Pour a 2nd cup of coffee 2) Setup defensive fall-back positions throughout house with at least 200 rounds of 5.56 Nato, and 50 rounds of .45 ACP at each position. 3) Make sure each rifle and pistol have a loaded magazine inserted, and the action is charged. 4) Make sure all weapons are on "SAFE" (gotta think of the non-combatants). 5) Identify and fortify your "last stand" postion. 6) Stack all canned goods and sufficient water supply to to "out-last the looters". 7) Curse the day you let your wife convince you to wait until the last minute to do all this. 8) Take aim at the front door. 9) Wait.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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