First snow

[Rusty]

a bit more snow down here last night and i think its to get really heavy later today/tomorrow.

[r055]

oooops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8440798.stm

im pretty sure thats meatball who nearly fell on his arse halfway through

[Sanjøy]

Broken elbow for my Mum yesterday, drove to Bearsden Cross to get milk assuming they (council, shop keepers, anyone) might have gritted outside the shops.

Left crying on the pavement and had to pick herself as ppl walked past, get back to her car and get a taxi to A&E for 4 hours.

[r055]

Broken elbow for my Mum yesterday, drove to Bearsden Cross to get milk assuming they (council, shop keepers, anyone) might have gritted outside the shops.

Left crying on the pavement and had to pick herself as ppl walked past, get back to her car and get a taxi to A&E for 4 hours.

not good Sanj
cant believe people just walked past

[scottishselise]

sh*t news, Sanj.

Unfortunately, it dosen't surprise me.

[mrbennybennett]

Broken elbow for my Mum yesterday, drove to Bearsden Cross to get milk assuming they (council, shop keepers, anyone) might have gritted outside the shops.

Left crying on the pavement and had to pick herself as ppl walked past, get back to her car and get a taxi to A&E for 4 hours.

Sorry hear that Sanj - I feel your mums pain, a broken elbow is not much fun!

Hopefully it wont be as bad as my little fall

[Mike Scib]

Is there much difference in performance between snow tyre brands? Thinking of going for either the Kumho or Toyo as not really wanting to spend a fortune on them. 205/45/16 come in about £80 per tyre from MyTyres.

[point n squirt]

oooops
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8440798.stm

im pretty sure thats meatball who nearly fell on his arse halfway through

O well thats one less gypsy on the road , all's well that end well

[Mikie711]

Is there much difference in performance between snow tyre brands? Thinking of going for either the Kumho or Toyo as not really wanting to spend a fortune on them. 205/45/16 come in about £80 per tyre from MyTyres.

I used toyo snow proxies on my 911, never got stuck and could go places 4x4's couldn't.

[Bob vanM]

I have Dunlop SP wintersport 3D on my car, they are very good and not expensive ( at least here in Holland)
lots of grip, last long and no excessive noise

Is there much difference in performance between snow tyre brands? Thinking of going for either the Kumho or Toyo as not really wanting to spend a fortune on them. 205/45/16 come in about £80 per tyre from MyTyres.

[tut]

Bob, your highest mountain is 2 feet ASL, why would you need winter tyres?

tut

[Mike Scib]

Cheers guys

Mike it was the Toyo's i was wanting but they are out of stock at Camskills until October 2010 Looking like it will be the Kumho KW23 from MyTyres.

Just ordered four KW23..... https://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl? ... sowigan=Wi

[BiggestNizzy]

Got stuck for the first time last night in the work carpark

Ended up using a block of wood under the back wheel, turning the rear road wheel by hand and moving the block to stop it rolling back once I had moved it a foot or so I was able to drive off.

THis morning I have salted 2 big stripes coming from the rear wheels to the road

[brian]

Stuck at the house yesterday morning trying to manouevre the Mini out the drive. It tokk me 3/4 hour to extract it to the safety of the main road.
Hard packed snow and ice with 6" of soft snow followed by another 3 to 4" last night. Thankfully the missus cleared enough space to turn the car yesterday and I left it facing out the drive last night.

This is the worst I've seen conditions for a long time and even the main roads are proving a challenge first thing in the morning.

340r is safely tucked up in the garage not that I could get it out anyway. Had it out on Boxing day, not really the weather for it but the LSD makes a big difference and I got as far as Pitcaple where I stopped to take some photos. I then slipped, fell on my back and broke my ribs on a rock sticking through the ice. Not very clever but my reinforced arms survived the fall although badly bruised! I'll let go of the camera next time.

Happy New Year and all the best for 2010 to everyone.


Brian

[Shug]

Stuck at the house yesterday morning trying to manouevre the Mini out the drive. It tokk me 3/4 hour to extract it to the safety of the main road.
Hard packed snow and ice with 6" of soft snow followed by another 3 to 4" last night. Thankfully the missus cleared enough space to turn the car yesterday and I left it facing out the drive last night.

This is the worst I've seen conditions for a long time and even the main roads are proving a challenge first thing in the morning.

340r is safely tucked up in the garage not that I could get it out anyway. Had it out on Boxing day, not really the weather for it but the LSD makes a big difference and I got as far as Pitcaple where I stopped to take some photos. I then slipped, fell on my back and broke my ribs on a rock sticking through the ice. Not very clever but my reinforced arms survived the fall although badly bruised! I'll let go of the camera next time.

Happy New Year and all the best for 2010 to everyone.


Brian

Jesus Brian, buy a lottery ticket - your luck has to change sometime!