Neuro Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I was posting a CD early this morning and considering the blizzard outside thought I'd be best to drive to the post office. I've never seen so much snow here in 20 years but I thought it would be a challenge. Car started first time round and I nearly got stuck reversing it in our driveway so I could get out - a rug under the front wheels soon sorted that - but the ice!! I braked at the end of our drive in good time but it just glided straight on across the road, which hasn't been gritted and is covered in snow. On the way back I had to laugh at the dead straight tyre marks I'd made. You can't teach that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Its so easy to lose control in the snow - done it too many times! We only had a light covering of snow last night. I move all this way north, and the south gets the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 i was just driving home from sheffield on the massive long roundabout near my house - i thought i'd be cool and do a bit of handbraking, only to kick the rear end out and then it flung the other way and i did a 180 turn on the middle of this roundabout, ended up facing teh wrong way and i stalled it!! fortunately there were no other cars around, lol! wouldn;t have tried it if there were cars around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakey Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 yeah I had fun on the ice last night dropping a friend off! Got to the end of her road and my car just glided across! lucking there were no parked cars around ! :shock: We got a slight bit of snow last night, it's now absolutely pissing it down :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted December 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 i thought i'd be cool ...and i stalled it!! I've done that before when I had all the windows down and the tunes playing, waiting to go at the lights but forgetting I'm in 3rd not 1st. Just have to laugh really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 i idiot tim. haha, gotta lauigh it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted December 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Absolutely! These things don't happen very often - like when you trip up on your own in the middle of town, you've gotta laugh at yourself every time because you'd do the same if it happened to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 It snowed quite heavily down here in Penzance on Tuesday evening. We weren't expecting it so the gritters hadn't been out and so the following morning (Weds) most of it had turned to ice. Fortunately at 5.45am there weren't any other cars on the move so l managed to get to work in one piece. There are some steep hills around here so you can imagine how scarey that is when there's ice on the road. I've had a few near misses as you instinctively put your foot on the brake when you know you shouldn't. :oops: It's now very wet and windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted December 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hill starts are a nightmare on ice, especially when the guy behind you is right on your bumper :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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