Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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We had a on blizzard in Sussex those of you that are on my facebook will see the pic I took of 5 mins snow it snowed for 12 mins and we had 2 inches then the cloud just disappeared and sun came out roads were ruined every rd gridlocked no one expected it
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Got home from work at half 5 and there was barely anything, went to go to the farm an hour ago and there was about 2 inches on the car, cleared it, started heading off, got right out to the main road, turned at the lights and ended up drifting with no throttle input at all, just 2nd gear idling  After 5 minutes I got maybe a mile up the road and to a hill which I would've been fine getting down but there was already people out of their houses pushing cars back up so decided not to bother with the further 10 ish miles and came back home. There wasn't a cat in hells chance of getting up the drive then when I got out of the car there was another 2 inch of snow on it after me completely clearing it 10 mins previous 
About time it got a bit more challenging, I'll try for the farm again tomorrow, I wanna start on my car 
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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i was sideways on a main roundaout earlier, in the C3 
fun though
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205tom
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Registered: 1st Mar 06
Location: leigh nr wigan
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Snowin like fook in Leigh, just nearly got took out by some hero in a shogun
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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was he gonna buy you a drink then he changed his mind
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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I was sideways on a straight bit of road when I was driving back then, as soon my foot touched the accelerator it was off like a happy dog wagging its tail
RWD is definitely better in the snow, not for practical purposes tho, although saying that it's not properly been put to the test yet, it's coped pretty well with what it has faced upto now tho.
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205tom
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Registered: 1st Mar 06
Location: leigh nr wigan
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
was he gonna buy you a drink then he changed his mind
Yuh he realised I had flu 
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ste_p23
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Registered: 29th Dec 08
Location: Hindley,Wigan
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Got loads of here its mental
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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Still coming down here, wanna go back out in the MR2 with a digging implement for backup, go and find a nice big car park just for lols, only trouble is we haven't got any digging implements at home I actually had one in the boot of the MR until I took it out on Wednesday and left it at the unit 
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Digging isn't fun, we dug ours out for half an hour today! Was no chance of getting up the hill, but it had too 
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kennySRi
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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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Has come down quite bad here in the past few hours. Can see it being very bad in the morning. Got to go to liverpool in the morning so hopefully the motorways will be clearish.
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stu_c
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Registered: 11th Dec 07
Location: Westleigh, Greater Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by kennySRi
Has come down quite bad here in the past few hours. Can see it being very bad in the morning. Got to go to liverpool in the morning so hopefully the motorways will be clearish.
i hope its well bad then work can gtf
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Disagree that RWD is good in snow, walked home from town before because buses and taxis were off and I lost count of how many RWD cars were generally blocking the road / spinning out / crashing in to kerbs.
Perhaps that's the owners, mostly BMW/Merc but they did look to be having a tougher time of it that anyone else.
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JM Curdy
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Stranraer, Scotland
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had my first experience in the snow today, deffo scary in my wee diesel fiesta even. went to stop for the turn off on my road doing no more than 15mph and didnt stop for another 20yds past my turning! was scary as fook but seemed fun. really want to go out and find a big empty space and kick it out
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Loads of road rage as well, particularly when people went sliding through give ways
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Disagree that RWD is good in snow, walked home from town before because buses and taxis were off and I lost count of how many RWD cars were generally blocking the road / spinning out / crashing in to kerbs.
Perhaps that's the owners, mostly BMW/Merc but they did look to be having a tougher time of it that anyone else.
I did say not from a practicality viewpoint, the MR2 hasn't proved to be as good as the Corsa was upto now, I've never not been able to park the Corsa on the drive but the MR2 has failed twice recently, but then on the other hand, slow motion drifting over Saints where there wasn't a single car and a nice bit of open space was much better than what the Corsa could manage
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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bloody old people walking in the road, then moaning when i drive past them WTF
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Yey 
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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had about 5 cm in less then an hour here
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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snow seriously needs to fuck off, have about 5-6 inches here , looks awesome, but causes so many problems 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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People piss in swimming pools, therefore swimming pools are bad and should be banned.
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: westmidlands
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loads of snow here also..
going out in my mates mk2 escort later for some sideways fun, also plan to get some pics
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Its pretty bad here at the mo and its still comming down
Note to self, set time on DVR lol
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
snow seriously needs to fuck off, have about 5-6 inches here , looks awesome, but causes so many problems
Snow doesnt cause any problems, its the pricks who forget how to drive when it falls that cause the grief!
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Disagree that RWD is good in snow, walked home from town before because buses and taxis were off and I lost count of how many RWD cars were generally blocking the road / spinning out / crashing in to kerbs.
Perhaps that's the owners, mostly BMW/Merc but they did look to be having a tougher time of it that anyone else.
was anyone letting their tyres down?
not seen anyone doing this yet?
i carry an air inflater thing that plugs in cig lighter, so can adjust my pressures 
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