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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #45 on: February 04, 2012, 08:30:45 pm »
Still snowing here in Birmingham/Solihull. Cars struggling to get up the road now.
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #46 on: February 04, 2012, 08:42:32 pm »
Yeah it's still like a blizzard here with no sign of letting up, it's even interfering with sky tv now! :confused:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #47 on: February 04, 2012, 08:46:35 pm »

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #48 on: February 04, 2012, 10:10:10 pm »
Complete nightmare. Travelling from London. Left around 5pm and it was fine but once I left the M25, it really started snowing heavily. Had to follow in the tracks left by HGVs.

On the way back, there was an accident involving three cars, another where some van had turned on its side and several where cars were facing the wrong way round!

In some areas, incl M42, the outside lane and hard shoulder were heavily snowed so out of use. You couldn't even see the lane markings and you could see people weren't in the correct lanes.

The Vreds held up beautifully though not perfect and I still skidded a little, though nowhere near as bad as last year.

Will seriously advise people to avoid travelling by car unless necessary and make sure you have emergency provisions eg blanket, spade, food etc.

If there's no improvement tomorrow, Monday is gonna be a nightmare.

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #49 on: February 04, 2012, 10:16:06 pm »
It's turning to rain here now! :sad1:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #50 on: February 04, 2012, 10:20:49 pm »
This is the car after 5 hours of driving:



It had been parked underground and was fine when I set off!

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #51 on: February 04, 2012, 10:22:12 pm »

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #52 on: February 04, 2012, 10:24:11 pm »
This is the car after 5 hours of driving:

That pic is quite handy, as it shows you the airflow on the front of the Mk5 . . . kewl! :happy2:
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #53 on: February 04, 2012, 10:26:34 pm »
We have about a centimetre or 2 in SE20 near Crystal Palace, but Metcheck is predicting a big dump starting from midnight onwards!!
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #54 on: February 04, 2012, 10:30:23 pm »
Snowing here now for the past couple of hours, gettin on for an inch now

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #55 on: February 04, 2012, 10:32:39 pm »
It would be helpful for all commenting on this thread to actually mention where the hell they are in the country  :signLOL:
For all we know you may be on an expedition in the Arctic!!,
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #56 on: February 04, 2012, 10:52:04 pm »
All we have in Somerset is heavy rain.

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #57 on: February 04, 2012, 10:56:49 pm »
Couple of inches here in Hinkley, hope is f's off as we've got to drive back to Cumbria tomoz! :smiley:
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #58 on: February 04, 2012, 11:35:27 pm »
This is the car after 5 hours of driving:

That pic is quite handy, as it shows you the airflow on the front of the Mk5 . . . kewl! :happy2:

You not got open fogs then Stealthy?  :signLOL:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #59 on: February 05, 2012, 12:00:51 am »
Believe it or not, they're the OEM open ones!

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