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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #60 on: February 05, 2012, 12:06:28 am »
I've just been out rallying in these.....

ungritted country lanes FTW!

Sideways yo!

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #61 on: February 05, 2012, 12:07:36 am »
R36 and Audi Coupe Quattro?

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #62 on: February 05, 2012, 12:08:25 am »
Believe it or not, they're the OEM open ones!

*please note tongue very much in cheek*  :wink:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #63 on: February 05, 2012, 12:09:02 am »
I've just been out rallying in these.....

ungritted country lanes FTW!



Looks like awesome fun Mike. How did the two compare?

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #64 on: February 05, 2012, 12:09:23 am »
Believe it or not, they're the OEM open ones!

*please note tongue very much in cheek*  :wink:

Just how I like it.  :wink:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #65 on: February 05, 2012, 12:18:00 am »
R36 and Audi Coupe Quattro?

Indeed, latter being a rare beast. 5-pot N/A Quattro.

Both amazingly well. I live out in the sticks and we were hooning down untouched country lanes with ease, some with steep inclines. Q was on winters, so was running away from the R, 60+ on snow steering by flicking its weight alone is as close to rallying as I'm going to get. I wasn't driving though.
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Sideways yo!

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #66 on: February 05, 2012, 12:27:52 am »

*please note tongue very much in cheek*  :wink:
Just got it. Will put it down to combination of exam stress and five hours of driving in snow. Shattered.

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #67 on: February 05, 2012, 12:35:47 am »
Just had the snowboards out on the local dry slope. Quite spooky at night when you sneak on at night with no lights!!

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #68 on: February 05, 2012, 12:37:39 am »
Is it still snowing over by you jay? Stopped over near me ages ago

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #69 on: February 05, 2012, 12:45:02 am »
Believe it or not, they're the OEM open ones!

*please note tongue very much in cheek*  :wink:

Just how I like it.  :wink:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #70 on: February 05, 2012, 12:46:44 am »
5 inches on the M25 tonight  :scared:

M25 was stationary at around 9PM a complete nightmare, just after Junc 25 the lorries couldn't get up the hill, scattered all over the place, after about an hour of being stationary, the police arrived and we threaded our way through the lorries and the stuck BMW drivers, then had the whole 3 lanes plus hardshoulder to myself doing a steady 25mph, actually stopped at one point to let a car overtake doing around 40-50 (madness) as it was safer then risk him sliding into my while overtaking.  For the first time ever didn't have to worry about the average speed cameras

The R32  :love: did me proud even on summer tyres, but I'm not taking it out again until it all melts

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #71 on: February 05, 2012, 01:09:21 am »
We have about a centimetre or 2 in SE20 near Crystal Palace, but Metcheck is predicting a big dump starting from midnight onwards!!
I'm hoping for a big dump in the morning - but it wont have anything to do with snow!  :booty:

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #72 on: February 05, 2012, 01:11:05 am »
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:
Not now anyway - that may change in the thaw though!  :evilgrin:
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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #73 on: February 05, 2012, 08:26:21 am »
Must be 3 to 4 inches in mablethorpe , on the east coast , off out for my first snowy run this year , 13 miles this morning.... Brrrr.....

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Re: Snow...Have you had any yet?
« Reply #74 on: February 05, 2012, 10:44:10 am »
The 2" of snow we had last night has pretty much gone So it looks like no working from home for me on Monday.  :sad1:
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