Would snowy London be accessible by car tomorrow ?

[RichardCranium]

Buy a BIG battery

Don't. Our Numex 017 died over Xmas and it cost me £133:95 to replace it so we could come home.

(Yes, I think they did see us coming.)

The battery + a tank of fuel is probably worth more than the rest of the car.

[gingerjedi]

I've got an interview tomorrow, 60 miles away.

I should be down the park on a tea tray.

[OwlHoot]

I've got an interview tomorrow, 60 miles away.

I should be down the park on a tea tray.

WHS

Why does it never snow properly in Central London these days, when most of you lot are having a whale of a time in six foot snow drifts?

[NickFitz]

wtf do you do if it's an automatic?

Get a real car instead

[NotAllThere]

Actually most people on Twitter use normal English.

It's those under 21 who I'm connected to on Facebook, and those who I'm related to under 14 insist on using text language in their emails.

It's fine for IM and SMS. But anyone who uses it in emails or on forums, should have their fingers removed - then they'd have an excuse.

wtf do you do if it's an automatic?

Press the "W" button to switch to winter mode.

[Troll]

Get a real car instead

You mean with windey up windows too?

Gear changing is soooooo 20th century

[darmstadt]

wtf do you do if it's an automatic?

I've driven automatics in snow and icy conditions for years and never really encountered problems. What you do have to remember is that when stopping on ice and you feel you might slide is to put it into neutral. This is because as you are sliding even with the brakes on the car is still in gear (unlike depressing the clutch in a manual) which means that drive is still being sent to the back wheels. These even happens when stopped on an icy surface, such as when at traffic lights and you only have your foot on the brake.


My previous automatic had a winter mode but the current doesn't but does have switchtronic which allows me to use it like a manual, nearly.

[Troll]

Oooo.

Windey up windows that don't cost £237 to change the motor on.

They sound like a good idea.

Actually as one who learnt to drive and spent most of adolescence in a Series IIA LWB Land Rover with slidey windows - I used to dream of windey up windows (and functioning heater) would have been a palace t'us

[RichardCranium]

Actually as one who learnt to drive and spent most of adolescence in a Series IIA LWB Land Rover with slidey windows

Slidey windows? Slidey windows!

Bloody luxury.

Mah Dad's Toledo had triangular pivotty windows as what did bugger all 'cept let bloody rain in.

[Pogle]

WHS

Why does it never snow properly in Central London these days, when most of you lot are having a whale of a time in six foot snow drifts?

Hiya Owlie


Its a great time to be up North and on the bench.
Built a humongous snowman with all the neighbours yesterday, all the kids had a massive snowball fight, we tried building an igloo and its just started snowing again.