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Paul B
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It Snow Fun If You Leave T/C On
« on: Feb 28th, 2005, 8:26am » |
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The snow is about 4 inches deep here this morning. And its still coming down. 
Needless to say, I'm not going to go to work in this (I work outdoors), but I have taken the better half to work. And I did, of course, have a bit of fun while I was out there 
Irresponsible you might say, but it just has to be done sometimes I think. And a couple of hundred horses laid down in the soft stuff made pretty patterns
But... I must say, both the Traction Control and ABS were doing their job admirably today. ABS I've benefitted from before, but today is the first 'proper' demonstration of the T/C I've had. I'm impressed at how straight it can keep you. Nice one! 
PS. We rolled through the 70,000 miles mark this morning too
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Re: It Snow Fun If You Leave T/C On
« Reply #1 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 1:40pm » |
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Thats the spirith.!!!
Congrats with some snow ower there to...
He he hehehe...
Just remember to put the TC back on afterwards....... Its xpensive to straiten out metall and change the plastic, and get it painted..........
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 3:51pm » |
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on Feb 28th, 2005, 8:26am, Paul B wrote:| Irresponsible you might say, but it just has to be done sometimes I think. And a couple of hundred horses laid down in the soft stuff made pretty patterns |
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Paul, that is irresponsible, but FUN
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« Reply #3 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 6:06pm » |
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not really had too much of the white stuff in somerset 
but the frost have been a bit severe ..
so having the luxury of traction control as well,i must agree with paul,it's only in the last week or so that the light has ever "flickered" in the dash,but reassuring to know,that it does work when it's needed
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« Reply #4 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 6:42pm » |
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its much more fun with the traction turned off ,i took my 24v up over dartmoor one time after a sprinkling of snow ,great fun just wish i could have turned off the abs as well i personally find i would rather do without it in these type of conditions if you want some fun ,obviuosly its a great safety feature ,but its nice to be reminded off the old escort /mantas etc days without any of these fun killers,just loads of grunt to the back wheels ,and steer it on the throttle, in fact my mates early Audi Quattro turbo has a switch for the abs just like we do for the t/c ,much more sensible
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 7:30pm » |
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Personally i think you are all childish and silly  . Thats how accidents happen and cars get damaged  .... Oh hang on , am i jelous.....
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 7:43pm » |
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i think you may be a tiny bit jealous ,im just upset like Craig says we have had no snow in Somerset ,in all seriousness however i quite agree it is absolutly the wrong thing to do and i would not condone it in the local high street ,however out in the middle of nowhere with no other traffic and just myself in the car ,what the hell why not have some fun ,and in all honesty im thinking of getting rid of mine and recent values for px have been around 3-4 hundred quid so what if it breaks its worth nothing anyway or am i just being irresponsible
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Paul B
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Re: It Snow Fun If You Leave T/C On
« Reply #7 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 8:07pm » |
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Didn't get any photos of the car in the snow, but it looked like this out of the lounge window this morning...
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« Reply #8 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 8:12pm » |
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Pulled into the car park at work very early before anyone had arrived on a snowy day last week. I was greeted with a huge white blank expanse... it was too much temptation.
TCS off, head for the middle, hard right hand lock and floor it... it went round two and a bit times before i backed off. Tried to reverse into a parking space but it was no go so I had no choice but to do the whole spin in the other direction and pull front on into the farthest space from the entrance (just incase another idiot such as me should come in after )
Walked back to the college across the churned up snow.. was only then I remembered the four digital cameras on posts watching the car park.... nobody's said owt yet though.
It'll probably be on one of those telly progs where you see drivers do stoopid things... 
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« Reply #9 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 8:32pm » |
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picture postcard stuff paul,very nice.... 
somerset,just starting to snow now in glastonbury,problem is,looks like it is too wet to pitch ..............
grrrrrr
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Paul B
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« Reply #10 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 8:47pm » |
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Hmm.... not a bad picture really. Taken through the glass aswell so it might look a bit outa focus.
Had to clear a path through it earlier and chuck some grit down to please the postman, so it doesn't look quite so nice now.
Speaking of which, the car doesn't look quite so nice either. In fact it looks bloomin' awful
You're better off without it Craig
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« Reply #11 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 9:30pm » |
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Yes i am a little jealous  no snow and no scorp = no fun at all. Ive even got to catch a train tomorrow to collect me new motor........ New shape Focus BTW untill the other one arrives..... think of me on a crappy cold train platform guys
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« Reply #12 on: Feb 28th, 2005, 9:31pm » |
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Nice pic BTW Mr Bailey
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« Reply #13 on: Mar 2nd, 2005, 3:18pm » |
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I must say just look at the photo of all the snow you have had you are very lucky ,
we have had lots of snow falling in somerset but it just wont lay so i am very jealous each time its starts my daughter is at window saying its snowing we can build a snowman shes only 4 but it hits ground and goes .
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« Reply #14 on: Mar 2nd, 2005, 6:07pm » |
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Lucky? Hmmm..... well I took that picture, and then it all went. You could see all the grass again and everything.
Got up today at 6 and it began to snow again. By 1/4 past 6 it was really heavy, and it's been going all day. Still snowing finely now and is about 5 inches deep again.
Oh, and we went to Sainsburys earlier and guess what I found on our way out? Yep... a quiet bit of slippery car park I had great fun. Although not quite so much when we got home and found all the shopping strewn across the inside of the boot
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« Reply #15 on: Mar 2nd, 2005, 7:08pm » |
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what do u live up north somewhere
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Paul B
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« Reply #16 on: Mar 2nd, 2005, 7:21pm » |
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Nooooo.... way down South-East.
Ashford in Kent.
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« Reply #17 on: Mar 2nd, 2005, 11:24pm » |
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Paul's a Londonder with a posh accent Not like me ( essex boy)
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« Reply #18 on: Mar 3rd, 2005, 12:08am » |
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Someones bound to be selling snow on ebay!
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Re: It Snow Fun If You Leave T/C On
« Reply #19 on: Mar 3rd, 2005, 6:57am » |
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on Mar 3rd, 2005, 12:08am, Highlander wrote:| Someones bound to be selling snow on ebay! |
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 I might give it a go! I've got plenty here.
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