Cold Winter

[ashley karyl]

I was just reading an article online from The Independent saying that the weather people are forecasting the coldest winter in a decade here in the UK owing to a phenomenon known as the North Atlantic Oscillation. This led to a brutally cold winter in 1963 when temperatures of -22C were reported and the Thames river froze over. This could cause all sorts of problems in industry etc.

I have my Toyota Carina booked in for a full service next week and I'll make sure all the anti-freeze levels etc are OK. Its probably wise to spend a few pounds now to save a lot more later on!

[Demonic Angel]

Yeah, I've been watching these weather forecasts too...

The past few winters have been incredibly mild, so we deserve a cold one really - although tbh I hope its not true - I hate icy roads and driving in snow!

[ashley karyl]

The mechanic is going to spray a thick wax on the under body of the car which protects it against corrosion and rust especially when there is a lot of salt on the roads. For £20 I think its a wise investment. My car is left parked on a busy road, so I hope I don't walk out there one day and find some idiot has left a huge dent after skidding on ice. Since I got hit from behind by a 4x4 a few weeks back which wrote off my Clio, I have become a bit paranoid about the same thing happening again with the Carina and any ice will just make that a nightmare down here in Cornwall on country roads.

[Blue84]

I hope we do get some snow, as I love it but I don't drive in it..unless it's barely settling. The weather has been doing funny things for ages now tho so who knows what'll happen

[Devil-ish]

OOOOOooooo nooooooooooo............

I cant drive the MR2 Mk3 on ice and snow...... no way.....please dont let it snow

[Chyownster]

yeah should be a cold one, but its butt cold outside today!

[silvasurfa]

great... just bought a frickin supra and it's gonna be impossible to drive <_<

i'm brickin it now about losing the rear end as it is!!!

[floradorable]

A white christmas would be lovely, but yeh I hate driving in snow! Weather has been bizarre this year though, I've been walking around wih no coat on and its November!! Only today has the weather really started to look like it should! So it wouldn't surprise me if we did have this really bad winter they are going on about.

[bluepaseo]

Great, love snow... last time I drove in snow was in a Triumph Dolomite, brilliant fun.

[silvasurfa]

think you need a name change mate! how about blackmr2?!! :P

[JustJJ]

Hmmmm my first winter in the '2..... should be interesting... :P

[Demonic Angel]

I want to hibernate..... anyone care to join me?

[JustJJ]

hibernation sounds good *nods

[Karma Supra]

AS low as -22!!!! really????

When I lived in germany -20 was not uncommon... that is seriously cold!

Watch all chaos break out in the UK as eveyong fails to cope.....

[Demonic Angel]

Hmmm - I remember the winter a few years ago - total stand still - took me hours to get home because people panicked....

We are a nation of panickers!

[ashley karyl]

I can remember riding around Milan on the super slippery cobble stoned streets with tram lines, first on a Vespa and then later on a Honda Sky when it was snowing hard. The calm natured Italian drivers added an extra dimension to the whole experience as they rushed to get home

[knightrider]

i cant wait, this is where its pays to have the rav4, then again i enjoy driving on ice its quite fun, nice clear roads no trafic anywhere too, just like christmas day!

[Bizarra]

I want to hibernate..... anyone care to join me? 

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Me. Me. Me. Please! :P

[Gnome]

Lol Bizarra... :D

I remember that winter a couple of years back too Dem.

All of about 4 inches of snow max, and yet the usual 20min ride home (Still ony had my motorbike back then), turned into a blagged lift from a colleague, leaving at 4pm, and getting dropped off at the edge of my village at about 8pm that evening. 4 hours to do all of 10 miles!

Could've walked home quicker than that!

If it snows, I'm declaring myself snowed in. There's only 3 ways in and out of our village, and they're all up or down hills.

Before that even, I have to contest with my driveway.

We live on a hillside, so the drive is a 20yard long, 16% gradient drop, which is also a curve.

Great for sliding down on bin bags when it gets really thick with snow though... :D

[Demonic Angel]

I want to hibernate..... anyone care to join me? 

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Me. Me. Me. Please! :P

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Only cause you like my new Gold avatar.... dont you like my new non Gold one? ;)

If it snows badly, work have told us we can work from home - well thats what they said last year, so I assume the same goes!

[Kev Mc]

I work in central heating so as soon as there's any cold weather the boilers go on & inevitably some have problems so if this is a cold winter it will be very busy for me. Last year was pretty warm by England's standards so it wasn't too bad but if the predictions are true I'll probably have my head up my :censor: all winter.

[jaxx]

woohoo!

rear drive on ice is pretty damn cool!

[Tegan]

I hate the winter - id love it if it never snowed again! All it does is bring the country to a standstill and mess everything up! Bah humbug

[PaulT]

Snow yes please, bring it on! It's about the only time the trusty CTS can leave all you fast car drivers in the dust :D

Makes me remember that I did buy the right car after all

Paul.

[alanbradley]

I've been hearing all this about the cold winter too, but the strange thing is that I haven't seen a snowflake yet this winter - pretty unusual for up here...

Snow tyres are my friends

A