Another snow thread

[L33 LEG]

We had it bad like everyone else over christmas, it had just started to go away and then it came down hard again saturday morning. all last night and this morning it has been snowing none stop and its very deep :roll:

How do people get to work when their cars are clearly not going to make it? I usually just phone up and have a day off but i cant be doing with not getting paid. Wish this snow would fcuk right off, iv heard it's only going to get worse though :(

Is anybody actually enjoying it at the moment?

[LEWI007]

Started snowing again here, ice all over and cant even walk down the street ffs.

[L33 LEG]

It was icy all over yesterday. i walked into the town and was falling all over the place lol I havnt touched my drive since last week so all the snow that came down saturday is just thick ice and now all the fresh snow will be on top of it. its quite a steep drive, i doubt i can even get off it. the bm has no chance, it is buried at the moment and the splitter would just rip off anyway. i might see if the nova will get up the drive, but i can see it getting stuck elsewhere :(

[Lee H]

I'm stuck at home as well not getting paid. People at work think i'm overreacting as they all made it in (they live a 5 minute walk away) but there is no way I can get off our street and all the buses have been stopped as well.

[sulphur]

Stuck home today too. Got 7inch here this morning, and I didn't even bother trying to get to site in Wythenshawe. One of my mates from other side of bolton tried getting to work, had to abandon his car half way down bury rd. lol

[L33 LEG]

Il take these pics in next time at work to prove i wasnt overreacting lol

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/the%20BMW%20project/snow03.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/the%20BMW%20project/snow02.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/L33LEG/the%20BMW%20project/snow04.jpg

[Riggy]

lol thats nowt compared to what it is here now , took me 3hr45 min to take misses to work , it normally takes 15 min , had to leave car about a mile away aswell on way back , im not goin to work , got to pick her up tonight so need to get the car free lol

[L14MNP]

Snow here is as bad as that L33. lol. Nowt compared to elsewhere as Riggy says.

RWD aint so hot in these conditions is it! FWD FTW, weight over the drive wheels so more traction and if they get stuck, turning the steering barely does anything on RWD IME. lol

Why not take the splitters off just for now?

[L33 LEG]

lol i hope she was grateful for that. Looking at my pics it doesnt look too bad, the roads will be much worse than that. even last night before it snowed heavy it was bad enough.

I cant remember it ever snowing this much, at least for over 15 years or so. Is it actually going to stop? lol

[sparkie1401]

no its p1ss1ng me off, guin loves it but i cant get owt done to the car
Boooooooooooooooooooooooo

looks like its not stopped here all night and is still coming, i havent been to look at a house i was interested in either

[Riggy]

view from my pc lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/DSC01029.jpg

[L33 LEG]

Snow here is as bad as that L33. lol. Nowt compared to elsewhere as Riggy says.

RWD aint so hot in these conditions is it! FWD FTW, weight over the drive wheels so more traction and if they get stuck, turning the steering barely does anything on RWD IME. lol

Why not take the splitters off just for now?

The only time i drove the bm in the snow was just before xmas, was on the way back from work and i had a queue of 40 cars behind me going 1mph and they were wondering why i was going so slow until they realised what car i was in. even one of my neighbours was in the queue and he was talking to my mum about it the next week saying how much my car was clearly struggling. only driven it once since then lol

I could take my bumper off the bm, but itl still be impossible to drive it. im not sure how well the nova will cope yet, i dont really want to risk it. i have been driving my dads car for the past few weeks to go to work, but hes busy tonight. Looks like im just going to have to have another day off. I've just found out that the people who lives in the town as my work have all phoned in saying theyre stuck, so its not as if they wont believe me.

[L33 LEG]

Riggy - thats deep lol a good few inches more than here. Me and my mates were driving over yorkshire way the other night looking for some snow fun, we might try bolton way next Lol.

[L14MNP]

I went out with my mate the other night, New Years day to be exact. We found it 7/8" deep and his mighty winter motor just soldiered through it and up the banks no-one else could manage! lol. That thing hasn't been stuck once yet!
You can see the beast here - and yeah, I was stuck. lol
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/itsallac0nspiracy/Dusty%20Drifter/57784a44.jpg?t=1262690670

[Lee H]

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/042.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/046-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/047-1.jpg

And its still snowing.

[AlexW]

Thats a lot of snow. No snow again here.

[sulphur]

Front

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/rainingsulphur/P1020443.jpg

Back

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/rainingsulphur/P1020442.jpg

Rooftop of car

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/rainingsulphur/P1020444.jpg

Wing mirror. Plenty snow lol

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr3/rainingsulphur/P1020445.jpg

[andy_017]

Thats a lot of snow that Lee!

L33LEG - BMW's are horrendous in snow, i dont even attempt to move mine anymore!

[Sloth]

started here at 8 am and still gooing, just been told its gonna be like it all week. global warming rules!!!!!

[Jack]

No snow here. Hard frost this morning (-5 last night I think) which is enough to make people drive like fukktards.

Shame as I'm off work for a while still and the Celica likes snow :(

Sun came out for a bit this morning to melt the ice and warm things up; its supposed to rain in a bit then freeze over again. Nice.

[edit] Yeah its actually raining now. lol

[twistysnovagte]

snowed heavy here too.

6.45am this morning
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/twist6151/DSCF1842.jpg?t=1262701674
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/twist6151/DSCF1848.jpg?t=1262701927

and while ive got the day of work i built my first snowman in nearly 20 years lol
with my son of course:)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/twist6151/DSCF1849.jpg?t=1262701992
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa168/twist6151/DSCF1847.jpg?t=1262702088

been snowing very heavy for the last 2 hours and not letting up!
i will say i was the only one who made it into the yard this morning for work and was told to go home as everybody is stucklol
so ive just been and bought a new battery/glow plugs/and fuel filter for the van(should see me out of the cold months;) ).

[Jack]

Bondage snowman?! lol

Wow, the rain turned to snow for about 10 seconds. Now its stopped. Apparently the local BBC weather forecast said around 6 inches of snow tonight. Yet online it says "light snow". I'm reckoning that means rain tonight lol

[Hobbit]

We had a bit of snow last night, nothing major though :(

The Omega is loving it, traction control off, sport mode engaged. Only problem i'm having is it takes up alot of road when its going sideways lol

[Adam]

We've had a good half an inch here!!!!!!!!

[L14MNP]

About 5" here now. Last night was really sketchy with all of the ice and no fresh snow. The car stepped out big style going down a bank in the B&Q car park. I was inches away from taking down a one way sign with my quarter. lol

[vaughanmc]

We had some more snow last night as well maybe about 1" max on top of another 6" of snow/ice maybe

The MAIN roads (motorways/dual carriageways) have seen gritters but the rest of the place hasn't! My street is an icerink! Usually a 3-pt turn at the end of the road but I managed a 1-pt turn today :thumb: lol

[RickW]

lee i can second how bad it is. We have had big arctic lorries stuck on the slgiht incline outside my work. Never seen a truck wheelspin so much. Had an m3 trying to get up too and just going sideways.

Its all good fun though i enjoy it

[sama]

been snowing on and off all day, i live near newcastle airport its lashing down again about 2" on top of the ice from last night

[draper]

got about an inch in some patrs of nottingham, but been back to ilkseton (derbyshire) and theres hardly any

im fed-up of people doing 3mph on a main road thats obviously been gritted tho !!

definatly going out for a play later on lol

[Lee H]

Updated pics to compare to this morning.

My missus work is paying for her to stay in a hotel so she doesn't have to risk trying to get home later.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/057-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/058-1.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/059-1.jpg

[dannyb]

Is anybody actually enjoying it at the moment?

I'm having a snow day today off school as Oldham is snowed under, as is here.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i246/dannyblo/Audi/DSCF3754.jpg

This morning at 10

Then this afternoon after the snow slid off the bonnet

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i246/dannyblo/Audi/DSCF3760.jpg

[Jon_nova1]

My car grew an afro lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/Unicorn007/Photo0033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/Unicorn007/Photo0030.jpg

The majority made it into work, the parcel collection wagon got stuck, it took about an hour to get it out lol

[Mike]

its been snowing like fook here again too. TBH its getting a bit boring now....we have a lot of external work for the lads to be doing but it simply cant be done at the moment, there losing out & im losing out even more so :(

[L33 LEG]

It hadnt snowed since yesterday so iv just spent an hour clearing all my drive and was going to attempt to drive the nova to work tonight as the main roads are fine. just as i was finishing my drive it started to bloody snow again :( im hoping it isnt going to get bad again.

[sulphur]

We had another inch or so overnight, jobsite shutdown today so didn't even bother clearing the drive. lol

[Mike]

Not been bad here at all really, snowed solidly but very lightly from about 2pm yesterday until early hours this morning. Then had a little fluster about 10am apparently.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/ABCD0001.jpg

[MattBrown]

Took 4 hours to do 4 miles last night!

Wagons jacknifed lol:)

Also, day off tommorow, college day release from work, and coll is shut!

[Jack]

We need a guess the car thread with all these arctic covered vehicles lol

[Bubba]

i wonder if anyone will sell a "mystery car under snow" on ebay again :P

[Annie]

Im glad to say that the nova made it out of my road. Afew 4x4s have but not any cars. Took 2 hours to clear & salt the drive & look at the fiat punto we bured, Best place for a fiat 10 foot under :)

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u62/Walshy-Sri/SUC53246.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u62/Walshy-Sri/SUC53247.jpg

[Rich]

I want snow i cant be bothered to go into work tomorrow :(

[Mike]

Looks like my plans for an evening out are hampered, cars stuck on the drive on a sheet of frozen snow/ice. Bugger.

[Benn]

Got a bit bored and haven't used my camera in a while so...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/11rs.jpg

hehe i did that..
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/13rs.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/1rs.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/2rs.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/10rs.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Snow/14rs.jpg

[Nova_Sean]

Size 11's?

[Rich]

whats the wire going into your boot?

[Benn]

Nm they are 13s and rich its power for the trickle charger. Haven't been able to drive it since the 27th.