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SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
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Well I used the special programs in anger for the first time today! Used them a couple of times before, but didn't really need to.
We had over a foot of snow last night in Sussex, and hubby couldn't wait to get out in the Disco! I'd gone to work in it yesterday in the slush, and the only slip I had was turning into the carpark at work off an ungritted road.
The car was so impressive today. It didn't bat an eyelid reversing out of the drive towards the main road, whereas our BMW 120 wouldn't have made it 2 yards! We made our way to the local Tescos 4 miles away without any issues, and decided to visit my inlaws for a coffee. Their driveway is very steep tarmac, and after crawling halfway up it we starting sliding backwards. A heat-stopping moment! Especially as the car started angling towards a wall. I jumped out and cleared any ice from under the wheels, and after a few minutes very careful creeping backwards and forwards, we got back down the slope.
So the only thing that let us down was the tyres. I had an argument with my boss yesterday - she laughed at me for being worried about driving to work. "But you've got a 4x4" she says. Yes, I reply, which on ice becomes a 2.5 tonne sled! I rest my case.
Hope everyone had fun out there today! The only downer for us was a crack developing in the windscreen. 
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 2nd Dec 2010 9:52 pm |
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Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
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Had plenty of fun in mine today, about 2 foot here but a lot more in places due to drifting. Used it to pull a 36 ton articulated tanker out of a jack knife and up a small slope, wow i was impressed no issues what so ever not even any wheel spin   MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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| 2nd Dec 2010 10:21 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
 
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SazzaG wrote: ... and after crawling halfway up it we starting sliding backwards. A heart-stopping moment! Especially as the car started angling towards a wall.
... sounds like 'driver error' to me, should have gone in the Jazz   and theeeeennn......???
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| 2nd Dec 2010 10:37 pm |
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SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106
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Haha, don't you know what happened to the Jazz? Written off a couple of months ago, hence the BMW!
Anyway, you know the driveway I'm talking about
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| 2nd Dec 2010 11:04 pm |
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MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
Location: away
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Sazza, Sussex here too, where abouts are you 
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| 2nd Dec 2010 11:06 pm |
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SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106
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West, just outside Pulborough.
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| 2nd Dec 2010 11:07 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
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SazzaG wrote:Haha, don't you know what happened to the Jazz? Written off a couple of months ago, hence the BMW!
 and theeeeennn......???
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| 2nd Dec 2010 11:13 pm |
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SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106
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Hit from behind by an old Polo which didn't manage to stop in time! No harm done to anyone, but two written off cars! We didn't care - company car
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| 2nd Dec 2010 11:30 pm |
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