Winter is nearly here!!

[gumby6371]

I had a little reminder this morning of the change in the weather. Took a bend at 30mph, back end went onto some wet leaves causing a big twitch of the sphincta muscle!!!
It slid about 2 feet before the tyres gripped again and I fish tailed up the road narrowly avoiding a couple of parked cars

Time for winter driving mode me thinks!!!!

[steve_earwig]

It was -4 here this morning, suddenly all the leaves have fallen off the trees (oh goody, another job I can't do )

[Welly]

Time to witness one's MPG in decline too

I was thinking just yesterday whether to 'stock up' on some super-concentrate screen wash as I remember it running out everywhere last year through the long cold snap.

[sirwiggum]

Stocked up on de-icer.

Dreading it, as this year we live on a housing development on a hill.

How does one drive an automatic in snow? Leave it in '2' ?

[steve_earwig]

No snow button?

[DiscoPol]

It was -4 here this morning, suddenly all the leaves have fallen off the trees

snap, I took the C5 this morning as im still waiting for some bearings to be delivered from the uk so the wife is taking the landy the 2 km a day to here work, was quite funny watching my 5 foot wife trying to get the screen cleared on a lifted disco on big tyres, i just hit the defrost button on the C5 and waited whilst sat in my heated seats for everything to clear, she wasnt too happy with me as i drove off

[CalamityJames]

Even my old 1996 Nissan QX had one of them, was actually really useful last year:

[Busman]

Stocked up on de-icer.

Dreading it, as this year we live on a housing development on a hill.

How does one drive an automatic in snow? Leave it in '2' ?

Wouldn't imagine that would do any good, as it will still use gears 1 and 2, just not use top gear. When i've used autos in the winter, the snow button makes it pull off in a higher gear, 2nd or 3rd I think. Makes for less torque at the wheels, therfore less chance of spinning.
Does the manual say anything about it?

[FarmerPug]

i hear there is snow in derry but its raining like mad with lots of roads flooded i hit a puddle i didnt see today and
the mud guards spun around

[steve_earwig]

And now I have an image of a 406 driving through a deep puddle with its mud guards spinning round and round...

[FarmerPug]

they really did only one screw holds them in and they were almost upside down

[STALLED]

HAHAHAHAHAHA - Sucked in.

Just as its warming up to a pleasant 30 degrees here on the weekend - and I'll be on a beach somewhere for my holidays!

[Busman]

HAHAHAHAHAHA - Sucked in.

Just as its warming up to a pleasant 30 degrees here on the weekend - and I'll be on a beach somewhere for my holidays!

Jealous? Me? Not at all.

[steve_earwig]

Of course not! Shove another blue ringed octopus on the barbie in our honour Joel!

I wasn't kidding about the walnut leaves, it's like something out of a Terry Gilliam cartoon - one hint of frost and woosh! They're a foot deep in places, I've never seen them do that before, it probably means we're in for a hard one.

Anyway, excuse me, I'm off to be electrified and degaussed

[STALLED]

Though its really mean, when you are stuck inside an office when its nice and warm outside