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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: danzigfan on 15 January 2013, 18:45:00
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....yesterday morning got 10 inches of snow, beautyful too see it after a long time
(http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g480/danzigfan1/IMAG0661-1.jpg)
photo taken yesterday at 7:00 am. Another 10 inches of snow came today when returning from work. Got caught in winter storm and didn't even believe I'll be getting home today with omega but it was a nice drive, all that slipping of car's rear end....was controlable, it handled at least as good as many front W/D I had before and much better than e36 I owned many years before.
After 40 miles of really sh...y road conditions and average speed 30 mph, came home to find last piece of road, quarter of a mile long full of snow, no one drove there today so I gave it a go. I was positively surprised when omega managed to handle that last snow. Unloaded, but with good winter tyres bought last year ,omega did good job today. See for yourself the amount of snow she went trough
(http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g480/danzigfan1/IMAG0666.jpg)
Snow in every part of omega ;D after getting home
(http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g480/danzigfan1/IMAG0665.jpg)
Expecting even more snow tomorrow
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bugger me that is proper snow :y
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Crikey!, and to think I moaned about the TWO inches (of snow, before any of you p-takers jump in ;D ) I got here! :-[
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That amount of snow in the UK, and the papers and TV would be declaring Armageddon
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bugger me that is proper snow :y
...after couple of years without it, I'm very pleased to see it :y
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Well it is Armagedon like if you see all the trucks stuck everywhere, buses running late today, crashes....and the dirt on omega isn't so obvious... :D
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that's a lot of snow ;D :y
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Nice one mate - reminds me of some of my driving experiences in Sweden & Finland ;)
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Now that is snow............ :y :y
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Media here goes nuts when it's just a few snow flakes! Impressive that it coped well :)
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Media here goes nuts when it's just a few snow flakes! Impressive that it coped well :)
I'm impressed too, I've a feeling omega will get some more testing soon. Started to snow again ;D
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wow! ha how does it handle. everyone recons as soon as the omega see's a hill in the snow that ill get stuck?
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That amount of snow in the UK, and the papers and TV would be declaring Armageddon
Well they would if they had managed to get to work ;D
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wow! ha how does it handle. everyone recons as soon as the omega see's a hill in the snow that ill get stuck?
Don't forget, danzigfan has winter tyres on his car, not summer boots ;)
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Maybe lack of torque on 4 pot helps a bit, doesn't spin it so fast, but I believe the reason is omega has one of these on every corner
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Snowtrac-3.htm
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ahhh. very valid point! :-X
apparently going to be bad blizzards in the uk tomorrow!
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Says a lot for snow tyres and being prepared. I think snow is just a good excuse not to go to work in this country ::)
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Says a lot for snow tyres and being prepared. I think snow is just a good excuse not to go to work in this country ::)
I think you might be right there, what with news pulp outlets already having headlines like "Don't even try to travel tomorrow!": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263837/UK-weather-Pensioner-dies-slipping-ice-clearing-driveway.html
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Just got some snow socks for the misses omega, well someones got to bring the pennies in ;D
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bugger me that is proper snow :y
yep..+1 :y