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[feeutfo]

To clarify, this does not include treated roads cleared to Tarmac and snow in the gutters.

I'm talking about proper un treated fresh snow, later compacted by traffic. Uk
Only.


Personally I'd say no more than five times, on a complete journey.

[Lazydocker]

For a complete journey, without seeing Tarmac? Like you, fewer than 5 times.

I do, however, have to negotiate some very snowy/icy roads on every journey when the bad weather hits around here It's not unheard of for none of the roads to be treated until I reach the A12 And even then, that quite often gets a coating of snow too

[grain.ben]

Mine is pretty high, as i used to live high on the pennines and it does get pretty bad sometimes up north on the hills, especially when i used to live where the nearest major town was about 8 miles away. The best car i had for snow at the time was my old Corsa B , brilliant it was 

[Entwood]

Well over a 100 at a guess ... Germany, Scandinavia, Canada, North America, a few times in Scotland.

Usually in a vehicle with the correct tyres/transmission for the conditions, and the only serious cock-up I made was in Canada when on a call out I was duty driver for the crew and was in a tad of a hurry .. completely forgot about the sump heater, dropped it into reverse and this very long piece of cable started to unattach itself from the fence !! Luckily it didn't break anything but the clips .. so was able to disconnect and continue .. did cost me a few beers later on however ..

One of the more interesting drives was near Bodo .... Landie was handling the conditions really well , but came round a corner to see a snowplough coming the other way had got stuck in the middle of the road... and I mean stuck ... to continue the journey we actually went back up the road, found a gate, into the fields, cross country for a couple of miles then rejoined the road .... that was on full studded snow tyres however .. and it was -15 C .. so no slush just hard dry snow.

UK conditions are the worst to drive in IMHO .. wet slushy snow at around 0 C ... give me much colder stuff any day ..it just works better.

[Auto Addict]

Probably more than 100.

[feeutfo]

*cough<uk only> cough*

[feeutfo]

Probably more than 100.

Given your age though, that's still only once a year since you've been driving.

[ozzycat]

 

Probably more than 100.

Given your age though, that's still only once a year since you've been driving.

ohh that was nast tru  but nasty

[feeutfo]

Probably more than 100.

Given your age though, that's still only once a year since you've been driving.

ohh that was nast tru  but nasty

oh he IS 163 yeas old.

[tunnie]

Only twice really, big dump few years ago, drove down road. Ungritted, with fresh stuff on top. Second time was when I got stuck on M4 & Beaconsfield services not really fresh snow, but slush everywhere with no grit. Struggled for grip.

Might get experience next weekend hopefully though!

[acope]

Quite a few times whilst truckin`, used to deliver brewers grains from Burton on Trent to farms up in the peak district,and down into Devon, had a 6 wheeler Bedford TM,at the time. with diff locks and axle locks, still got trapped on the farms a few times,spent 4 days at one farm, great fun though.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Over my 42 years driving and 1 million miles over many winters it is certainly between 60-100.

I love driving in snow as well!

[Lazydocker]

Can we clarify exactly what you are asking Chris... I read it to be a complete journey on untreated roads, never seeing tarmac. Not sure that all the answers given have been along the same ilk If not then I couldn't count... In excess of 100 I would think, at least half of those times being in recovery vehicles

[feeutfo]

So IMO, a trip up your untreated road to the nearest major route doesn't count. Hence completed journeys on snow/untreated roads. Where tyres never see Tarmac due to snow. In the uk only.

[henryd]

When I was younger I used to drive to Bodmin moor or Dartmoor to find snow,I've grown out of that now.................I think