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Started by danzigfan, 15 January 2013, 18:45:00

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danzigfan

....yesterday morning got 10 inches of snow, beautyful too see it after a long time

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

Snow in every part of omega  ;D after getting home

Expecting even more snow tomorrow
I would rather push omega than drive renault

the alarming man

bugger me that is proper snow :y
'the more people i meet...the more i like the dog'

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

PhilRich

Crikey!, and to think I moaned about the TWO inches (of snow, before any of you p-takers jump in ;D ) I  got here! :-[
If it ain't broke keep fixing it 'til it is!

TheBoy

That amount of snow in the UK, and the papers and TV would be declaring Armageddon
Grumpy old man

danzigfan

Quote from: the alarming man on 15 January 2013, 18:46:39
bugger me that is proper snow :y
...after couple of years without it, I'm very pleased to see it  :y
I would rather push omega than drive renault

danzigfan

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
I would rather push omega than drive renault

b4ndit

that's a lot of  snow ;D :y

dbug

Nice one mate - reminds me of some of my driving experiences in Sweden & Finland ;)
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Vamps

Now that is snow............ :y :y

tunnie

Media here goes nuts when it's just a few snow flakes! Impressive that it coped well :)

danzigfan

Quote from: tunnie on 16 January 2013, 08:01:35
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
I would rather push omega than drive renault

Andyfloss

wow! ha how does it handle. everyone recons as soon as the omega see's a hill in the snow that ill get stuck?

05omegav6

Quote from: TheBoy on 15 January 2013, 18:50:57
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

aaronjb

Quote from: Andyfloss on 17 January 2013, 09:57:25
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 ;)

danzigfan

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
I would rather push omega than drive renault