What were you up to last night whilst it snowed?... - Page 3

john johnson · 07-02-12, 09:10 PM

Was it nice and toasty in there though ?

Isimmo · 07-02-12, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by john johnson

Was it nice and toasty in there though ?

No, not really, No2 end cab heaters are a bit lame, okay if you're not moving, but friggin cold and drafty at speed...

Phil Payne · 07-02-12, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Isimmo

No, not really, No2 end cab heaters are a bit lame, okay if you're not moving, but friggin cold and drafty at speed...

Does anyone else remember the poor sods who used to drive bus chassises about?

They looked for all the world like they were perched on orange boxes, dressed in turn of the nineteenth century driver's garb - back when the gentry sat inside and the driver sat out in the weather?

I haven't seen one now for perhaps a couple of decades - but they really were dressed up like a cross between a WWI flying ace and someone riding in an open-top sidecar. Goggles, leather helmets, 3" thick leather overcoats, etc. In all weathers and sometimes at ridiculous speeds. Those things must have been fun to drive.

Nierca_Quattro · 08-02-12, 12:51 AM

I had a real fun saturday night. Had to go to Northampton, then back to Bedford, then Peterborough to pick some wheels up, then from there to Stansted Airport, as my mate landed there instead of Luton due to heavy snow. I was in my a6 2.5 tdi quattro avant with the summer tyres and there was snow everywhere!

I was driving for total of 9 hours that night, really enjoyed overtaking everyone on the motorway while most of people were doing ~30 mph and I was doing ~45-50mph ploughing trough 6-7 inches of snow

I saw at least 100 stuck and struggling BMW's, one of them was M3 really struggling in a bit of snow, on M11 so I stopped to offer him some help, but he said "I'm getting there", which, I think was his pointless hope, so before I took off, I advised him to get a Quattro next time

Then I helped a young lad to drive his mum's focus up the hill for him

Then I stopped three times to push another stuck BMW, with other drivers, even a polish guy driving a big truck pushing the snow off the motorway jumped out to give us a hand, then the bus driver, taxi driver, etc.

BMW is no good in the snow - YouTube

Then stopped for some coffe and some fuel

And then got stuck in a jam due to a stuck lorry and blocking all the traffic for 1+ hour

After I dropped my mate off from Stansted to Dunstable, I was barely able to keep awake while driving back to Bedford again, and finally jumping in the bed at 6.30 am!

So slept all day, woke up, and then went to have some fun in the snow with my brother

Audi Quattro Winter Fun - YouTube

I just LOVE the QUATTRO!!!

msh · 08-02-12, 06:44 AM

Passat in that video clearly shows why I decided I had to buy a quattro - it is soooo boring to do like that with fwd...

Nierca_Quattro · 08-02-12, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by msh

Passat in that video clearly shows why I decided I had to buy a quattro - it is soooo boring to do like that with fwd...

Yes, I know

But every car has it's own fun

My wallet used to love my 1.9 tdi passat

50+ mpg

Nierca_Quattro · 08-02-12, 07:13 AM

Them hid's on my a6 are absolutely uselees btw. They're not blinding others

Nigel Conniford · 08-02-12, 10:08 AM

Collecting Milk, the same come Rain, wind or Shine, or even Snow

Lofty · 08-02-12, 01:23 PM

Having the mildest winter yet here in Ontario......even our magnolia tree is budding.......

rtz62 · 08-02-12, 04:13 PM

Who was I up last night? SWMBO!

07-02-12, 09:10 PM	#21
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Nigel Conniford Chief Sausage Meister!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,614	Collecting Milk, the same come Rain, wind or Shine, or even Snow __________________ Horsepower is the force that determines at what speed you hit the wall, Torque is the force that determines how far you take the wall with you after you hit it.

08-02-12, 06:44 AM	#25
msh 4 ring whore! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Rucava, Latvija Posts: 3,816	Passat in that video clearly shows why I decided I had to buy a quattro - it is soooo boring to do like that with fwd...

08-02-12, 07:13 AM	#27
Nierca_Quattro Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 862	Them hid's on my a6 are absolutely uselees btw. They're not blinding others

08-02-12, 01:23 PM	#29
Lofty Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mid western Ontario Posts: 1,817	Having the mildest winter yet here in Ontario......even our magnolia tree is budding.......

08-02-12, 04:13 PM	#30
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	Who was I up last night? SWMBO!