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Old 02-28-2018, 09:23 AM
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Not wanting to preach about bad weather. But just seen on BBC news an article about driving carefully in the snow.....

What image did they pick to highlight the dangers ?

Yep you guessed correctly an S2000 crashed in a snowy ditch..

Hope whoever it was is OK. Pre face lift MCB with what looked like non OEM wheels..


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Old 02-28-2018, 09:38 AM
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Not the best car in the snow !!
Old 02-28-2018, 09:48 AM
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It's fine if all you want to do is follow in the tracks of the 4x4 in front of you ...

Mines tucked up under its cover until after the thaw.
Old 02-28-2018, 09:51 AM
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Yep mine was booked in for its services tomorrow once taxed in the morning ..... not risking it to be honest and rebooked for the end of the month .
Old 02-28-2018, 09:55 AM
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Mine been out and about without issue ... quite enjoying it tbh.
Old 02-28-2018, 09:56 AM
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The depth of the snow on my drive is more than the amount of ground clearance the car has so it'll be staying in the garage for a few days I suspect, at the moment the snow is like hail battering off the house windows, my normally snow daft dog doesn't even want to go out.!
Old 02-28-2018, 10:33 AM
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I've found main roads ok in the deep south but as always it's the side roads that really catch people out

either turning into one too quickly or approaching a junction too quickly (see the common problem there)

I'm tippy toeing in the Jag and staying in if I can

Should be all over by the weekend then we go back to moaning about Brexit
Old 02-28-2018, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by unclefester
Mine been out and about without issue ... quite enjoying it tbh.
Good man i had great fun driving to work, ended up going around the block 4 times then it sunk in i should be at work instead of enjoying myself

Old 02-28-2018, 11:44 AM
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Can't say I've noticed.

Mind you, stopping a 1.8-tonne behemoth takes some planning, so that requires caution.
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As it's facing forward rather than backwards in the ditch, probably a lame understeer incident rather than overzealous right foot action.

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