Preparing for snow

moses06

I have got to admit I use a credit card to scrape the windscreen! Only time I use it that it doesn't cost me anything!!:beer:
I have a Izusu Trooper for pulling trailers out of muddy fields so I have all terrains on, so bring on the snow!! Love it!! It's great fun driving it through snowbound fields to take hay and water to livestock, how a 4x4 should be used, mine's not a school run car, it's a work horse!
Another thing that REALLY gets me annoyed is people tail gating me in ice and snow, expecting me to be flying around at speed just because I have a 4x4, it does NOT mean I can go faster, just that I have more grip and easier pulling off, morons, a 4x4 driven like a nutter on ice and snow is 2 tons of out of control metal, no thanks! Yet these morons just don't get the gist.

ianders

moses06 wrote: »

I have got to admit I use a credit card to scrape the windscreen! Only time I use it that it doesn't cost me anything!!

Wouldn't be the first time I've had a card freeze and snap on me...

SailorSam

When i hear people talking about icy mornings and snow on the car i think "thank God for my garage".

Slowhand

scotsman4th wrote: »

Once up, click kettle. Go out, start car.

Back in, cup of tea.

If the cars covered in snow, use the brush for the kitchen floor to sweep it off.

....if the car's been nicked phone Police. Don't bother phoning your insurance as you're not covered.

mikey72

moses06 wrote: »

I have got to admit I use a credit card to scrape the windscreen! Only time I use it that it doesn't cost me anything!!:beer:
I have a Izusu Trooper for pulling trailers out of muddy fields so I have all terrains on, so bring on the snow!! Love it!! It's great fun driving it through snowbound fields to take hay and water to livestock, how a 4x4 should be used, mine's not a school run car, it's a work horse!
Another thing that REALLY gets me annoyed is people tail gating me in ice and snow, expecting me to be flying around at speed just because I have a 4x4, it does NOT mean I can go faster, just that I have more grip and easier pulling off, morons, a 4x4 driven like a nutter on ice and snow is 2 tons of out of control metal, no thanks! Yet these morons just don't get the gist.

Makes you wonder what they're driving on, if they think you're going too slow for them.

Rolandtheroadie

Slowhand wrote: »

....if the car's been nicked phone Police. Don't bother phoning your insurance as you're not covered.

I'd still have to report it to my insurer possibly, information only.

Tobster86

Buy an ice-scraper/can of de-icer.

If you live in a rural area north of Derbyshire, consider some snow chains or winter tyres depending on the nature of local roads.

If you live in a non-rural area south of Derbyshire, grow a pair!

Nearly_Old

We're just about ready - bought a smaller kettle and toaster, a new duvet, checked my thermals and other outdoor gear. Wife retired last week (I retired last year) so this winter tea, toast and stay under the duvet

Luckily we still have a doctors, chemist, post office, Co-op (with ATM), butchers and a library in the village and it's only 15 minutes walk each way.

rxbren

two words
man up
its snow its not a big deal or the end of the world if you have to scrape a little ice off the screen

as for 4x4 driving slow in the snow it irratates me i have a twinwheel tipper and nearly got caught out a couple of years ago a truck had got stuck in the snow on a hill on a country road just managed to turn round and caught up with a 4x4 doing 10mph. the roads where covered in a good few inches of snow and it was hilly i had to wait at the top of each hill for the car to get up the next side as needed the momentum to be able to make the incline

Tobster86

I'd strongly advise against using a kettle as thermal shock can fracture the windscreen. The same goes for warm water from any source generally; it doesn't have to be boiling.