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Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:16 pm

mcbutler wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:46 amWhat are Nokians??

Nokians are a famous mobile phone brand

Rob

Pastry · Post by **Pastry** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:40 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:17 pm600 miles to cover in the Z overnight tonight brand new Vred Vortis will be soundly tested by morning

If you want to do a pit stop at mine you can swap with my 224s with nokians

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:48 pm

Pastry wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:40 pm
mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:17 pm600 miles to cover in the Z overnight tonight brand new Vred Vortis will be soundly tested by morning
If you want to do a pit stop at mine you can swap with my 224s with nokians

And warm your Rsend on his log burner

Vonlipvig · Post by **Vonlipvig** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:56 pm

buzyg wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 5:12 pm
Vonlipvig wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:07 am
Phoenixboy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:46 amno snow in the English Riviera, but it may be coming.
It's hit a bit futher west along the coast. Got plenty coming down this morning
Plenty in the Dockyard this morning, We built a snowman Lunchtime.

Was that while waiting for the chaos of everyone being let out at the same time to clear?

Was meant to be diving off the Waterfront this afternoon, for some reason it was cancelled. Was looking forward to getting in the water, would have warmed me up

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:41 pm

Winter tyres wouldn't be much use up here in Sunderland this morning. Cars parked end to end on the main roads all over the place

DinosaurEyes · Post by **DinosaurEyes** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:26 pm

Drove the entire 1.5 miles home from work sideways with the traction control off! Great fun!

... then i got stuck wheel spinning in the snow when going over a speed bump about 20m from my garage, two friendly chaps pushed me the rest of the way!

...then I got stuck again, right outside my garage! Had to sweep away all the snow before I could get it in! I'm loving this snow!

Z4Rick · Post by **Z4Rick** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:37 pm

I gotta tell you guys, I am getting a laugh out of this thread. Here in Snow Country, USA, we get 4-6 storms like you are seeing every year. I use Blizzacks in up to 6" when the Z4 turns into a snow plow and needs to be parked, and the 4X4 fired up. After 30 years of driving in the mountains, snow is never an issue, (up to about 6"). MOMENTUM is the key, NEVER use the power, but finesse only enough speed to keep rolling, and you'll look like Lewis Hamilton to the sideways drivers. Stopping and starting is DEATH. Keep rolling, don't spin wheels, and you'll get home....

Unless you are on performance dry weather skins, in which case you are pretty well screwed and should have stayed home....

I suspect the biggest threat are the thousands of OTHER drivers who don't get much seat time in snowy conditions...Z4 owners learn how to drive sideways in their first few hundred miles anyhow, so they know what to look for!

Good Luck Mates....be careful - they aren't making any more of these!

Busterboo · Post by **Busterboo** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:50 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:17 pm600 miles to cover in the Z overnight tonight brand new Vred Vortis will be soundly tested by morning

Or not.

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:54 pm

Busterboo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:50 pm
mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:17 pm600 miles to cover in the Z overnight tonight brand new Vred Vortis will be soundly tested by morning
Or not.

Job already done pal , roads were rough at times with 2-3cm snow through northern France in the early hours but we arrived safely & only had the odd twitch & scare

think a lot was down to running the right tyre pressures

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:38 pm

Z4Rick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:37 pmI use Blizzacks in up to 6" when the Z4 turns into a snow plow and needs to be parked, and the 4X4 fired up.

I'm glad I read that in your post - my daily has a set of Blizzacks on!

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:01 pm

Not much snow up on Dartmoor today.

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Made up for it with 70mph winds and -22c wind chill though.

I loved it.

Left the Zed at home though and took the Clio. Less to dig out.

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Busterboo · Post by **Busterboo** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:43 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:54 pm
Busterboo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:50 pm
mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:17 pm600 miles to cover in the Z overnight tonight brand new Vred Vortis will be soundly tested by morning
Or not.
Job already done pal , roads were rough at times with 2-3cm snow through northern France in the early hours but we arrived safely & only had the odd twitch & scare ...

600 miles. I'm impressed and more impressed because of the snow. I'm a crap long-distance driver.

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:54 am

Z4Rick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:37 pmI gotta tell you guys, I am getting a laugh out of this thread. Here in Snow Country, USA, we get 4-6 storms like you are seeing every year. I use Blizzacks in up to 6" when the Z4 turns into a snow plow and needs to be parked, and the 4X4 fired up. After 30 years of driving in the mountains, snow is never an issue, (up to about 6"). MOMENTUM is the key, NEVER use the power, but finesse only enough speed to keep rolling, and you'll look like Lewis Hamilton to the sideways drivers. Stopping and starting is DEATH. Keep rolling, don't spin wheels, and you'll get home....

Unless you are on performance dry weather skins, in which case you are pretty well screwed and should have stayed home....

I suspect the biggest threat are the thousands of OTHER drivers who don't get much seat time in snowy conditions...Z4 owners learn how to drive sideways in their first few hundred miles anyhow, so they know what to look for!

Good Luck Mates....be careful - they aren't making any more of these!

I’m not suprised you laugh - Europe and Scandanavia must get the giggles as well. The UK gets a dusting and we grind to a halt . Most of the problem is folk insist on using the same tyres summer and winter then wonder why they get stuck and boast they can drive according to the conditions!

Busterboo · Post by **Busterboo** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:39 am

ronk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:54 am ...
I’m not suprised you laugh - Europe and Scandanavia must get the giggles as well. The UK gets a dusting and we grind to a halt . Most of the problem is folk insist on using the same tyres summer and winter then wonder why they get stuck and boast they can drive according to the conditions!

It's all very well you Europhiles giggling together, but I ain't spending 1500 of Her Majesty's good sovs on a set of wheels & winter tyres in case it snows in the East Midlands. In your actual Scandinavia, parts of which are above the Arctic Circle and have polar bears, they set their clocks by the first flakes of the white stuff and get good value out of their winter sets. Here, the highest-ranking country in the Winter Olympics that probably won't have snow most winters, it just ain't worth it.

Busterboo · Post by **Busterboo** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:48 am

A propos of not much, a Czech friend - not that I'm anti-Brexit, you understand - told me that in the Republic, if you have a car accident that's attributable to snow after a fixed date each year and are not using winter tyres, your insurance is invalid. Mmm, what fun the Euro-bureaucrats must have.

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