First snow for the cloth

[r2uzenblot]

Anyone tried deriving in snow yet. Went up to Burnley today and was there when the snow dropped (despite the forecast being light snow showers). I found rear wheel drive and an automatic a nightmare on the hills. Anyone got any tips apart from staying at home..........

 

[q96169we]

Anyone tried deriving in snow yet. Went up to Burnley today and was there when the snow dropped (despite the forecast being light snow showers). I found rear wheel drive and an automatic a nightmare on the hills. Anyone got any tips apart from staying at home..........

Eco pro mode to slow the throttle response, turn off auto star-stop, then manual mode 2nd gear to drive off. Ultimately, winter tyre or at least all season tyre is the best solution if you have to go out.

 

[sars]

[ref]q96169we[/ref], what you need is one of those red LED signs in the back of the car displaying Winter Tyres suckers :lol:

 

[q96169we]

[ref]q96169we[/ref], what you need is one of those red LED signs in the back of the car displaying Winter Tyres suckers :lol:

Actually, what I need is a sign of winter tyre fitted, keep away from me. You just can’t imagine how idiot certain drivers are especially some Chelsea Tractors drivers. They think big 4*4 with 325 width summer tyre is the king. All they can do is firing themselves as missile to you.

But for the remaining drivers, will your sign be a tiny bit too harsh to them? oke: Maybe I'm too nice. :rofl: :rofl:

 

[q96169we]

[ref]r2uzenblot[/ref], this is an illustration of what winter tyre can do. It’s about 15cm in depth with a layer of ice under the snow from previous snow. My rwd G31 can handle this even climb uphill without any issue at all.

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

Indeed, I managed to get a 7 series in a British size garage without ever damaging it

First thing I did, after buying current house, was to replace garage door to make entrance wider. I removed unnecesary wooden side frames and gained extra 10 inches of width. Garage itself is pretty good size and I parked A8 there with plenty of space left. Now it's occupied by Z4.

No snow in London, but if it comes here, I'm taking my car for winter photo session (on winter tyres).

 

[q96169we]

Indeed, I managed to get a 7 series in a British size garage without ever damaging it

First thing I did, after buying current house, was to replace garage door to make entrance wider. I removed unnecesary wooden side frames and gained extra 10 inches of width. Garage itself is pretty good size and I parked A8 there with plenty of space left. Now it's occupied by Z4.

No snow in London, but if it comes here, I'm taking my car for winter photo session (on winter tyres).

This is kind of the issue I'm having. If I can have even 5 inch more in width, I will then be able to move either of my cars in and our freely without any worry of damage. But, it's a new built house and there is no unnecessary wooden side frames etc. that can be removed. :headbang: :headbang:

 

[sars]

Cars get bigger garages get smaller, go figure :headbang:

 

[Roadster_Surrey]

I still can't understand while builder put such narrow garage doors for decent sized garages. House is from 2010, so not from ancient times when cars where small. I ordered wider garage door of the same brand and had to pay for replacement. Waste of time, money and resources.

 

[q96169we]

I still can't understand while builder put such narrow garage doors for decent sized garages. House is from 2010, so not from ancient times when cars where small. I ordered wider garage door of the same brand and had to pay for replacement. Waste of time, money and resources.

Exactly. My house was built in 2017 and garage door is still too narrow unless I drive a Mini. None of my neighbors ever put their car into the garage. Many tried but we all gave up and the garage becomes storage.

The only reason I can think about is the cost. Maybe the garage door is like posting large parcels. Sometime 5cm difference means 20-50% more expensive and the builders were given the option of 5 cm narrower than the threshold and 5 cm wider than the threshold so they go for the narrower option to save cost.

 

[enuff_zed]

I still can't understand while builder put such narrow garage doors for decent sized garages. House is from 2010, so not from ancient times when cars where small. I ordered wider garage door of the same brand and had to pay for replacement. Waste of time, money and resources.

Exactly. My house was built in 2017 and garage door is still too narrow unless I drive a Mini. None of my neighbors ever put their car into the garage. Many tried but we all gave up and the garage becomes storage.

The only reason I can think about is the cost. Maybe the garage door is like posting large parcels. Sometime 5cm difference means 20-50% more expensive and the builders were given the option of 5 cm narrower than the threshold and 5 cm wider than the threshold so they go for the narrower option to save cost.

Add a few inches to the width of every garage in a row and by the time you get to the end of the row you've lost space for one more profitable house.
My bungalow has a garage set back behind it. Luckily for me a previous owner saw fit to extend the side of it into the garden by 2ft. so whilst it is a relatively tight it to get an E89 through the door, once inside I can open the driver's door wide and still walk round it.

 

[bonzo]

I managed to get a previous car into the garage after a big clear out. The only issue being that I couldn't get out of the car.

 

[r2uzenblot]

I have a double garage so simple to take out the centre brick strut and put in a double width door. Er no.......... the garage is under the house and it helps to hold the house up. Yes I can replace the two RSJ's with one long one, jack the front of the house up etc. etc. but the 0's just keep being add to the cost and my wife would have a fit.

 

[Scubaregs]

Just take out the bottom three quarters of the central brick strut, enough to get the car underneath, the top quarter will hold the house up. 8)

 

[r2uzenblot]

Just take out the bottom three quarters of the central brick strut, enough to get the car underneath, the top quarter will hold the house up. 8)

I have a better idea. I take out the bottom 3/4 whilst you hold the top 1/4 to make sure that the house doesn't fall down. If after 3 or 4 days it's alright we could have a rota from forum members to take over. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

[Scubaregs]

I'm too far away alas, but I'm sure it will be fine.

 

[Nanu]

Anyone tried deriving in snow yet. Went up to Burnley today and was there when the snow dropped (despite the forecast being light snow showers). I found rear wheel drive and an automatic a nightmare on the hills. Anyone got any tips apart from staying at home..........

My neighbour runs a 3 series and he suggested to me that by turning off all traction control it actually gives you better traction. Tried it and although the back end slips and slides a bit, it does work to a degree on hills. As soon as you get on level ground traction control goes back on.

 

[Scubaregs]

Tells you in the manual, for pulling away in snow, traction control off.

 

[Pondrew]

There is no 'standard' size for a garage. As there are no building regs requirements regarding size, developers are building garages smaller and smaller, as said above, to get more houses on the site. Also most people use garages for storage these days and it is not deemed necessary to garage cars as they don't rust like they used to.
I'm sitting here drawing out my next house build and trying to figure out how to get a triple garage to sit right for our darling planning dept

 

[sars]

Yay