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:lol: Have to agree...that heater and environmental control is the bee's knees! As for warming my assets on those fab seats...mmmmmmmmmm :thumbup:Scarlet said:
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Yes it is
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I couldnt work out what the front sensors were telling me what I was running over!
It was snow on the sensors Doh!
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It was snow on the sensors Doh!
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RCZ1 said:What a journey to work this morning. After snowing all the day yesterday and more overnight, the roads were deep with snow.
I have a 6 mile journey to work - can take me 10 minutes on a very good day or normally 20 minutes.
This morning it took me 1.5 hours. Spent 1 hr 15 minutes of it sat, not moving, on the same bit of road. NOTHING was moving.
However, as I've said before, the car feels well planted and stable in the snow. Very pleased.
Anyone else have any bad journeys today?
Safe driving to one and all :thumbup:
Coming home on Tuesday night I was stuck in the traffic on the M25 (you may have seen the pictures on the news
)Took me 8 hours to do 100 miles (mainly due to crawling for 3 hours from J10 to J8 of M25). Have to say though that the RCZ was OK in the snow (albeit a bit twitchy in the really deep stuff), and certainly more manageable than the rear wheel drive BMW 320d that was in front of me!!
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I had some pretty hairy experience last week driving from Aberdeen to Inverness and back in the snow. Even when taking it easy I managed to feel the wheels skidding a lot which meant I had to go at about 30 in a 60 zone with a queue of cars behind me. Given the queue, I thought I was perhaps being over cautious but when you feel the wheels functioning like skis :helpme: you've got to take it easy! In the end I concluded that the low height of the car was causing the ridge of snow on the road, between the well worn tyre tracks, to push up my car's belly, taking pressure of the wheels . Not recommended.
It grates as well seeing my lovely new car covered in slush around the tyres and generally obscured by the snow. In any case, I will be minimising the snow driving given the aforementioned experience.
. Not recommended. It grates as well seeing my lovely new car covered in slush around the tyres and generally obscured by the snow. In any case, I will be minimising the snow driving given the aforementioned experience.
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had all the fairylights flashing on the dash today-what fun.
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Hi all, with 6inch of fresh snow on the ground my 20HDI GT was handling like a bag of tripe. :thumbdown: The back end was trying to step out all the time on the rutted surface. I had to use every ounce of over 30 years driving experience, including 2 skid courses, just trying to point her in the right direction and to stay on the road. I was beginning to think I was driving the worst car in my life. However driving home this morning on Thurs 2/11/10 at 4.30am my faith has been restored as she was totally different. I was able to feel her responding as I would expect and as I was the only car on the road at the time, I was able to feel and enjoy the brakes, power and steering doing their thing on the improving but still icy/snowy conditions, I had a hoot. Which just goes to show you must always drive to the road and traffic conditions all the time. I don’t think it had anything to do with the fact that I have in the boot a full size spare wheel, shovel, (which I have had to use many times) coats, blankets, boots, emergency rations and the kitchen sink? :greetings-wavingblue:
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Let's be honest guys - the kind of conditions we've had in the last few days aren't that frequent - are we expecting too much of a coupe to be able to cope with these conditions brilliantly? I know for a fact my old RAV4 would cope better - but considering its only a handful of days a year when we get this I know which car I'm happier with! Just my opinion of course.. :eusa-think:
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Well I have to admit that for the last 2 days, I have been using the LandRover to get to and from work. My RCZ can't get down the drive, let alone OUT of the drive, due to the high accumulations of snow we have had. It certainly wouldn't be able to get out of the car park at work either :helpme:
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Being a small (height :lol: ) person I find it impossible to reach the middle of the back and front windows but I diligently cleared the snow using an extendable gizmo, so off I went on my journey home yesterday only to have all the uncleared snow from the roof slide down the double bubble like a white curtain :thumbdown: . Doh! I know we're supposed to clear the roof as well if we can but it was snowing quite heavily so I figured it would be a waste of time. Just something to be aware of, although thankfully it cleared itself eventually. Here's what our RCZs would look like with white wall tyres:
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I had to abandon mine and walk the rest of the way to work, due to vehicles being abandoned and getting stuck on a hill. He got me home safely when I picked him up later. :thumbup:
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Drove mine in the snow this morning on the way to work, quite impressed with her. Got to work and due to the weather got to drive a Range Rover 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography Sport round all day.....I now have a second favourite car! :lol: :eusa-shhh:
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Drove it yesterday - was okay but a tendency to lose grip turning in frozen car parks. On the positive side, when it does, it follows the line you want so not out of control.
Apparently some police forces are getting a bit sniffy about snow on the roof.
Apparently some police forces are getting a bit sniffy about snow on the roof.
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Yep - 3 points and a fixed fine, mainly in Scotland at the moment though :wtf:Exclamation said:
I will admit not really driving that much in the snow with the RCZ,
mainly been driving the wifes 4 x 4, :eusa-whistle: the thing is, it's not so much what you have under control, it's the other mindless d**kheads either behind you or coming towards you I worry about. :crazy: :crazy: Rob
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Lawrence and I stuck at Newport Pagnell services left Stoke Saturday at 9.30am... He is a bit frisky in the snow and ice
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Was trying to avoid driving in the snow if it all possible.
Had to go out Friday though. Couldn't get out of the village.
There is a slight (and I mean very slight) incline at the top of the village - completely stuck.
ESP thing was flashing like mad and it didn't matter whether I tried to drag myself up (diesel) off the clutch or have a "bit of a run" at it, I was stuck.
Luckily, two passing lads gave me the little shove it needed to crest the incline and I was off.
Thanks Lads :clap:
Got on to the Dual Carriageway, which was down to one lane.....OH MY GOD :thumbdown:
Car was sliding all over the place, no grip, wheel spin, everything.
I know the road hadn't been snowploughed or gritted, although I was the ONLY car struggling to go in a straight line.
The Dual Carriageway is about three miles of solid straight.
Wasn't fun.
Car now in the garage and hopefully not coming out in the snow again.
I know we only have a "few" days of snow - and boy, am I glad.
Take it easy out there....as has been said, it 's more about avoiding the Nutters that are still driving like it's a Summer's Afternoon :auto-car:
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Had to go out Friday though. Couldn't get out of the village.
There is a slight (and I mean very slight) incline at the top of the village - completely stuck.
ESP thing was flashing like mad and it didn't matter whether I tried to drag myself up (diesel) off the clutch or have a "bit of a run" at it, I was stuck.
Luckily, two passing lads gave me the little shove it needed to crest the incline and I was off.
Thanks Lads :clap:
Got on to the Dual Carriageway, which was down to one lane.....OH MY GOD :thumbdown:
Car was sliding all over the place, no grip, wheel spin, everything.
I know the road hadn't been snowploughed or gritted, although I was the ONLY car struggling to go in a straight line.
The Dual Carriageway is about three miles of solid straight.
Wasn't fun.
Car now in the garage and hopefully not coming out in the snow again.
I know we only have a "few" days of snow - and boy, am I glad.
Take it easy out there....as has been said, it 's more about avoiding the Nutters that are still driving like it's a Summer's Afternoon :auto-car:
:greetings-wavingblue:
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I was out in the snow yesterday and my arse was like a Japanese camera lense just trying to keep it on the road.
Not the greatest car in the snow and ice.
Not the greatest car in the snow and ice.
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oh eck.... mine has been in the drive all weekend but need to go out tomorrow. Bit nervous hearing all you lads struggling with the rcz in the snow :-(
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We're not the only people struggling out there. This weather is exceptional (thank God) so we shouldn't expect cars to be able to cope. I was driving home around 5.10pm today in heavy snow over recent compacted snow/ice and was doing fine up a reasonable hill until the traffic ground to a halt because another make of car had got stuck. Once that car had been push-started I thought Freddie wasn't going to get started again but he did (without needing pushed)! A few skiddy moments before we crawled around a corner but after that it was fine. Arriving at my own gate I met my brother driving downhill in his VW Golf as he couldn't make it up either the hill I'd been on or the hill further up my street. He eventually got home by almost doing a circuit of Bangor to avoid hills. Just take it easy, everyone. This nasty stuff's to last all week at least :thumbdown: .
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You know, I actually don't think the RCZ is really any worse than any other FWD car, perhaps the low centre of gravity makes you feel the understeer and that a bit more :eusa-think:Scarlet said:
Just be sensible, get in a high gear and take it easy (pull away in second if need be). You will be fine. I hate to say this but perhaps cos we dont get that much snow some people have forgoten how to drive in it... :eusa-whistle: