It has just taken me 5 hours to drive a 10 mile round trip. Some people do not know how to drive in the snow and one idiot abandoned their car on a steep hill causing huge delays on the A246 I have to admit to being a bit smug when you just cruise up an icy road but BMWs should be banned from the roads when it snows along with other back wheel drive cars and Vauxhall Marivas! 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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Runner Up - 2009 �Just Doing What It�s Designed To Do� Award


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i agree on the BMW front, however for any other car there really is no excuse - my van gets everywhere without any real problems

Surprise, surprise, little snow & Surrey grinds to a halt!! Mind you I moved there to get away from the snow! Got to be better than here (Grantown), -12c now and 2ft of snow on the drive and another 6" due tonight.

I must admit I'm loving the snow - this is my first winter in the RRS (complete with winter tyres) after many years in various BMWs. Don't you feel so smug when you just sereenly drive past them up an icy hill  14.5MY SDV6 HSE Dynamic Indus silver/lunar/ebony 20" wheels, InControl, full-size spare, electric tow bar, adaptive xenons, adaptive cruise control, auto main beam assist. Gone: TDV8 HSE; Zermatt silver/ebony, 19" off road alloys, active diff, particle filter, tow pack (it was fun) BMW 730D SE (great car, sadly missed). Ford Focus RS mk2, Ultimate green, lux pack 2, bluetooth. The start of my mid-life crisis.
IN THE GARAGE: BMW i8 - the mid-life crisis continues and it's great fun.

Unlucky VA, but at least you got home..

Im trying to find some 'snow socks' for my Bmw and Merc, had a nasty episode last year and in reverse gear they just don't want to move.

Had the A8 quattro out last year, and that was like a dream.
It's times like this i miss the RRS very badly..

I remember when I last lived in the UK that people couldn't drive in the snow, it was most frustrating but it was Ford Sierras not BMWs which were the villains and not many people had 4x4s, mostly farmers with Landys and Dihatsus.

Must run, got to put the sun umbrella up for Mrs BKHK so she doesn't get too much sun  Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

I think Mrs BKHK has had too much sun already - SHE MARRIED YOU!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



WINNER - 2009 �Idler Of The Year� Award
Runner Up - 2009 �Just Doing What It�s Designed To Do� Award


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You maybe right VA, I had better ask her to come inside

Enjoy the snow on your cold little island, you poor bastards.

DON'T mention cricket  Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Colleague nearly crashed his Mondeo on the A1 this morning, some twonk in a RRS braked heavily to look at an upside down Eddie Stobart truck. Matey gently applied his brakes so as not to lock up, but still ended up ploughing off left into the un-cleared bit as the rear of the RRS loomed large. The RRS driver just accelerated away, completely oblivious to the carnage happening behind him.

Matey didn't half give me some stick when he arrived in the office this morning, "you bloody RRS drivers"  Ex-G4 Challenge RRS HSE, BV55 YZE. Subtle shade of orange ! Now registered YZE481 G4RRS in Melbourne.

I spend more time looking in the mirror these past few days as the locals like to drive nose to tail and if you leave a car length between you and the car infront then it is filled straight away
Had a Galaxy run into the back of me last week on a straight bit of road when I slowed off for a van that had come out in front of me, no damage to the RRS but a nice crease on the bonnet of the Galaxy, oh, forgot, it did wreck the towball cover on my car
The other guy just drove off and disapeared and it took two hours to sort out the paperwork at the local police station. The WPC asked "You have all these licences?" when she looked at my driving licence, over here if you pass for a car then that is all you can drive and if you want to tow a trailer of more than 500kg you have to pass a test for one etc. Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

MikeS wrote:

"you bloody RRS drivers"

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MikeS wrote:

Matey didn't half give me some stick when he arrived in the office this morning, "you bloody RRS drivers"

Hope you told him that he obviously was not driving to the conditions of the road if he hadn't enough room to stop safely

I had 2 near misses this morning,1st one a Vulvalo XC 90 pulls straight out in front of me from the right and miss him by less than 3ft then an oik in a L200 festooned in dozens of lights doesn't realise I'm slowed down to let an oncoming car through a snow chicane caused by a drift and then nearly takes my front wing off as he swerves to miss the car !!
Get to work, on my own private parking space,dig it out whilst I'm still in my wellies for an easy exit when 4 chaps in a Fiesta get stuck and proceed to dump the shovelled snow onto the bit I've just cleared
Think I'll stay at home tomorrow.  MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
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