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Old 4th March 2016, 09:29   #101511
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Its these southern softies Steve .
I had a baptism of fire when I bought the 260 in darkest Yorkshire, January last year. Main roads were OK but side roads and residential streets were hard packed snow. I bought the car from a guy in the same town as BigRuss and went to him for a spare key, drove to Russ's like a salmon, back end fishtailing all over the place.
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Old 4th March 2016, 09:30   #101512
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Morning all. Lovely day, and mot passed on wednesday (phew)
Good morning Andy well done and congratulations on the MOT pass
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Old 4th March 2016, 09:32   #101513
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Good morning Andy well done and congratulations on the MOT pass
Ta. I nearly got done on the murky headlight glass...
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Old 4th March 2016, 09:35   #101514
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Because we are not used to it Jeff we didn't grind to a halt during the war when you could relied on heavy snow falls ever winter
As sure as Winter follows Autumn we have snow every year somewhere in the UK, you would think we would know it's coming by now and prepare for it

We are hopeless it would seem
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Old 4th March 2016, 09:36   #101515
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You strange man.

Why the hell would anyone want snow unless they had skis ...
For a start, it's good for the Brussel Sprouts
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I had a baptism of fire when I bought the 260 in darkest Yorkshire, January last year. Main roads were OK but side roads and residential streets were hard packed snow. I bought the car from a guy in the same town as BigRuss and went to him for a spare key, drove to Russ's like a salmon, back end fishtailing all over the place.
Rear wheel drive and snow can be 'interesting' that's for sure
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Old 4th March 2016, 09:45   #101517
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As sure as Winter follows Autumn we have snow every year somewhere in the UK, you would think we would know it's coming by now and prepare for it

We are hopeless it would seem
Its all down to climate change I am afraid you will find that Scotland and the North are far better prepared for heavy falls of snow than we are further south
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For a start, it's good for the Brussel Sprouts
I thought that was Frost
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Its all down to climate change I am afraid you will find that Scotland and the North are far better prepared for heavy falls of snow than we are further south
Yeah, they've got some and we haven't
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Rear wheel drive and snow can be 'interesting' that's for sure
You will find that people of my age were brought up on rear wheel drive so can handle it
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