How Cold??!!!

[Paulgo]

Not the best of pics, but it was minus 11 when I started the S2 this morning!! It was actually minus 12 when I got in the car but it rose slightly as I was scraping the ice off the inside of the windscreen! (you can see the ice shavings on the steering cowl!)



It was an apparently an unbelievable minus 22 at Lanchester which is just a few miles from us in wintry Co.Durham! The S2 started on first turn of the key, tho it did tale me about 10 mins to prise the door open – and I’ve damaged the rubber door trim in the process

It really is the Day After Tomorrow....err today!!

Paul

[sjw185]

Never experienced a car so hard to get into in winter as a audi coupe!
Got in through the boot one year

[Dan]

Got in through the boot one year

hahahaha, I just had to do that myself. Neither front door would open, so I had to take the parcel shelf out, fold the seats down and slide in head-first through the boot.

Still started instantly though - just in time to do some carpark doughnuts

[Paulgo]

hahahaha, I just had to do that myself. Neither front door would open, so I had to take the parcel shelf out, fold the seats down and slide in head-first through the boot.

Yes BTDT!! exactly what I had to do earlier in the week when the central locking refused to unlock! Fortunately the boot unlocked on the key as I couldnt get the key in the door lock!

I think this was due to moisture freezing in the stick thing that pokes up through the door card when it unlocks - or it coud've been a vacuum thing I guess. As a result I've not bothered locking the car during the bad weather - knowing that no one is going to get in easily and any thief would just give up - with very cold hands!

[topsparky]

minus 12.5 here in mansfield mate
some idiot on my road has
decided to throw hot water
to remove the snow
and it's like an ice rink now
really miss my quattro

[SE_30]

I'm coming back to the UK on the 18th after spending the last 2 months working in plus 28deg..A shock to the system waiting for me soon as I step off the plane at Durham Tees valley, but at the moment it's shut..

[AndyP]

Never experienced a car so hard to get into in winter as a audi coupe!
Got in through the boot one year

Try this stuff on the door seals:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Einszett-Gummi...f41d84ff9230c3

I use it on mine and don't have any problems getting in any more.

[EspenW]

Try this stuff on the door seals:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Einszett-Gummi...f41d84ff9230c3

I use it on mine and don't have any problems getting in any more.

Yup, some silicone on the rubber door seals is a good idea in the cold.

[T2Andy]

Best idea is to keep her tooked away in the garage with a hot water bottle

[Rusty]

A tropical -5.5 degrees this morning according to the TT. Heat wave!

[Le S2 Audi]

Try this stuff on the door seals:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Einszett-Gummi...f41d84ff9230c3

I use it on mine and don't have any problems getting in any more.

Another item on the shopping list!!! Cheers Andy

Only problem is I cant get to the car to open the doors (hidden under a snow drift) or then get to work to pick up the delivery (Snowed in since Tuesday)!!!

Bloody Weather!!!

[Big Lee M]

I've just come back from Mossborough in Sheffield and I thought Leeds had heavy snow fall but in Sheffield it was amazing 2 feet of snow on car roofs. Mental!

[AndyP]

You should have called in for a coffee, although if you were in the Sprinter you wouldn't have got anywhere near my house

[Le S2 Audi]

Only 2 foot!!!











Only just dug our way out the drive...

[Acidburn]

You should have called in for a coffee, although if you were in the Sprinter you wouldn't have got anywhere near my house

lol I'll agree with that....

A tropical -5.5 degrees this morning according to the TT. Heat wave!

Just got back to wiltshire and surprised at lack of snow compared to some places on news.