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  • dan_b
    S2Forum Possessed
    • Sep 2003
    • 3670
    • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

    #31
    We've got absoloutely nothing here in SW London, and oddly this morning there wasn't even any frost/ condensation in or on the car. I would dearly love to wake up to fresh snow tomrrow though, come on!
    Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...

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    • Ian Simmonds
      S2Forum Fiend
      • Jun 2005
      • 2858
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #32
      Just come back from Lincolnshire, the run up there on the evening of the 27th was rather interesting, there was four of us in the car plus a bootful of luggage. The S2 performed faultlessly, but the roads were really, deceptively, tricky. It was snowing quite hard most of the way up (and got heavier the further north) but the roads were getting 'slush' build-up which was then freezing. So straight line stuff was okay, but lane changes were a 'heart-in-the-mouth' adventure as the slush and ice tugged at the steering. There were several other car's up trees and parked on top of the Armco.

      As we come off the A1, the local roads were just white with about 2" of snow.....and the S2 was a dream. Top Car - and it repeated the trick yesterday on the way home.
      85 WR Urquattro, 85 20vT International liveried RallyRep
      93 MTMS2 Avant

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      • Corey
        Banned
        • Sep 2003
        • 2793
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #33
        Originally posted by Ian Simmonds
        Just come back from Lincolnshire, the run up there on the evening of the 27th was rather interesting



        Lincolnshire

        Corey
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        • A6 2,7Biturbo
          S2Forum Addict
          • May 2005
          • 398
          • Country: Belgium

          #34
          The roads here are now very dangerous, even walking on the street is dangerous...
          Saw many cars sliding in different directions almost hitting other cars, anyone who drives a quattro is the king of the road
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          • Corey
            Banned
            • Sep 2003
            • 2793
            • Country: United Kingdom

            #35
            Not with wide summer tyres there not!!!
            Corey
            01636 822288

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            • S2 Ant
              S2Forum Possessed
              • Jul 2003
              • 3682
              • Country: United Kingdom

              #36
              And typically around my way, we dont get any, we must be the only part of the UK to never get any snow!
              Its been hammering down with rain here all day, no snow at all!
              Ant

              2007 Mk5 Golf GTi, 3 door, DSG, REVO Stg 2 and other goodies
              2011 Kawasaki Z1000

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              • A6 2,7Biturbo
                S2Forum Addict
                • May 2005
                • 398
                • Country: Belgium

                #37
                You have a point there, when my dad drove to work this morning the a6 suddenly began to slide, he couldn't keep it under control anymore, he was lucky that there was no car behind or in front him when that happened and that he didn't bump into anything
                Glenn

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                • dan_b
                  S2Forum Possessed
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 3670
                  • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

                  #38
                  Big fat high performance, low profile, high temperature, agressive tread patterned summer tyres are almost useless in snow: no amount of quattro will overcome the sheer lack of performance in snow/ ice/ slush/ extreme cold. Be careful, or invest in a 2nd set of tyres for winter!
                  Ex S2 owner, now running around in an A4 Avant quattro...

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                  • A6 2,7Biturbo
                    S2Forum Addict
                    • May 2005
                    • 398
                    • Country: Belgium

                    #39
                    We've got a set of spike spyders lying around but we don't know how to fit them
                    Ice is no problem with spikes
                    Glenn

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                    • MidnightBlueS2
                      S2Forum Extremist
                      • Jul 2005
                      • 1653
                      • Home: United States Current: Belgium

                      #40
                      Massive snowstorm in Liege, 15cm of snow in the last 3-4 hours

                      I've only been living in Belgium for the last 10 years but my Mrs. says that this kind of weather hasn't occured for at least 20 years...

                      I couldn't resist driving in this powdery snow and WOW ! My BMW would never have made it up the hills I climbed :mischeif:

                      Right now, I can hear the local Quad guys having a bash !!!

                      Quattro rules in all it's forms !

                      Take care,

                      David
                      Midnight Blue S2 - SOLD - 1993 S2 Avant

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                      • A6 2,7Biturbo
                        S2Forum Addict
                        • May 2005
                        • 398
                        • Country: Belgium

                        #41
                        Yeah its' quite massive down here too!
                        Next week i'll be coming to the Ardennes too, to have some ski fun
                        Glenn

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                        • robo
                          S2Forum Fiend
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 2086
                          • Home: Poland Current: England

                          #42
                          Originally posted by S2 Ant
                          And typically around my way, we dont get any, we must be the only part of the UK to never get any snow!
                          Its been hammering down with rain here all day, no snow at all!
                          Ant how come you did not get any snow?? look what I found outside my balcony this morning and I am only down the road
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                          • rotoryboy
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                            • May 2004
                            • 3281
                            • Country: United Kingdom

                            #43
                            that's beautiful Robo, is that Austria? France?
                            Mark

                            Race Clio RS197

                            S2 Coupe ABY (Green) - RIP
                            S2 Coupe ABY (Blue) - Sold

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                            • robo
                              S2Forum Fiend
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 2086
                              • Home: Poland Current: England

                              #44
                              Originally posted by rotoryboy
                              that's beautiful Robo, is that Austria? France?
                              Its Poland m8.
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                              • r33fgirl
                                S2Forum Enthusiast
                                • Dec 2005
                                • 154
                                • Country: Canada

                                #45
                                Originally posted by robo
                                Its Poland m8.

                                damn !
                                wish I lived in Poland with a landscape like this in front of my house !!
                                '90 20vt Coupe Quattro
                                '02 S6 Avant

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