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DiscoDuck
Member Since: 23 Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex UK
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Just back Skiing - very cold starts - will add more tomorrow, see pic
http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/displayima...&pos=0 D4 HSE
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Last edited by DiscoDuck on 1st Jan 2006 7:04 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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Gareth
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DiscoDuck wrote:[url]http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10041&pos=0
Just back Skiing - very cold starts - will add more tomorrow, see pic![/url]
Maybe you could pinch the lead in this thread? minus 16 to beat.
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1894
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| 1st Jan 2006 7:04 pm |
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DiscoDuck
Member Since: 23 Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex UK
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When starting the car I waited until the heater coil light went off then cranked. The car then ran for a couple of seconds and stopped. after 6 or 7 goes it finally ran correctly. Cranking past the stall it did not fire. Reading the manual once the weather had warmed up it says you need to keep cranking for up to 30 seconds! Any one have better experience as to which works best? (using BP Ultimate purchased in the alps) Temp in the car port was nearer -20 not -23. D4 HSE
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| 2nd Jan 2006 7:10 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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And how did she handle in the snow and ice ? What tyres - stock or special studded ?
cheers
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| 2nd Jan 2006 7:16 pm |
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DiscoDuck
Member Since: 23 Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex UK
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D3 was in its element.
I was a little worried about too many short trips with lights and heated this and that to feel the battery could take the FBH for ½ hour!
A smug feeling came over me when the Audi that overtook me in heavy snowfall stuffed his car straight on into a snowdrift just as my wife was tut tuting at his excessive speed!
I took my £100 chains from my old TD5 modified (to fit the 19in rims with scorpions) with some stainles steel shackles. They fit well and have tested them on my drive but never in anger. The driving in Hinterglemm was not a problem as the packed snow/ice seemed to have some grip as other cars with chains seem to grind the surface so it is not polished ice. D4 HSE
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| 2nd Jan 2006 7:26 pm |
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Gareth
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DiscoDuck wrote:D3 was in its element.
I was a little worried about too many short trips with lights and heated this and that to feel the battery could take the FBH for ½ hour!
A smug feeling came over me when the Audi that overtook me in heavy snowfall stuffed his car straight on into a snowdrift just as my wife was tut tuting at his excessive speed!
I took my £100 chains from my old TD5 modified (to fit the 19in rims with scorpions) with some stainles steel shackles. They fit well and have tested them on my drive but never in anger. The driving in Hinterglemm was not a problem as the packed snow/ice seemed to have some grip as other cars with chains seem to grind the surface so it is not polished ice.
I was reading a story in Discoweb about some chaps that drove as far north as possible in Canada, they reckoned that below -15, the ice on the road actually gains grip, and is more like sand. It is only slippery when the temp is above -15, Could this be true??
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| 2nd Jan 2006 7:29 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
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Gareth wrote:DiscoDuck wrote:D3 was in its element.
I was a little worried about too many short trips with lights and heated this and that to feel the battery could take the FBH for ½ hour!
A smug feeling came over me when the Audi that overtook me in heavy snowfall stuffed his car straight on into a snowdrift just as my wife was tut tuting at his excessive speed!
I took my £100 chains from my old TD5 modified (to fit the 19in rims with scorpions) with some stainles steel shackles. They fit well and have tested them on my drive but never in anger. The driving in Hinterglemm was not a problem as the packed snow/ice seemed to have some grip as other cars with chains seem to grind the surface so it is not polished ice.
I was reading a story in Discoweb about some chaps that drove as far north as possible in Canada, they reckoned that below -15, the ice on the road actually gains grip, and is more like sand. It is only slippery when the temp is above -15, Could this be true??
Not in my expereince. The colder the weather the harder the tyres and the air inside freezes. The grip is more like freezing to the road, not grip.
In -35C stop for about 10 minutes and the warm tyres freeze to the floor with the moisture.
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| 2nd Jan 2006 7:48 pm |
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DiscoDuck
Member Since: 23 Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex UK
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The cold stuff was almost like dry sand and the hard stuff had a hard cruchy surface! There are many types of snow! D4 HSE
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| 2nd Jan 2006 8:38 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Yep, agree with that, the colder it gets, the larger the ice particles get, which makes it easier to drive on. Never had freezing air in tyres, but I can imagine the moisture in the air condensing and freezing, if nothing else, at least you know where to get the ice for your G&T from 
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| 2nd Jan 2006 11:24 pm |
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