Snow at last.

ians888

ians888

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Since getting my Forester last April I've been really looking forward to the Winter, especially following our Met. Office predictions (should have written guesswork) of lots of snow. Needless to say we've had a very mild winter with not so much as a hard frost - until yesterday.
I had to do a round trip of 100 miles to see my mom and when I left her there was about three inches on the road.
To say the Forester impressed me is an understatement. I had already fitted snow tyres to my spare wheels for the winter. It was just like driving on tarmac, the level of grip surprised me.
After tea I went out again for a play down the country lanes around where I live and just ploughed through everything. I don't think I even managed to spin the wheels :ebiggrin:.
I took a couple of pictures this morning, but the snows already started melting so I guess that's it for another year.
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Ian.
 
Yeah mate, I love my subi in the snow too - but it doesn't last very long here at all, and to really enjoy snow driving you need to live up in the snow country!

Nice looking foz you've got there too!

Cheers

Bennie
 
Thats a great looking Forry you have there ians888 :ebiggrin:
Great to hear that you Subi handled the slippery conditions with ease & without any wheel spin too :biggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
I dream of snow, it was 37 degrees with 88% humidity today:(. Only snow I get is if i chip away at the freezer and even then it melts in seconds:lol:

Nice Forry btw
 
Thanks for the comments. I'm really happy with the Forester. I just wish I had more opportunity to use her in the snow - its nearly all gone now.:sad:

But it was good while it lasted. :twisted:

Ian.
 
The news reports I've heard about the European winter is that it is so cold that the Danube has Frozen, the Venetian canals have frozen, the harbour around Dorset has frozen, hundreds have died and it has got down to -30F in parts of Europe. Here we had our coldest December in 51 years, our coldest January in over 12 and so far this month we've had one hot day. But as for driving in snow- it's all yours. Not so much the snow but the ice. Winter tyres are not very big here. But if the climate continues to cool as it has been we made need some advise from our friends in the northern hemisphere as to which are the best winter tyres
 
Rally said:
. Here we had our coldest December in 51 years, our coldest January in over 12 and so far this month we've had one hot day.
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Lucky sods, my eyeballs are sweating. even when it rains it drops from 36 to 32 degrees but bumps up the humidity. Bring on the cold :biggrin:

Think I'm begining to resent Nth Qld :confused:
 
Only been to Townsville once- that was enough. But looks like work will take me up through NQ before too long
 
Rally said:
The news reports I've heard about the European winter is that it is so cold that the Danube has Frozen, the Venetian canals have frozen, the harbour around Dorset has frozen, hundreds have died and it has got down to -30F in parts of Europe. Here we had our coldest December in 51 years, our coldest January in over 12 and so far this month we've had one hot day. But as for driving in snow- it's all yours. Not so much the snow but the ice. Winter tyres are not very big here. But if the climate continues to cool as it has been we made need some advise from our friends in the northern hemisphere as to which are the best winter tyres
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You're right Rally Central Europe really does catch some very cold winters. In the UK we have the Gulf Stream to thank for mild winters and not particularly hot summers - worst of both worlds really:biggrin:

Ian.
 
ians888 said:
You're right Rally Central Europe really does catch some very cold winters. In the UK we have the Gulf Stream to thank for mild winters and not particularly hot summers - worst of both worlds really:biggrin:

Ian.
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Read a newspaper report that the cold snap may have been contributed by the increase in melting / thining of the polar ice cap.
Presumably the increase in cold water has a deliterious effect on the efficacy of the Gulf Stream - i.e. slows it down.

So, your world 'may be a'changing'. Be careful what you wish for!
 
The polar ice cap is not melting or thinning. Even if it were, that would only affect the UK according to that theory- not Eastern Europe or Eastern Australia. But seeing as the same theorists said a few years ago that Brisbane's dam would never be full again (!) and that Adelaide , Sydney and Melbourne would be running dry and so on, I'd ignore that theory as well.
 
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