Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
And once again I'm reminded....
....of another reason I have a Discovery
We had heavy sleet overnight,which then froze hard,leaving the best efforts of the Gritter completely pointless.
The roads are lethal round here this morning,and I passed at least 2 cars "parked" in hedges.....and loads of very obvious tracks in the road where other cars have skidded.
Just took the kids to school...took my time,and tried to avoid the brakes if at all possible.....no drama,no fuss......and not once did the car break traction.......
Wouldn't want to have been in anything else on a morning like this "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
11th Dec 2014 10:34 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20795
Scary how capable even a lowly D3 is
Was up in the middle of Aberdeenshire last week, after a hard frost. Driving fairly gently. No dramas, no fuss.
Stopped outside a house on a steep slope. Got out the car and nearly landed on my
Once done, slipped my way into the car, and drove away. No T/C, nothing, just got on with it
Only time the TC/DSC did kick in was when provoked with a boot of the go pedal
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Yes GG AT's....deliberately provoked them when the kids had been dropped off....a firm dab on the brakes got the ABS kicking in almost instantly...I just wanted to know how much grip I had.They never moved going round corners,but were pretty quick to lock up on the straight under braking.I actually found mine brillaint in the snow,but require a bit more respect on ice.... other than an out-and-out Winter tyre,what tyre doesn't I suppose ?"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
11th Dec 2014 11:32 am
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Had that here on Tuesday morning, cars in ditches, others sat forlornly in pieces in the middle of the road.
I'm convinced many look outside and think "....oooh, it's frosty so I think I'll leave my brains at home "
11th Dec 2014 11:37 am
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Yup,witnessed one a couple of years ago....heavy snow on the M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow and the outside lane quickly became lethal....well,apart from the clown in his Merc ML,who clearly thought as he had 4wd he could go as fast as he liked....a couple of miles down the motorway he realised it stops quickly too....especially if you stuff it in the central barrier "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
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11th Dec 2014 11:48 am
Allan_T
Member Since: 10 Sep 2012
Location: Northampton
Posts: 1034
Nothing down here but wind and rain, you lot up north get all the good (bad) weather.GAP IID Pro Multi Vehicle Defender L316 2007-2015 - Discovery 3 - Discovery 4 - Discovery Sport L550 - Freelander 2 - Range Rover Evoque L538 - Range Rover L322 - Range Rover L405 - Range Rover Sport L320 - Range Rover Sport L494 Electrical Fault Diagnostics
11th Dec 2014 11:48 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20795
3 accidents in the space of 100m yesterday, just outside Stirling.
One 13 plate Merc SLK in the trees
2 other cars spun, and hit the central barrierMy D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Just outside Cambridge
11th Dec 2014 11:59 am
110CSW
Member Since: 19 Oct 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 796
Goodyear Ultragrip+ full winters on mine. Always more impressive than the all season tyre.2014MY Discovery
11th Dec 2014 12:36 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72970
Been out here in the snow, I've got to constantly remind myself to not to drive as normal as it's a bit slick. Ploughs doing their usual job of leaving the last few cm of snow & then compressing it into ice on the next pass.
Nothing in the ditch around here that I saw. Yet.
11th Dec 2014 1:03 pm
rockcrawler
Member Since: 31 Oct 2012
Location: Ferring
Posts: 2884
Very boring dry sunny day here.
May as well have slicks on mine D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
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11th Dec 2014 1:15 pm
BarryT
Member Since: 09 Jan 2013
Location: North Wales
Posts: 295
Only high winds and rain here, I'm tempted to fit one of those large kites the surfers have and change to wind power.
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