G in Snow - brilliant
I got gridlocked in my Reading office today. Decided to sit it out and waited til about 7pm, but roads still completely chocker with deserted cars and people walking home all over the place.
Glad I had my 230GE. Stuck it in 4WD and the new front tyres were amazing - point and go. A-Roads were packed ice and the B-roads I decided to venture down were like a rally track.
Once I got away from civilisation, it was actually really great driving down those tracks with noone else about. Even used low ratio to descend a steep and slippery hill that noone could get up. They are the dodgy moments because the last thing you want to do is lock the wheels by braking, and one you start to slip...
Glad I didn't get too adventurous though, because my diff-lock reservoir is empty and the locks need an overhaul to fix them up and find the leak. They never would have worked if I got a LH or RH wheels stuck on ice!
btw - my wheels are the standard Semperits 205 R16s.
Would have to agree with the snow driving! Although coming out of London yesterday it took 7 hrs to do 28 miles!, I too decided to pull off and find the B roads back!
Did my good samaritan bit and pushed the following up hills....
2x MB S class
1X Subaru (Single Lady Driver :wink: )
1x Laguna
and happened to find a neighbor of mine who had just abandoned his car, so have earned a nice curry on him in the new year!
One thing I can say...... there a a few more people in the world who a) Appreciate the G and b) Know what a G is now!
Spider1V - Keep on Trucking!
Would have to agree with the snow driving! Although coming out of London yesterday it took 7 hrs to do 28 miles!, I too decided to pull off and find the B roads back!
Did my good samaritan bit and pushed the following up hills....
2x MB S class
1X Subaru (Single Lady Driver :wink: )
1x Laguna
and happened to find a neighbor of mine who had just abandoned his car, so have earned a nice curry on him in the new year!
One thing I can say...... there a a few more people in the world who a) Appreciate the G and b) Know what a G is now!
Spider1V - Keep on Trucking!
Yep, where were all the greenies on their bicycles yesterday helping all the "eco-friendly" drivers...? I notice the news is totally devoid of their bull**** this morning lol
This pees me off hearing all these stories. I live in Hampton and the roads round my way are fine!I want some damn heavy snow and I want it now!
yeh I loved it my first time driving in deep snow In my g wagen and couldn't wait!!!
Got some strange looks as you pass people in it with ease (they weren't stuck or so they said lol) I had one hairy moment when i went down a hill without 4x4 on and nearly slid into a bus followed by a coca cola lorry! but it stopped after 4x4 was on!
Never felt so safe in a car :]
1983 280 GE
Snow and G wagon seems to be more fun than winter sports!
Hilarious when your driving a 30 year old car and your crusing past all these idiots in there school run 4x4s with road tyres looking confused as to why they can not go anywhere in the snow...some what satisfying when you descend a steep hill while other drivers on there way up are stuck. Looking at you as if you are some kind of vision lol
The at wagon is the business....!
Good to hear, you are having fun.
One of our local farmers told me last week that the parts for their snowploughs kept going up and up and they always needed new bits. The money they got from the council was not enough to warrant keeping expensive bits of kit running. We have one farmer in the vlillage now who has one and what he does is voluntary
Just don't lose sight of the fact that Newton's Laws of Motion still apply, regardless of how many driven wheels you have, or what they are shod with. Nothing more amusing to the anti-brigade than a big tough 4x4, complete with smug driver, sailing past them in the snow and spinning off into a ditch, river, hedge....take your pick!
Got mine stuck friday night in a total white out, blowing snow everywhere, chains on backwheels only. 11pm, single trackroad in the middle of no where, luckily only a 15min walk from home. Snow above bumpers back and rear, lost momentum when I could not see a thing.
Went back next morning, somplete with air jack and recovered it, but a lot of digging, once pointing downhill, I was amazed at how big a drift you can crash though, though I do wonder if the front skid plate acts as a hinderence?
Later in the day went to Manchester and bits of compacted snow were still flying off from underneath.
+1 on that Q.
Spider1V
Have you noticed how the headlight surrounds seem designed to hold snow/mud.... so when you crashing through 4ft drits in the dark you quickly lose your headlight's power :-(
Used to do single 3ft peaks of drifts in a 2wd diesel a fair bit.. used to get to the point you could not change direction for 90 degree bends because the packed snow in the front wheel arches prevented you from turning the wheels! Not found the G limit but did get stuck in about 4.5-ft or so 100' drift when I lost momentum/lack of diesel power (cold engine). Ended up sitting on about 9" of snow so when digging it out it gets kind of scary to pull snow from under the G. Have done similar sort of drifts in dark when engine was warmer i.e. over bonnet for 60-70ft at the peaks but not really recommended. Doing that the radiator soon get packed so cooling could become issue..
I'm so envious of all the snow other people seem to be getting.
We have had no snow worth mentioning here so far this winter.
A medium dusting this morning that had gone by lunchtime :(
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More snow. Fun isn't it. (OK, provided you're not sick, infirm, sad, etc etc).
Here's the snow we got near Oxford, UK, and the roads still look like this 2 days later. Still not seen any other G's out there though and not a gritter in sight, so no idea where all the salt is going compared to how they used to spray it around 15 years ago.
They should pay the local farmers to get the tractors on the roads and mash it up - I think they used to do that and some farmers had a snowplough attachment to cash in when needed as a result. Cheaper than the council ones, I wager.
Hope the pics get attached.