metrognome
is getting better at it
i drive for a living and im to scared to go to work today as the roads are all icy :cry:and am feeling guilty as i said i would pick me mum up if i worked as she is not taking her car
Some very wise words there. I'm a confident driver in that the sonow/ice doesn't overly phase me. Obviously I reduce speed, clear all snow from all of vehicle for maximum visibility (amazing how many peopledig a porthole to peer out of the window!)
I was snowed in and I left the car at home for 1 day and took three buses to work, three buses back and it was a nightmare! - I thnen took an emergency 1 day holiday and dug my car out and off the estate (it was like a war-zone!) - I then parked over a quarter of a mile from the house in order to get into work from a relatively sheltered spot!
I pick two other people up en-route but it is no fun and I class that as essential (no more holidays left). Anything else has been walking, i.e. shops.
Probably the only time I've envied 4x4's and Chelsea Tractors lol.
Hi Becky
Nothing wrong with the 4x4's etc. People seem to knock users for no good reason at times.
I drive a 1.5 Nissan Note diesel. The reason being it does over 60MPG on a run and costs £30 a year to tax. It would be the running costs that would get me to be honest.
I'm one of these people who travel all over England and Scotland watching birds as that is my hobby and can be rather expensive.
What I meant was the cost of running wouldn't be an issue to get me out of our estate in the foul weather
Off topic I know Becky, but did you do the Lands End to John O'Groats run, or was it one of them tests these people do from time to time?
I fancy doing that run (well, John O'groats to Lands End - oh and then back to Gateshead lol).
I read it was a 1.4 Toyota Yaris diesel (I "think" it was a 1.4) which returned an astonishing 113 MPG over the distance. Probably travelling at 40mph or something though lol.
My best run from filling to brim to filling to brim was 66 mpg between Kingussie in the Highlands to home - always between 60 & 70 mph folowing all speed limits etc. I'm sure at a lower speed I could better it but probably annoy motorway users!
Anyway, enough of Top Gear, back to SW....
Steve