What is your favourite weather to drive in?

[waynne]

I am torn between snow and rain. Both can be great fun and give a chance to see how the car would handle at higher speeds due to the lack of friction. Snow and ICE can be dangerous and I've certainly had some near scrapes so I think I'll plump for a nice wide wet roundabout.

[blacklineninja]

I'm not an enormous fan of driving in snow. One day in my 205 I lost control while trying to slow down to enter work's car park on the right hand side. The car started skidding and the back end twisted clockwise until I was sliding slowly sideways. When I was facing the entrance to the car park I decided to try to dial in some throttle. The car caught immediately and I was able to pull in and park it perfectly.

I told my colleagues who'd been watching that I did it deliberately but I don't think they believed me.

Agree 100% with wet roundabouts, brilliant fun!

[pgarner]

fresh snow is fun as next to no other cars on the roads
ice can be fun if handled carefully again ive had a few near misses

[Hansi]

I love to be in new snow, after the snowing stops and there is snow

[waynne]

Snow is the only weather you get though Hansi!

[fingers]

It has to be the blazing sunshine, with all windows down, arm on the door top just cruisin.

[Izo Azlion]

Originally Posted by fingers

It has to be the blazing sunshine, with all windows down, arm on the door top just cruisin.

This is the best, tbh. Love some loud music (Yeah I'm a knobber), Sunglasses on, relaxing.

Failing that (mostly do, hacks it down here with rain.) I like slightly damp roads.

This last weekend was a bit wet... And Horse ****ty. Came down a bend, going right, hit the poop, back end went out.

Now, I dont have much experiance with this, so it was the obvious opposite steering - For half a second I was like "WooO!!" - Then I relaxed on the throttle, instinct I guess, flat out "Ah crap crap stop stop." Thus the weight shifted forward, the fronts gripped, and it threw me the opposite way, sending the back out again and coming to a halt, facing the left hand side of the road.

No damage! No collision! Scared me a bit though. I'm probably going to do a Adv. Driving Course in the new year (Any idea where is a good place in the NW?)


Sorry to derail! Back on Topic!!

[Hansi]

Originally Posted by waynne

Snow is the only weather you get though Hansi!

What I ment to say in the post earlier was the sun after the snowing

And that comment about the snow here in Iceland that is what some people think but is not true. In the summer it can reach up to 30°C. And it's often around the time car days are in akureyri, last summer I was driving around the town with my sister and the heat in the car was unbearable.

But yeah, my favorite wethers is sun in snow and sun over the summer

[HDi fun]

Originally Posted by Izo Azlion

This is the best, tbh. Love some loud music (Yeah I'm a knobber), Sunglasses on, relaxing.

Failing that (mostly do, hacks it down here with rain.) I like slightly damp roads.

This last weekend was a bit wet... And Horse ****ty. Came down a bend, going right, hit the poop, back end went out.

Now, I dont have much experiance with this, so it was the obvious opposite steering - For half a second I was like "WooO!!" - Then I relaxed on the throttle, instinct I guess, flat out "Ah crap crap stop stop." Thus the weight shifted forward, the fronts gripped, and it threw me the opposite way, sending the back out again and coming to a halt, facing the left hand side of the road.

No damage! No collision! Scared me a bit though. I'm probably going to do a Adv. Driving Course in the new year (Any idea where is a good place in the NW?)


Sorry to derail! Back on Topic!!

Try ridedrive.co.uk

All instructors are Police Class 1 (which is the highest level) drivers and qualified to teach as well. I did a half day some months back - it's nothing like you'd think it'd be.

Just one example of the content:-
He had me on a muddy, twisty road in January 2007. Asked me to do a swift and systematic drive over three miles but.....;-

1. Keep left of the lane markings, whether or not safe to ignore them regardless of vision available;

2. Commentary (but not about the situation, but instead describe the grond floor of my house) whilst still driving swiftly - it's a distraction

3. Keep the pace up (ie. when I got below 70mph I was told to speed up - despite the road limit of 60!!!)

4. No Braking

ridedrive.co.uk is highly recommended by me. I had a good time.

[waynne]

Might look into that one it sounds like great fun. I have trouble listening to someone else talking whilst I drive let alone talking back! I didn't think us men could do 2 things at once? My wife can drive, talk, open a sweet, navigate, take a hands free phone call, make a phone call and plan the evening meal from the contents of the fridge whilst driving