Pictures in the snow

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Because it's a car, it's what they were built to cope with!

There was no notice when new "do not take out in adverse weather conditions, it will disintegrate" :lol:
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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its like "Don't sit on the seats - they weren't made for sitting on" :lol:
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Declan_Burns wrote:Neil,
How can you take such a lovely car like that out in the snow?
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Well it's that or walk! :D


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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Here you go.[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]
And I'll take some more next winter, when it's on the road...right now it's safe in a garage. :wink:
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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PulpitNeil wrote:
Declan_Burns wrote:Neil,
How can you take such a lovely car like that out in the snow?
Declan
Well it's that or walk! :D
I see what you mean! :D
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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In the deep snow of 1963 my late Father drove our 2 dr through the snow to help my Grandfather clear his drive so he could get his car out of the garage! I think everybody forgets these were every day cars - whatever the weather! :D

I think the fact that they sit quite high off the ground compared to the modern "roadhuggers" gives them a definite advantage.

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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i can positively say that daisy may is in safe and sound in the garage, but i do agree that they were built to be driven, and should be driven. I personally think that the Morris minor is one of the best cars for driving in the snow!

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Just to show you that in my part of Brittany we've be very badly served from a snow point of view.
Most has fallen some 60kms away !!![frame]Image[/frame]
What's it like where you are SGTBILKO - or anywhere else in France ?
GroMMit is back in her garage. If we get more snow I'll take more pics :D
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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There is a fair amount of snow here, in the Paris region, but I've stored mine away for the winter, so no pictures. Why is it Morris Minors look so appealing when covered in snow?
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Here are our cars :)

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Neat! From the front, MMO kinda looks like he's got a handlebar moustache. :D
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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Shame MMO is a she :lol: :lol:
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Matt wrote:Shame MMO is a she :lol: :lol:
And?

I know a few she's with a mustache.

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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This was Sheffield last Wednesday. At the time 22inches of snow had fallen in three days. My 52 Convertible project is safely tucked up in the double garage in the photos.

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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heres leeroy sitting coldly in the snow.

ofcourse that was before this morning, when i hit a big patch of black ice, curbed it and blew a tyre clean off its rim =[[frame]Image[/frame]
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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phurn wrote:ofcourse that was before this morning, when i hit a big patch of black ice, curbed it and blew a tyre clean off its rim =[
ouch! that's what full size spares are for! damage the wheel?
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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wheel looks alright actually =] tyres toast though, and only 3 months old =[
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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this is actually going to be my xmas card for the year......

and yeah so far this year, lily has coped better than most of my friends cars and we chased the snow all over last year (started in Kent's blizzards and ended up in Leeds's) without too much grief. Personally i think it's also a question of driving style - you have to drive a moggie with a fair bit of thought (well i do) in terms of stopping distances, the big steering wheel means you corner steadily etc so we start safer.

And Lily too is a drive or walk option, and she's got this far so i'd trust her to do a few more years of bad weather.[frame]Image[/frame]
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Re: Pictures in the snow

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This is going to be the basis of my Christmas card.
Heavily Photoshopped by someone who knows how, the car hasn't been out in the snow at all![frame]Image[/frame]

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Re: Pictures in the snow

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markthe45king wrote:[frame]Image[/frame]
What a gorgeous picture!


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