Morris Minor Owners Club

Its a magnificent frosty and icy morning here today, just popped to the shop.
To the main road which has been gritted its about a mile and something along hilly bendy single road just covered in frost and ice, plenty black ice in teh shaded parts too.
All i can say is wow what an experience
I'm a very experience driver on ice & snow but nothing had prepared me for lack of grip on scabby's skinny tyres
As it is have to watch the rear end on a dry day now eveythings becoming gradually improved powerwise but this was just brilliant fun !!!
Good thing in many ways as its been a godsend of a warning against complacency - dread to think if i'd popped out at night and not known it was icy.
Darned shame i cant get it into one of the fields thats got about an acre of frozen flooded meadow - now that would be fun and something to video!

A useful extra can be a concret spur post behind the rear seat for a little extra ballast.

A useful extra can be a concret spur post behind the rear seat for a little extra ballast

Hmmmmm. I just happen to have one of those lying around. Could be useful on a modded 1275.


Hang about, I live in the south of England and the car isn't road legal yet.
D'OH!

Peetee dont forget the nice hessian sack to wrap it in so its kept nice and cosy

Well the best ballast apart from 2 HUGE dogs would have to be a bag of coarse chippings - that way if you get stuck you can always use them for traction And dont forget a bag of cheap salt next time your in the supermarket

And dont forget a bag of cheap salt next time your in the supermarket

But don't keep it under the rear seat if the back window leaks!

I think a skid pan training session should be part of the driving test. Not long after I passed my test, it snowed big time. So I used an empty carpark to practice driving in snow/ice. Learnt a lot, and it was incredible fun.

Orkney wrote:that way if you get stuck you can always use them for traction

The dogs, or the chippings?

He must mean the Dogs especially if the local Cat is around

Well one is a Pyrenean Mountain dog - but darned if i can get her to pull a sled

We're always trying that too... We have a Pyrenean and two labs, as well as a tiny mutt, but only the little one will do tricks! We can't get the Pyrenean to- do you find your seems to think it below her? Ours does!

but darned if i can get her to pull a sled

Cant get Her in Doors to push my moggie with me helping never mind pushing it! No battery by the way waiting for Santa

Will find a pic in the morning Jack - the Mountain Dog chooses to dwell mostly on the roof of the house when the weather is relatively fine
Doing stuff you want it too oh yes - definitely below her, same thing with the MD

The roof! Ours prefers the fireplace, actually, she's a big softy... Very dignified but scared off the dark...