Mercs no good in winter?

[Rory]

Mercedes are German cars. They sell loads of them in Germany and mainland Europe.
Ever spent a winter in Germany? Plenty of snow and very very few stuck cars. They're not all manuals but they are all wearing winter tyres.

I was at a meeting in Paris with a German colleague just before last winter and he heard it had snowed earlier than usual and he was dreading the journey home - he said it's always a nightmare with people being late to put winter tyres on.

 

[ampwhu]

as a heating engineer, I hate the winter full stop.

can't wait until the warmer months (if we get any!)

 

[Rory]

as a heating engineer, I hate the winter full stop.

can't wait until the warmer months (if we get any!)

How odd.

You should work like mad all winter and then take the summer off!

 

[Naraic]

as a heating engineer, I hate the winter full stop.

can't wait until the warmer months (if we get any!)

I love the irony...as a heating engineer you survive because of the cold weather...or else there would be no need for the heat.

 

[Naraic]

I bought it as a unused wreck from a Barn in Ireland and spent 17 years doing a nut and bolt rebuild, did it all my self

In fact a Northern Ireland car with that "IJ" mark. Whereabouts was the barn Malcolm? I suspect somewhere in County Down.

 

[ampwhu]

I love the irony...as a heating engineer you survive because of the cold weather...or else there would be no need for the heat.

did anyone tell you that you don't only use heat for heating? how about hot water?

 

[GeeAy]

Not had the pleasure yet as mine was parked at the Airport during last years snow. However i'm old enough to have survived Scotland in a mk3 Cortina and mk1 Escort. Bunch of nancy boys these days IMHO.

 

[Naraic]

did anyone tell you that you don't only use heat for heating? how about hot water?

Yep...but still ironic.

 

[television]

In fact a Northern Ireland car with that "IJ" mark. Whereabouts was the barn Malcolm? I suspect somewhere in County Down.

Near Antrim from memory, it was 1973 when i bought it unsued for 30 years.

 

[obduro]

Haven't got any winter tyres on mine and haven't had any issues thus far apart from the odd esp when hitting the accelerator too hard from a standstill.

 

[television]

Haven't got any winter tyres on mine and haven't had any issues thus far apart from the odd esp when hitting the accelerator too hard from a standstill.

The way things are going water paddles will be the way to go.

 

[Triv]

Or one of these:

http://www.thecoolist.com/mercedes-amg-marauder-cigarette-boat/

 

[Irresistance]

Or one of these:

http://www.thecoolist.com/mercedes-amg-marauder-cigarette-boat/

Cigarette boat... what a silly name. Who would want to associate their otherwise seemingly awesome boat with cigarettes...?

 

[L John]

Superfast long boats were often used for smuggling cigarettes and the term stuck, not sure but I think cigarette is a brand of boat maker too.

The word cigarette has only recently become a dirty word.

 

[Triv]

Perhaps they thought it better than drug boat...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-fast_boat

 

[Triv]

Check out the car!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26082257

 

[prwales]

I looked at this thread and thought what winter, we haven't had one

 

[Triv]

I looked at this thread and thought what winter, we haven't had one

No, I guess you're right. It always rains in Wales.

 

[prwales]

true but we don't really get much in the way of flooding, all those hills and rivers that wander off into England

 

[keefysher]

If I believe the figures, this is the UK's worst winter for 250 years, 170 years, since records began.

My commute each week is literally the length of the country, from Hampshire to Northumberland, at 355 miles each way. Actually popped into Jockland yesterday (cos I could).

My Merc has been a dream drive.

The weather has not caused me any issues. However the standard of driving of the majority of other road users frightens me.