Worst driving conditions in 30 years
02-03-2012, 02:58 PM
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My Ride: My ex-ride: EU '08 LCI 520dA. Space Grey, Sport Seats in Black Leather/Fabric Anthracite, Sport Steering Wheel, A/C with Extended Features, Hi-Fi Speakers, Cup Holders, Cruise with Braking function, Folding Rear Seats, Xenons, Park Distance Control.
For the first time I was stuck in snow and ice today with my BMW.
It took four women and one man to get my out of my jam. Thanks to them!
Today I wished a had spikes on my winters. But only once in 20 years or will this be every year do to the climate change?
This is now the 3rd year in a row over here with lots of snow and ice.
But that was nothing compared to the + 300 crashes in the Helsinki area today.
Yeah, we are used to cold and snow, but today was too much.
It has been about - 20 C for a week now, so all roads are icy, but today we got
a blizzard with some 10 cm of snow on top of the ice. The visibilty was about 20 yards.
Here's some examples of what happened:
http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.s...nekaaos-kuvina
It took four women and one man to get my out of my jam. Thanks to them!
Today I wished a had spikes on my winters. But only once in 20 years or will this be every year do to the climate change?
This is now the 3rd year in a row over here with lots of snow and ice.
But that was nothing compared to the + 300 crashes in the Helsinki area today.
Yeah, we are used to cold and snow, but today was too much.
It has been about - 20 C for a week now, so all roads are icy, but today we got
a blizzard with some 10 cm of snow on top of the ice. The visibilty was about 20 yards.
Here's some examples of what happened:
http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.s...nekaaos-kuvina
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02-05-2012, 12:44 PM
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My Ride: My ex-ride: EU '08 LCI 520dA. Space Grey, Sport Seats in Black Leather/Fabric Anthracite, Sport Steering Wheel, A/C with Extended Features, Hi-Fi Speakers, Cup Holders, Cruise with Braking function, Folding Rear Seats, Xenons, Park Distance Control.
In a traditionally snowy Finland we have had 3 very bad winters in a row. But no, no brainwork.
Folks have now a lot of 4-wheel drive cars with DSC and airbags etc... and they think that those will save them.
02-05-2012, 08:18 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550i Jet Black on Black Leather, SAT with Paddles, Logic 7, Comfort Seats, NAV, Sport Package, PDC, Xenons, Sirius, Trinity 12W LED Angel Eyes, RPi GT Exhaust, M rear spoiler, ACS Roof Spoiler, Tinted Tail Lights, Bimmian Carbon Fiber Pillar Trim, Bimmian Shadow 550i emblem, RPi Scoop, E60 Forum Cling, Mtec bulbs in fog lights, Mtec 2W LED for License Plate Light Bulbs, K&N Filter, Bimmian LED Smoked Side Markers, Blackout roundels, Carbon Fiber Kidney Grills.
Retired Rides - 1989 325i convertible, 1995 M3, 2002 X5, 2005 545i, 2008 X5 (Lemon)
A foolproof plan NEVER takes into account, the ingenuity of a fool! 
Just be careful out there guys!
Just be careful out there guys!
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