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Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:45 pm
by e30andy123
Well normally i'd be bringing my e30 out from its winter sleep at the end of march but as im knee deep in snow today im wondering weather to leave it until the end of april, what does everyone think?

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:48 pm
by BenHar
e30andy123 wrote: im knee deep in snow today im wondering weather
Good punning!

Ben

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:57 pm
by e30andy123
Cheers!

i suppose i should leave it a bit longer, i ive been using a E reg Uno 1.0 for the past few months so im craving a bit of speed!

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:03 am
by S14M3
Save it till the roads are nice out. What's the use of driving it in snow when you are worried about all the other drivers possibly hitting you?

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:11 am
by scott180gtb
I was ready for an MOT all last week but to gay to take the car out in the rain/snow.

I've decided to strip the inlet manifold in an attempt to cure an idle air leak problem.

I don't see the point in taxing the car when the weather is so pap!

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:23 am
by magpie
i doubt i'll be doing York on the 1st of April,forcast is for at least another week of this Shit !

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:42 am
by gooner1
Andy, perhaps the below will help with your decision. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21916129

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:46 am
by Duke137
I'm the same mine is going to wait until May now :(

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:49 pm
by capri_rob
Glad I didnt tax mine this month. We had about 6" of snow when I woke up yesterday and have had about the same again since last night :x

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:00 pm
by DanThe
Get the E30 out? Are you mad? :mad:

This was yesterday

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And this morning

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And there is still plenty coming down :mad:

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:03 pm
by Duke137
You know it's heavy when the snow starts drifting like that :(

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:17 pm
by Kedge
I'm impressed with how clear the actual lane looks, the A42 and A45 looked worse than that a 6:00 this morning!

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:01 pm
by appletree
I tavelled from Aberystweth on the west coast to retford near doncaster yesterday and some of the roads out in the sticks were down to one lane an the snow was over the hedges, there were also a number of fields with sheep in with the snow nearly as high as the sheeps backs no way would the e30 be out!

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:35 pm
by B7
In a way I'm glad mine never came out at all last year either. Summer was so shite tax would have been a waste of money.

I'm hoping this year will be different.

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:57 pm
by mwggriffiths
Mine gets driven all year!

I was at Mallory on Friday and it was fine, I even drove home on my track Kumho V70a's which was a little.... interesting! :eek:

A picture from Jan:

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Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:37 pm
by goosiegander
gooner1 wrote:Andy, perhaps the below will help with your decision. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21916129
A mile down the road from me...

Bloody hell! that was done with some conviction! 8O

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:22 am
by atlantis
I'm thinking of not taxing mine till May, and i was gonna tax it March this year what with Easter being early and how nice it was last year

Do it on line if April gets warmer

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:49 am
by pony
I hope the weather gets warmer and sunnier soon

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:13 pm
by Mo13
We are ok in London, snowed all through Saturday but didn’t settle really do hope it gets sunnier and warmer waiting to take the cab out. Wanted to go ACE Cafe on the 1st of April but I think I’ll wait till May

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:55 pm
by Alex
Looks like fun, we have had no snow for once

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:57 pm
by Alex
magpie wrote:i doubt i'll be doing York on the 1st of April,forcast is for at least another week of this Shit !
Dont be a let down :D

Re: Time to come out of hibernation?!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:08 pm
by B7
It's not the snow we have to worry about. It's the salt that kills them!!!! :mad: