deeveus 81 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Bit of snow here. Thought I'd chuck some pics up - a pic of the Merc in it's natural stomping ground ha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 D: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Ohhh it reminds me of living in the states... but with less snow in the photos... Time to go get some winter tyres! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 yeaaah... its a pita! Car's stuck about 2 blocks away from where I'm staying. just doesn't work at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E36 M 9 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 How on earth did you park the merc like that without scratching it? Looks like its parked on a pretty big angle? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingkarl 136 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Jealous. As hell. Wellington is almost as cold with none of the fun... Friends in South Island have uni cancelled. Argh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 It's normally harder against the wall than that, by parking it right up the front gives me heaps more room behind it. I've never hit the wall yet, parking sensors FTW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E36 M 9 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Haha +1 to parking sensors. Looks like if you drive out on that angle you would destroy the car/garage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellicose 9 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Yep, cold up here as well. Bearing in mind we only get a reasonable fall every 4-5 years, this one is bigger than the last big one in '94. We are 'bout 1.5km from the mountain base, it does get damn cold but rarely snows. Woke up to this this morn' and it kept snowing 'til 12.30 today. The drive way. The bonnet of the young fellas Hilux, that's 60mm of snow. So then i decided to go up to our new place. It's 610 metres up the road and closer to the mountain YAY Edited July 25, 2011 by bellicose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 We're about 300 meters above sea level here. I took the Mercedes down to the shop before and whilst the snow was a good foot deep on the road it handled it without issue but when I got to the main roads it was compacted and like a sheet of ice and was almost un-drivable even with it being 4WD - it just kept shifting power to every wheel trying to find grip and I have 4 new tyres. A mate of mine around the road has a Discovery 3 door lifted with massive mudgrips and even it was struggling on the ice. I loved it how my son walked up to one of our cars here with a small shovel trying to get the snow off the cars. Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Was sunny here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2312 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Wow, snow. I could only survive down there there if I had a Landcruiser. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1042 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 From My hood Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cliffdunedin 8 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 yeaaah... its a pita! Car's stuck about 2 blocks away from where I'm staying. Yep had the same problem, stupid auto without LSD Took the Subby over to pull it out of the gutter...Fun times!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) I ended up crashing into the gutter when parking after getting it back to where I was staying... stupid christchurch roads and tall gutters. Edited July 25, 2011 by antil33t Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1042 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 I ended up crashing into the gutter when parking after getting it back to where I was staying... stupid christchurch roads and tall gutters. Stupid out of town drivers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Woah, Lucky! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Stupid out of town drivers I has broke it I think I've just damaged the valance. Don't know how the HELL I didn't smash the front foglight.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
