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Had to ditch the car...... - parthiban - 09-11-2017
Left work early because of the snow today, but got no more than 20m from the car park before I got totally stuck. Managed to get the car into a taxi rank which wasn't too far from me (hope it's still there in the morning) and then got the tube home.
The problem now is that if the weather doesn't clear up soon, how do I get the car home? Will the AA tow my car home for me tomorrow if it's still snowy or is it stuck there until the weather gets better?
Had to ditch the car...... - Jambo - 09-11-2017
Try taking some grit with you? If its near the taxi rank, or any main roads, the conditions might get better with gritters. If you can get some grit to your car somehow, you could maybe dig yourself out?
Had to ditch the car...... - Rabster - 09-11-2017
im stranded at my work ditched the car here might just sleep here 2nite lol
Had to ditch the car...... - parthiban - 09-11-2017
To be honest, looking at the state of the roads at home too, I think it was a bit of a blessing that I didn't get on the road - they're solid with traffic, and really icy, I never would have got very far.
Better that I could leave it somewhere safe and could get the tube than get stuck in the middle of a dual carriageway.
Grit's an interesting idea, but not going to work if there's still a lot of snow around. But the forecast looks to be sunny and 3 degrees, so hopefully that will be enough for it all to clear :thumbup:
Actually while I was stuck contemplating what to do, this truck tried to attack the same incline - got a bit further than I did, but then got stuck to, tried to come back down and got all out of shape and was at an angle blocking the whole road when I left. So at least it wasn't just me.
Was a little embarrassing sitting there spinning my wheels when a 325 just steamed past me - we moan about the tyres a lot, but the traction control makes a huge difference too as clearly his DSC was doing a pretty good job.
Had to ditch the car...... - parthiban - 09-11-2017
Rabster im stranded at my work ditched the car here might just sleep here 2nite lol
Sorry to hear that, hope it's cosy there
Had to ditch the car...... - Bandit - 09-11-2017
sorry to hear that mate,
Just a thought but is it actually in the taxi parking area? a lot of traffic wardens will stick a ticket on it if it is? even in bad weather :blink:
Had to ditch the car...... - Lexusboy - 09-11-2017
Maybe a few heavy bags of sand may of help you get traction.
I think bandit has a point the bays for taxi are normally protected are you sure you won't get nicked where you parked?
Had to ditch the car...... - steviewevie - 09-11-2017
Marsdendean I got mine out before but took about an hour. T/C did nothing apart from spin one wheel at around 5 turns a minute.I don't think that's the TC, that's your diff sending all the power to one wheel. With a limited slip diff you'd still get some traction on both wheels at the same time.
Parthi, I'm sure your car will be ok there (edit - I wasn't talking about the possible ticket bit though), but as you say you never know, you might have saved your car getting in a nasty accident on the way home.
Fingers crossed that this snow goes soon, but I've got a bad feeling it's going to all freeze overnight and be even worse tomorrow. In the next couple of days hopefully it'll start to clear up.
Had to ditch the car...... - parthiban - 09-11-2017
Yeah totally understand what you're all saying about the taxi rank but I couldn't do anything else with the car as I physically couldn't move it.
I'll be back there first thing in the morning to move it if I can, I've logged it with the police though so there is a record of it if necessary. Either way if I get fined, I get fined, but other than sleeping in the car I had no option
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Had to ditch the car...... - parthiban - 09-11-2017
steviewevie I've got a bad feeling it's going to all freeze overnight and be even worse tomorrow. In the next couple of days hopefully it'll start to clear up.
That's what I'm worried about as even if it's ok overnight, they definitely won't let me leave it there for a few days, so will have to get it towed if necessary. Hopefully it'll be ok, but will speak to the AA tomorrow if it's still icy.