I Like Chips wrote:

YB..Why have one jump when you can have two. Thanks for the battery pointer, it is a new battery almost a month old and it's the uprated one made for the stop/start models. I wonder if I am being over generous with the heated seats. I am going to look at an uprated alternator.

Largered..I had no choice in the matter you see prime time for the bitch was yesterday. Today and Saturday might have done but the road conditions are worse today with the drifting. The traction on our cars is superb glad I bought one in spite of the computor throwing up odd results from time to time.

Plan C worked, the local farmer pulled me out. Handy he had a snow plough on to get through the drifts. In snow time he does work for the local council.


All in all Dydd Gwyl Dewi was a funny old day.

Got well and truly stuck in the dark Friday evening on a Wolds lane. Crossclimate tyres worked perfectly, in fact too well as the problem was I ended up floating on the car belly. The snow under the car belly had set like concrete. Was never going to get out the road end anyway as a local Hilux or similar was stuck in front of me and that is why I eased off in my 2 tonne sledge and finally ground to a halt!

Started digging but fortunately the local lad had mates with off roading discos and in an hour or so they turned up and dragged us both out

So I have this to say, the Achilles Heel is ground clearance. Tyres fine and grip was fine but when you are in deep tractor ruts you are never going to get through unless its fresh powder snow running beneath you. So listen to Yorky, throw another log on the fire, top up the whiskey glass and put on some good music and stay at home. These are not in standard form up to off off roading in deep Yorkshire snow.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

That's what I found the snow was too deep to allow traction