South Jersey....Ten to Twenty inches of SNOW coming!

[greasyhandsagain]

And the Rover is READY!!!!!!

[Les Parker]

Do not forget to take some pix?

A Series in an igloo? Could be next years Christmas card !!

:eek:

[bmohan55]

Looking for 10" here in Richmond, should be fun with all the Southern drivers down here. Will be the first time I had the Series running for a snowfall, can't wait.

Doing the Christmas Bird Count with the Audubon Society Sunday so I'll be have her out on forest roads earning her keep...should be pretty.

[NickDawson]

Looking for 10" here in Richmond, should be fun with all the Southern drivers down here. Will be the first time I had the Series running for a snowfall, can't wait.


Should you and I start a service this weekend? We could have the first ever Rover Recovery Service - but we could charge $20 for each stuck car we pull out :)

Jokes aside, I'm with you - looking forward to getting the Rover in the snow. I even drove it to work today on the chance that the would start sooner than expected.

[siiirhd88]

The snow about an hour north of Baltimore is not quite knee deep, but it is supposed to snow all night. It is a very dry snow and plows easily, but I expect the wind will cause the driveway badly drift. Here are the two 109's:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/SIIIRHD88/My109snow.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/SIIIRHD88/Wifes109snow.jpg

I think we will try to get out tomorrow and drive a few local roads of interest. I just swapped the soft top for the pickup cab on my 109 this week.

Bob
'96 Disco SE7
'80 SIII 109
'75 SIII 88 V8
'68 SIIA 109 V8

[Apis Mellifera]

We got about 8-10" here in WV. My In-laws live at a higher elevation and got about 20". I went muzzleloader hunting and brought home a Rover full of White Oak and a trailer full of Black Walnut logs. The interstate was interesting - 16 forward speeds and all of them slow, but I rolled merrily along through the icy slop nonetheless. Good times.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v307/dandomatic2/Land_Rover/DSC02023.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v307/dandomatic2/Land_Rover/DSC02024.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v307/dandomatic2/Land_Rover/DSC02025.jpg

[greasyhandsagain]

Went out on one of my favorite trails this afternoon...it looked a LOT narrower! Lots of overhanging pines...each time I walloped one the windscreen was covered with snow. Of course I would slip and bang up my knee (ouch). finally got home and really decided that it IS fun but Im much happier with No snow on the trails! We are due for 20 inches!

The Rover behaved beautifully on the roads through town though. Never know there was any snow at all. Plows...who needs PLOWS!


http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg204/ambro51/002-13.jpg

[NickDawson]

Had a great day in the snow with the Series III here in Richmond. We have between 10-14 inches.

The Rover really did fantastically. It was neat to be in something so "manual" - no antilock brakes, no power steering, no limited slip... There were some challenging moments too, a lot of near sideways slides, but never out of control. I know that must sound oxymoronic but it really just floated around and when it wanted to go sideways it was easy to correct, much more so than anything I have driven before. I found it useful to be in a pretty high gear at low speeds, over drive and some choke helped a lot!

I was on call to pick up our critical employees for the hospital but my wife insisted that no one would want to ride in the rover :rolleyes: - fortunately we coordinated with the local jeep clubs and had plenty of support.

I have to add, my heater works well! In fact there were many times in 29 degrees that I had to turn it off and crack a vent.

The coolest part are the christmas lights powered off my inverter :D

I couldnt resist nerding out a bit too and doing a video
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickdawson/4197454923/

[Bostonian1976]

the Series are amazing in the snow - much better than my FJ cruiser

[bmohan55]

Nice vid Nick, I played with mine on the back roads in the 'burbs. http://picasaweb.google.com/bobmohan55/1219091?authkey=Gv1sRgCOK29IOHxNCljwE&feat=directlink

[NickDawson]

moved to different thread (mistakenly posted as a reply)

[JimCT]

Chains on just the back of the ambulance....about 20" of snow. Not deep enough to need the Mog!

[GrFa]

Man you guys are lucky. We only got 8 inches or so outside Boston. Although my rangie enjoyed flying through some 3 foot drifts...

[galen216]

20"+ here to the west of Richmond. Lots of playing and pulling out neighbors. Sitting at work right now wondering why I don't go home and play some more!

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/snow2.jpg

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/snow3.jpg

[TSR53]

20"+ here to the west of Richmond. Lots of playing and pulling out neighbors. Sitting at work right now wondering why I don't go home and play some more!

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/snow2.jpg

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/snow3.jpg

Great shots, looks like fun.

[Enigma]

Welcome to the snow and have fun but remember to drive carefully. I have found the short wheel base to slide sideways easily.

We have only about 12 inches here in Northern Ontario.

Have a Happy Holiday!

[crankin]

We are gearing up for snow here in East Tennessee! We might be looking at 1-2 inches for about 2 hours….maybe in late January…early morning. Might have to put the top back on.

[greasyhandsagain]

She got me through it all in fine shape. My wife used the Range Rover instead of her VW convert...and said "I really like this car! Maybe Ill get a Discovery, I sit high up and feel 'powerful' "

Biggest drawback with the S2 on the trails was the overhanging pine branches, laden with show. Wallop one, and the windscreen is covered. Those little wipers HAHAHA what a joke you can tell this vehicle was NOT designed in a snowy country. So, its stop, get out in a foot and a half of snow, dust off the spare tire, bonnnet and windscreen..and advance onward to the next low hanging pine bough.

I took one long drive and toward the end, when I got out for the umteenth time to 'clean the windscreen' again, slipped, walloped the 'bad knee' on a tree trunk and have been in a bit of pain with it ever since.

Highlight of the excursion was pulling off the trail...getting out the little sterno stove and brewing up a cup of tea, sitting in the back of the Rover.!

In view of this snow......Im really looking forward to June and taking the hardtop off, doortops off, and going TOPLESS for the summer.

Here we are, safe and sound in front of my workshop.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg204/ambro51/001-17.jpg