JBP - aside from all this silly banter, what part of the UK are you from? Your Avatar doesn't mention it. About 17 years ago, I lived in the Cambridge dorms for one semester of of my Barrister schooling. It was a wonderful experience. Our favorite hangout in Cambridge was "The Anchor" ... established some time before the colonies declared their independence, I believe. It was a wonderful experience ... so much so that I took my better half back there for a vacation just a couple years ago. Her fovorite stop was Stratford upon Avon. It was as though I still had every back ally of the areas memorized like the back of my hand. Wonderful. But I digress ~
BTW. It was Andrew Jackson who was attributed the expression, "It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word". His parents were both born on your side of the pond.
http://www.famousquotesabout.com/quote/It-is-a-damn/25511
No, I don't buy into it ... but it's especially comforting to a slothful speller like me ... as I mentioned above, nonetheless.
Here's to hoping all of YOUR 400h snowy travels are smooth ... despite the stock 400h tires.
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I live in Milton Keynes which is about 40 miles west of Cambridge but I don't know Cambridge very well, certainly not as well as you!
Whereas Cambridge is an ancient city Milton Keynes is a "new town". It was conceived and planned in the 1960s as an overspill town for London. I should hate the place as I was born and brought up in one of the small villages that were swallowed up in the development (although the villages did retain their identities within the city) but I love the place and cannot praise it too highly! A great deal of sensible thought went into the planning from the outset and as a result it is probably the easiest place to drive around in in Britain. The design was loosely based on the American grid road system but with roundabouts at each intersection, the result being very free-flowing traffic with hardly any rush hour traffic jams. We are very famous for our roundabouts and our concrete cows! In fact if you want to find out anything about MK just try Googling "Concrete Cows"!
Back to the thread topic - SNOW.
We don't get much snow here in MK but last year we did have a cold snap that lasted over a week with a dump of about 6 inches of snow overnight. Several of our neighbours had a great deal of trouble driving out of our estate as there is a slight rise in the road with no real possibility of a run at it. After watching their antics I went out in the RX and it just drove up the road as if there was no snow at all. As an experiment I tried stopping halfway up where other people had got stuck and had to resort to being pushed to get up the last bit. The RX just pulled away without the traction control even kicking in! Also, last year we drove up to Scotland to visit our daughter who was at university in Aberdeen. As it was snowing and as they were only about 60 miles from the Glenshee Ski Centre we decided to include a day's skiing whilst we were there. Again, a 120 mile round trip on snow covered roads with no problems. And all this on OEM Bridgestone Potenzas!!!
JBP