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Follow on from this thread.
Any suggestions for what we should keep in the car if we're doing a season in resort?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Shovel to dig yourself out when the snow-plough clears the car-park by shoving all the snow up against your vehicle. Also useful for digging out idiots who haven't bothered to fit their chains and have slid off the road.
Gloves (waste of time but reassuring, see below)
Head torch
Hand-warmers as youre fingers will get freezing putting chains on and it's almost impossible to do this wearing gloves.
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from the other thread ....
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| Equipment = Padded luminous yellow jacket, snow shovel, plastic gloves (thick enough to protect the hands but not too thick otherwise you can't do the fiddly bits), warm hat and an insulted pad to kneel on. |
Certain items should be legally carried in the car when in Austria, warning triangle, first aid kid, luminous yellow vest/jacket.
A shovel to dig yourself out and a brush to get the snow off the car are also useful.
On top of that you should really have a 4 season sleeping bag just incase you get stranded overnight. If you are travelling with someone you are physically attracted to then one sleeping bag big enough for the both of you is best 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Is it possible to make love in a sleeping bag, or does the whole thing fall apart?
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halfhand - nice to see you upholding the good traditions of Merseyside!
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| ben wright wrote: |
| Shovel to dig yourself out when the snow-plough clears the car-park by shoving all the snow up against your vehicle. ... |
I'd argue that it's pointless to keep a shovel IN the car - if the snow plugh puts all the snow up against your car, then you need the shovel out of the car to get to the car.
Other things to have:
Jump leads. (can be left in the car)
Battery charger (take out of the car, or it may well lose its charge in the cold)
Oh, and park the car in gear, but leave the hand brake off.
If the car is parked for a reasonable length of time and the handbrake is on, the rear brakes may rust themselves to the brake pads.
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Wear The Fox Hat, it'd be a very determined snow-plough driver that could surround 3 sides of the vehicle - any of which could provide access to the shovel. Don't think you'd fit a decent shovel in most cars although I carry one in my chick-magnet mini-bus.
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For those of you (like me) who don't have a posh car... lock de-icer so you can get in after digging it out ! Don't leave that in the car either 
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halfhand, "Merseyside" Is that in Essex?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| LARGEZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| halfhand, "Merseyside" Is that in Essex? |
Don't be stupid, it's about 5km from La Rosiere in the Netherlands.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Wear The Fox Hat, Got it
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LARGEZOOKEEPER - I presume that you keep SMALLZOOKEEPER in the boot / trunk of the car as a "spare" - so as to speak?
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You know it makes sense.
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PhillipStanton, Yes but only if I get to puncture him first 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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LARGEZOOKEEPER, I feel deflated!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Multi purpose wheel brace, jack, top rope, jump leads, plug in and battery torch, gloves, tool kit, hi viz vest, family pack of Mars bars
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Multi purpose wheel brace, jack, top rope, jump leads, plug in and battery torch, gloves, tool kit, hi viz vest, family pack of Mars bars |
Is your car your climbing partner? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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LARGEZOOKEEPER, are you a sock puppet of SMALLZOOKEEPER, or just a different size of skiboot?
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David Goldsmith, no one up my ar$e mate!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| LARGEZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Multi purpose wheel brace, jack, top rope, jump leads, plug in and battery torch, gloves, tool kit, hi viz vest, family pack of Mars bars |
Is your car your climbing partner? |
Maybe it's a narrowboat?
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LARGEZOOKEEPER, Good, but do you sleep with SMALLZOOKEEPER in a double sleeping bag in the car?
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David Goldsmith, Not that I know of but if you give me a minute I'll just check his colon 
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David Goldsmith, Last time we travelled together BIGGIE sang to the entire plane!
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Is it possible to make love in a sleeping bag, or does the whole thing fall apart? |
Too many variables to give a firm answer over the internet, best to try it out in the shop before you buy.
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A mat to put on the snow just behind/in front of your wheels so that they can get some purchase rather than just spinning on the snow is pretty handy.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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smolo,
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A mat to put on the snow just behind/in front of your wheels so that they can get some purchase rather than just spinning on the snow is pretty handy.
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Shovel to dig out wheels and mats are on my hit list for next time!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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fraserp, I've a couple of friends named Mat whom i'd gladly put under the wheels of a car.
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| DB wrote: |
| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Is it possible to make love in a sleeping bag, or does the whole thing fall apart? |
Too many variables to give a firm answer over the internet, best to try it out in the shop before you buy. |
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't really want to have sex in Milletts.
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You know it makes sense.
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| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| DB wrote: |
| David Goldsmith wrote: |
| Is it possible to make love in a sleeping bag, or does the whole thing fall apart? |
Too many variables to give a firm answer over the internet, best to try it out in the shop before you buy. |
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't really want to have sex in Milletts. |
You aren't half getting picky in your old age.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Anyway, can we keep David Goldsmith's sex life out of this please. I've only recently had lunch.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Someone told me to vaseline the rubber seals around the door frame to stop it freezing, it does'nt work (at least not when its minus 10 or colder), I think the idea is possibly sound but far more effective to ensure you don't get snow on the bottom of door sill in the first place, this may seem like a trivial point but for a month I could'nt get into my car until at least 11am on several occasions, the vaseline helped a little but not much (freezing point too high I guess). Good idea to park it out of the wind too, we moved the car once into a colder exposed spot and found the (previously fine) battery stone dead the next morning from the cold overnight. Ditto all the other suggestions not sure if someone has mentioned a tow rope, this is invaluable if you slide off the road it'll mean the next motorist can probably help you as opposed to having to wait for the cavalry. We took one last year simply in case of breakdowns and improved anglo/french relations enourmously by towing several cars out of snowy verge's. Just make sure your car is much heavier than theirs if the other car is pointing down a steep hill !!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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a broom for sweeping snow off windowscreen.
pack of latex gloves (much easier to use for putting snowchains on)
engine oil (I had to replace a car engine in France once due to lack of oil - cost a fortune!!)
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Bolt cutters to cut away tangled mess of mis-fitted snow chains.
I had them one in the car, by pure luck as I hadn'y properly emptied it before driving to the Alps.
I used them for exactly this purpose on some poor souls car in which the snow chains had totally tangled themselves around the front axle.
I know that poor soul could be me next time so if I ever drive out to the Alps again I'll carry some.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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A pair of heavy duty rubber gloves for working with the snow chain. A large plastic sheet to sit on and knee down in front of the tyres. A torch for seeing what I am doing.
Fitting snow chain should be done well before one is forced to. This is to allow time to select a nice location, dry, spacious and well away from the traffic. Whistling will help too and the operation should always be conducted in a relax and enjoyable mood.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Thu 28-09-06 21:54; edited 1 time in total
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rungsp,
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snow chains had totally tangled themselves around the front axle
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thats a very good idea, friends of ours suffered exactly that problem on the way up to us one dark and snowy night after mis fitting their chains
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PhillipStanton, To take this back to a more serious note (not too serious though), I think what we are talking about is what happens if we get into trouble in our car that is getting stuck in bad conditions where our car is a shelter which could mean the difference between life or death (it can happen sometimes). In this sort of case we should make sure that we have warm clothes, bottles of water, and plenty of carbohydrate ie. chocolate, cereal bars etc. A fully charged mobile phone might be useful so long as one can get a signal, and you know the local emergency telephone number!
When driving in winter one should make arrangements for the unexpected and that way you don't get caught out big time. I am no survival expert but perhaps there is someone out there who could recommend a sensible safety pack to be prepared for worst ie. "What Every Driver to the Snow should have.
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For those of you (like me) who don't have a posh car... lock de-icer so you can get in after digging it out ! Don't leave that in the car either
thats where chaps and their anatomy can come in useful oh and a full bladder - tried doing but as a girl without much succes and rather un-gainly!
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How do you clever people get the white box with the quote - tried various things but I guess I'm just seriously technically challanged
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sarah@alpedhuez - the quote above will have been written as:
[quote]snow chains had totally tangled themselves around the front axle [/quote]
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