........while dropping the twins @ nursery 
To be fair though I was in our Volvo V70 & because it's a T5 it's got tyres that lean more towards track days than mud + snow 
Anyway my point of mentioning this is that it was compacted snow on a slight incline that got me & I would have probably been OK with my clever Geartronic gearbox with winter setting & traction control if I had been going forwards but I put myself in a situation that I could only reverse out of so all that clever stuff was rendered useless 
How did I get out 
Carpet I tell you 
Since it's been snowing I've had a spade & two rolls of carpet (about 12" wide & a couple of yards long) in the boot I had no other option but to jump out & give them a go 
While I was laying 'em under the back of the front tyres a couple of teenaged girls walked passed & when they thought they were far enough away shouted 'do you want a push grandad' 
GRANDAD I'm only 40 
Anyway car came out a piece of pizz
So simple but so effective 
Just thought I'd share
It made me think a little about the recent Wales trip & the traction mats that Chris put a link up about Nice thing to have 
but not a cheap as carpet off cut 
To be fair though I was in our Volvo V70 & because it's a T5 it's got tyres that lean more towards track days than mud + snow Anyway my point of mentioning this is that it was compacted snow on a slight incline that got me & I would have probably been OK with my clever Geartronic gearbox with winter setting & traction control if I had been going forwards but I put myself in a situation that I could only reverse out of so all that clever stuff was rendered useless
How did I get out Carpet I tell you Since it's been snowing I've had a spade & two rolls of carpet (about 12" wide & a couple of yards long) in the boot I had no other option but to jump out & give them a go While I was laying 'em under the back of the front tyres a couple of teenaged girls walked passed & when they thought they were far enough away shouted 'do you want a push grandad' GRANDAD I'm only 40 Anyway car came out a piece of pizz
So simple but so effective Just thought I'd share
It made me think a little about the recent Wales trip & the traction mats that Chris put a link up about
Nice thing to have but not a cheap as carpet off cut 
