How sad am I?

Travelling up the motorway saw the inevitable gritter in the distance. Not wanting to get the 8 week old beast peppered by the damned thing I drove for 3 miles at 35mph a good distance behind it (virtually no other traffic on the motorway before you start complaining ).

Next junction I left the motorway, drove swiftly along the winding A roads and rejoined some 3 miles up the motorway just in front of the gritter - result

Then I started worrying as to whether the road might be icy

How sad is that?

tiggers.

 

Very.










(probably do the same though)

 

Most of the guys on here would do the same.

 

would have done the same but with my luck i would have been behind the gritter again

 

tiggers

You lucky man I was gritted twice on the motorway coming back from the dealership having just picked up my shiny new STi8.

My intercooler is a bit bent and still has some grit in it despite my best efforts with the vac and the tweezers [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

TONY

 

I always seem to get stuck behind them, so I just get past as quick as possible, lol.

My mate was infront of me so he took the worst of it all over his freshly resprayed Escort Cosworth!

Nightmare this time of year!

Andy

 

Tiggers - don't worry - done the same - twice!

Mind you my gritter was doing about 55mph ....

 

Its bad when you pass them in the opposite direction and realise its too late to do anything before your covered.

 

i would have done the same!

last week though i saw some guy in an old knackered sierra tailgating a gritter trying to pass it. whole car was being showerd in salt.

quite a funny sight

 

I ALWAYS stay away from those buggers

They pepper your car and DO leave little paint chips

 

Especially when you ain't got time to get your drivers window shut


[Edited by SiPie - 12/16/2003 1:04:54 PM]

 

Maybe the guy in the sierra was collecting the salt for his driveway at home...

 

WRX Wannabe, does this mean you get salted and peppered!

 

sorry guys, but i have to drive one of them if im called out, only good thing for me is , if i,m out in the gritter i wont be out in the sti8 stuck behind one...

 

chips, scratches, stuffffffff.

it's not a toy.

it's a tooooooooooooooooooool.

and that's how i like it - real

drive past the gritter like you're gettin jizzed

 

Rav, don't blame ya! I heard its proper top dollar for driving the gritters!!!

Andy

 

Can you claim compensation off the council for stonechips? There is no need to blast grit everywhere, why don't they just use finer salt granules or modernde-icer sprays as used on runways?

 

I'm with mwp, I gun it past at top speed as far away from them as I can

AJM, £3500 a year council tax suit you sir ?