noblesteed
Well-Known Member
Hi all
I am now onto my 5th snow day at school. The problem is that I am one of the teachers! I managed to get in to work one day and I was the only one there so couldn't open the place anyway! I live in a small moorland village and the school is 10 miles away in another small village. My horse lives in the small village at a farm opposite the school! Fortunately my friend is doing him along with her horse so my beastie is fine.
I recently bought a vw beetle which I have wanted for ages but as you can imagine is crap in the snow. My OH has a 4x4 campervan but even that isn't good enough for the steep hills we have round here, plus he has low profile tyres on it (men!!!)
We can;t get rid of either car as we need the vw as a cheap runner and the campervan for surfing. So do we just bite the bullet and get a proper 4x4. OH and I think we can afford to spend about £4-5k. It would mean I could get to work AND tow trailer.
What experience do people have of owning an additional car ie with insurance etc? What would be the best 4x4 for towing/snow wrangling? I was thinking L200? I am sure someone posted like this bfore - sorry for repeating!
I am now onto my 5th snow day at school. The problem is that I am one of the teachers! I managed to get in to work one day and I was the only one there so couldn't open the place anyway! I live in a small moorland village and the school is 10 miles away in another small village. My horse lives in the small village at a farm opposite the school! Fortunately my friend is doing him along with her horse so my beastie is fine.
I recently bought a vw beetle which I have wanted for ages but as you can imagine is crap in the snow. My OH has a 4x4 campervan but even that isn't good enough for the steep hills we have round here, plus he has low profile tyres on it (men!!!)
We can;t get rid of either car as we need the vw as a cheap runner and the campervan for surfing. So do we just bite the bullet and get a proper 4x4. OH and I think we can afford to spend about £4-5k. It would mean I could get to work AND tow trailer.
What experience do people have of owning an additional car ie with insurance etc? What would be the best 4x4 for towing/snow wrangling? I was thinking L200? I am sure someone posted like this bfore - sorry for repeating!
My NCD is used against my car so I have no discount for a second car. I had some very helpful suggestions. Buying snow tyres for the car was an option and also it would be cheaper for my horse to be on full livery when it snowed than actually buying another vehicle and insuring it. Snow chains and something called autosocks? were also suggested.
