Rah, it was all white and crispy on the way into work this morning. Twice now the back end of the cinq has swung out at <30mph. In minis, I never lost the back end (not for want of trying!) This morning it was when I was taking a right filter at some lights. I could see the slush on the junction and had a momentary image of having spun out and ended up parked at an inconvenient angle on the junction as the lights changed. Sure enough, first the front wheels slid straight, then they bit as the back lost it. I was only doing about 20mph! Fortunately the cinq’s steering strongly pulls back to straight, as my instinct was to let go of the wheel. Once the front was pointing in the direction I wanted to go, a quick tweak was all that was needed to settle the back.

Once at work I went once round the (deserted) car-park in an attempt to reproduce what had just happened, but I was just getting chronic understeer.

I was supposed to be talking about snow. What did strike me this morning was that the snow meant there was twice as much daylight, a much-needed commodity at this time of year. Rah!

It also hints that there’s a bright side to having been in the office all holiday: when I do finally have my Christmas this year, it will be a white one!