We had several inches late yesterday afternoon, just before the rush hour, much heavier than predicted. Two routes home both include hills (one pretty steep down and then up) one closed due to an accident the other gridlocked. Enough snow and traffic to compress and make it an ice rink on the hills, at one point I slid uncontrollably sideways and stopped about an inch short of an abandoned car. An hour after we'd left work we made it back to the office.
We had a similar snow downpour six years ago and it took us 7 3/4 hours to get home (13 miles) so I wasn't planning on that again.
Left the car at work walked half an hour to get a tram (thank goodness they were still running) then a ten minute walk to a Premier Inn where we stayed the night. At least we were safe and warm and had a nice meal and large Rioja.
I don't know what it is about Mercedes but they are as much use as a chocolate teapot in the slightest bit of snow, it can't just be that they're rear wheel drive and heavy, can it?
