MK5 Golf GTI

General => Random Chat => Topic started by: GTiBEER on April 09, 2011, 05:02:58 pm

Title: Hide your cars
Post by: GTiBEER on April 09, 2011, 05:02:58 pm

There is a sand on it's way apparently coming over from Africa in our clouds

there was a freak sand storm in Germany yesterday which caused several deaths. Very bizarre weather and very bad for paintwork I would imagine. It could be like driving through a sandblasted lol.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13023556
Sorry for the poorly written post but I am doing it on my iPhone :)

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: Jack Rabbit on April 09, 2011, 05:22:16 pm

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: Snoopy on April 09, 2011, 06:17:36 pm

So is it due to hit England and if so about when.
Im off to put GTI's in the garage and get the winter hack out if this is the case.

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: 182_blue on April 09, 2011, 06:29:26 pm

Bugger, just washed the car too

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: ub7rm on April 10, 2011, 10:31:16 am

 :confused: I think the incident in Germany was due to a lot of recently ploughed fields and dry weather / winds rather than sand from Africa ...

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: LouCyffer on April 10, 2011, 11:14:49 am

Quote from: ub7rm on April 10, 2011, 10:31:16 am

:confused: I think the incident in Germany was due to a lot of recently ploughed fields and dry weather / winds rather than sand from Africa ...

True. If sand has got from The North African desert to Rostok on the Baltic coast, it will have reached the UK by now. It was indeed from dry weather & ploughing fields, as the report states.

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: Snoopy on April 10, 2011, 11:27:12 am

Sand showers warning as temperatures set to peak

Forecasters warn of huge dust cloud as April showers to spread sand

However, showers are expected to put a slight dampener on things on Sunday, with some even containing Saharan sand.

Mr Mayes said: "Sometimes when you have southern winds, you get Saharan dust suspended in the atmosphere. It moves across Europe at several thousand feet above the ground.

"But if you get rain falling through it, it carries the dust particles. People usually tend to notice it on their cars. There will be one or two light showers late Sunday, but nothing to spoil the weekend too much."

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: BeezerDiesel on April 10, 2011, 11:35:01 am

Reminds me of this time last year when all the volcanic ash started dropping on the car.

Title: Re: Hide your cars
Post by: cmdrfire on April 10, 2011, 10:59:39 pm

That ash was nasty to paintwork!