Westy

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and no, its not because I am a shit driver

Yesterday, fairly deep snow which gradually turned quite compace, icey! The train staation car park has a gentle slope into it.. bit of speed low gear, revs enough buut not so much to just spin the wheels... then stuck! wouldnt move forward, just spinning.. THEN a little 1 litre fiesta, skinny tyre's just cruises past! How comes?

My tyres have a legal amount of tread, good brang.. Michelin I think (standard type r tyres anyway)

thanks

RichieST

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What car are you driving? A fiesta has less weight, and skinnier tyres are better in snow, as they cut through the snow better down to the tarmac underneath. Have a look at a rally car in snow, their tyres are really skinny!

It's Czech Mate

Skinny tyres cut through the snow better.

Also probably bear more weight per square inch due to their narrowness which would give a little more grip on snow





Also The 'vtech kicking in yo' may well break traction

RickyLee53

Standard type R tyres a Bridgestone Potenza's.

My mate used his GF derv saxo, that got everywhere. My evo did as well, but didn't stop nearly as well as the thin tyres.

Westy

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Bridgetones thats them...

never realised skinn tyres would be better... cheers lads

JHS

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Just because youre tyres are a good brand and have plenty of life left in them doesnt mean they will be any good in the snow. If they are wide they will be even more useless as said above.

Saying that, if you've got a Type R, havent they got a diff? Should help a bit on snow...

Westy

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not sure tbh lol

It's Czech Mate

if you think thats bad you should try my diesel mondeo estate in the snow with the optional 18" rims on it.

It's fucking awful

Graceland

BMW E39 + 10" wide rear tyres = going nowhere at all, poxt fucking thing

Nash

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No they havent if its a CTR.

RickyLee53

Diffs help a little in the snow, but only if its snow you can "wear out" or get 1 wheel on something grippy, they sometimes hinder on cambers as they make the front end slide.

UK EP3 CTR's don't have LSD's. Older 1s do. And imports do.

~nomad~

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my car has not got stuck once, even on monday morning going uphills to the stables, its got 235 18s all round. but it is quattro. Seen plenty of people in BMWs stuck, press the driver aids off button and feed the throttle in!

Stu @ M Developments

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The 275s on my M5 are a joke in snow. Lucky we havent had ANY AT ALL.

Fil

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Fil

the 135s on my 1.1 fiesta done me well in the snow think i need some new shoes in the rear drums tho

Oranoco

My A4 on it's 225/40/18 Continentals has got me to work everyday this week, up and down hills all the way through the untreated lanes. Im gutted Could have stayed home and been playing X-Box

xr-stu

my derv mondeo with barely legal tyres on the front has been scary as fuck

all about keeping the revs as low as possible and in the highest gear you can though, ive been doing that and been fine, but seen other folk going nowhere trying to rev their way out of it

xr4x4rs

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my mondeo st24 on 18s hasnt been that bad, well until i come to stop and it just kicks the abs in and slies, even at 10mph

matts1

My parad 2's on the ctr are naff lol!!

James

my old xr4x4 didn't get stuck anywhere!

fuzzy

my touring also got stuck on a slope that gentle you couldnt slide down it on foot.

tabetha

You want to try a fwd auto astra on the same snow, with wide tyres, so little weight, going nowhere fast, got stuck on hill end of Scarby seafront, every car without exception just sailed on by, even though I had snow switch on, just had to wear snow down, killing my crap F1's at the same time.
tabetha

Thrush

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My van has 195/65's on it (I think) and it's been spot on all week. It still AMAZES me the sheer ammount of people that don't know how to / can't drive in snow. See them sitting there trying to get up slopes and they think that burying the throttle will get it up the slope! Then I come along with it in 2nd not even touching the throttle and it just cruises up no problem at all. Or you see them braking in neutral or with the clutch dipped and wondering why they are locking up

stevenebm

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my ctr was shit on the snow the other day

Lee Ivatt

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what you lot winging about, on monday i drove from essex to weston super mare and back again.

Was in my landy tho



All the muppets on the m11, m25 and M4, crawling along in the one little lane, i just cruised past on the virgin snow in the fast lane, leaving a trail of snow dust in my path

Lee Ivatt

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you should have see the articulated lorries on the M25, they were wheel spinning up the long hills and just sliding of the road, one i even saw go backwards.

Nice to see out road tax was spent on salt this year

Westy

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the traffic lights turned red, I stop. Apply handbrake and begin to gently slide forward on the slope.. had to beep the people who were crossing out of the way

155lee

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were you v-tec'ing it across the car park?i took my cossie out in the snow years ago thinking it would be great fun,couldnt get it to move and had to reverse down a 1 way as i could not get it up a very gentle slope without hitting the kerb.