Worst car for the snow????
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FWD '87 Toyota corrola i'm using at the moment seems to be handling the roads okay....i will say though it takes most corners better with the handbrake lifted hahaha
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My e39 530d with 255 tyres on the back. Completly undrivable had to push it most the way home on sunday. Now I can't even get it off the drive. Berlingo multispace is fine though.
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sideways all the way!
my veedub golf has bin mint in snow,my mates 306td cant get up any sort of incline,i think its how he driving it though,but the worst by far has to be my artic,dumped it at garage blocking job off cos it wouldnt move,and he thinks im going in tomorrow
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agreed mines manual but just wants to spin and the traction control is amost always on
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My van which is a mwb VW LT35 is shocking. One wiff of Ice and its sideways. The slightest hill and its spinning like a spinning thing
My escort mk6 on the other hand is a blast.
My escort mk6 on the other hand is a blast.
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My shitroen zx is blinding in the snow
I have noticed alot of newish mercs stuck, i think thats due to traction control and not being able to turn it off
I have noticed alot of newish mercs stuck, i think thats due to traction control and not being able to turn it off
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My old xr4x4 was fucking brilliant in the snow, but oddly my 306 Turbo derv shitter is pretty good.
I think the main reason it's got a truck engine sitting right on top of the driving wheels
I think the main reason it's got a truck engine sitting right on top of the driving wheels
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after owning 5 of them and giving them the benefit of the doubt i think all bmw's are shite our trusty little bag of shit golf diesel is superb in the snow and believe me it is a bag of nails
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we've got some inbetween (knobbly/road, more road i guess) tyres on our defender atm (some cunt stuck a screw in the side of our old ones, and we just needed cheapish roads for normal driving) and my dad managed to lock it up rather badly. altho, the old tyres were dangerous in the wet, 4 wheel lockups and sideways action at 60 in a 110 is not fun!
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Bloody MX5 wont go at all and when you do get it going wont stop but a good laugh as it is on the lock stops all the way up the road, My VW passat has been a trojan as it just ploughs through the snow and the heated seats are great on cold mornings.
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there is a bloke round the corner from us with a yellow 300zx running big bhp with a mad kit on he has been struggling lol but carrying on regardless
but the worst has got to be an old bloke that lives near us has a transam big bad ass black 1 which he struggles to keep straight in the dry funny seeing him drive that the other day lol
but the worst has got to be an old bloke that lives near us has a transam big bad ass black 1 which he struggles to keep straight in the dry funny seeing him drive that the other day lol
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I think the bigger problem is the person driving the car and either not knowing how to deal with rear wheel drive in slippery conditions, or not being aware of the technology that exists to help them and knowing how to use it.
I'm lucky (?) enough to have grown up driving rear-drive cars and nowadays I'm in a C220 Sport that has no trouble going anywhere at the moment, though the wife did struggle to get it on the drive today.
ESP keeps the car going where I want it to go, and when I want some fun I just press the button on the dashboard to go sideways!
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Mate u are spot on!!!!! i passed a 05 plate bmw 330 and an audi a4 estate on a 59 plate stuck one behind the other on a hill as my punto just plodded past! lmao! glad the RS was stuck in the garage with the amount of salt on the roads
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Our citroen picasso on its 185 tyres hasn't missed a beat in the snow.
My Vivaro van on its 235 tyres last year was gr8.
my 1994 transit 2 years before was shit, i couldn't get anywhere.
My Vivaro van on its 235 tyres last year was gr8.
my 1994 transit 2 years before was shit, i couldn't get anywhere.
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Do you advise your insurance company? Cos one of my friends wanted to put steelies on her fiesta mk6 and the insurance company would not cover her!
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My wifes walked to work
I've used her micra its been superb
My works has a huge carpark and its hell almost every rwd car esp bmw's have had to be dug out and pushed into the workshop, there ok if you keep them going but if the punters stop then there screwed
And not 1 thanks , kiss me arse or fuck all for digging them out etc
I've used her micra its been superb
My works has a huge carpark and its hell almost every rwd car esp bmw's have had to be dug out and pushed into the workshop, there ok if you keep them going but if the punters stop then there screwed
And not 1 thanks , kiss me arse or fuck all for digging them out etc