Benni

I got stuck on a hill today in my Volvo C30. Was going well and had good momentum and the person in front slowed down to go over the glass like ice and was sliding sideways and was more or less facing me when she'd finished flooring it.

Just reversed back into the kerb and sat and watched about 6 crashes and a million near misses. Some very close to me. So yeah, Volvo with TC was shit.

Benni.

Drunken Master

Exactly, not hard is it. Other countrys have snow for months and get on just fine!

Ellie

My mr2 has been fine on the few roads that have been left ungritted, but its only really round the houses. Main roads are fine and havent had any snow yet.
Gonna have to go very careful if it does snow though!

whilee

my 2.8 capri is worse than useless in this weather , so not bothered using it

danneth

RWD 550lbs torque @ 2000rpm was quite bad in the snow

Tonyt1t

my 2.8 granada mk 2 with no lsd no traction control brilliant fun as much as its dificult to pull away once its going its sideways allllll the way lol

scoooby slayer

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it would have to be the 1500 bhp rs2000 on here

GTi-R23

Megane is shit coz the tyres are wide, FWD tho which obviously helps alot, dunno how you guys with RWD and wide tyres manage.

AndyRST

Friend of mine has a 350Z and thats not too good in the snow by what she's said. It seems 309bhp, rwd, 19" with 265 wide rear tyres doesn't work in the snow

craigybaby

my st is utter shit even on idle the wheels were tryin to spin

JHS

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Thats the way to do it!

ANY car with normal/summer tyres will handle like crap in the snow due to the fact it has pretty much no grip.
So in reply to the OP, 99% of the cars on this site are the worst.

PT

My Fiat Punto is shite, got overtaken up an ungritted hill on MOnday by an old Renault Megane!!!!! This is after I came off the road, lucky there were high banks!!

St3V3_C

Lexus was hard work, but good fun. Discovery was fookin ace LOL.

Helped a 38 ton artic up a hill near us ))

1.9 xr2 on 40's

deffo, all ive seen stuck is a beemers

Bloomers

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i saw an old boy in a e-type yesterday. strangly the first thing i thought was 'insurance job'. i think i'm getting cynical lol

Thrush

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My Transit Connect is utterly useless in the snow and ice

bil_s2

My boxster has been trapped in my car park for the last 2 days as there is a slight incline and it won't make it up to the top.

I debated using the S2 but didn't like the thought of spending up to an hour crawling through rush hour traffic in it. Knowing my luck it would probably cut out, then as the starter would be very hot it would refuse to start!

The best vehicle in this weather is a taxi!

PeterRST

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Well I am in mainland europe so I get to drive all sorts of cars on winter tyres.

I think what can generally be said (and has already been mentioned on this thread) is that cars with very narrow tyres will do much better in the snow than cars on wide tyres. Reason is that there is more weight on a smaller contact patch. Just look at the wheels they use in WRC.

Also FWD has a slight advantage when the road is flat but in the hills, RWD will be just as good or even better if you fill up the boot/ get some passengers in the back.

PeterRST

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Oh and personally, I think the worst car to drive on snow is an unloaded RWD flat bed van / lorry.

Best car is probably a Porsche or Smart Fortwo. Rear wheel drive and engine in the back = huge traction under all circumstances.

martysmartie

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I generally answer more "Technical questions" then state the obvious.

Martin

1.9 xr2 on 40's

no way, my FWD tranny has been getting anywhere, up hills round corners, and even when forced to stop on a hill for a spinner it'll drive past em up kerbs and away while they still sit there spinning
its spot on but gotta remember to turn off the TC before handbraking round icy bends cos it brakes to straighten it up

battery died today tho, bugga, 57 and it needs a new battery!

ryanstodd

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i had a pug 405 gt turbo d fairly rare but that was my baby and she went anywere in the snow with the mi16 lsd box even with 4 in the car it went anywere so i reacon it tops them all i used to say let it snow let it snow let it snow!!! any1 else have the same coments??

stuboy

i drive around in a pug partner diesel and were i work in the downs the lanes were thick black ice and lil beastie did very well indeed..

XRdodgybird

I remember my dad ending up in a ditch years ago in his BMW 325..... and I am glad that I aint got my 320 cd anymore cos I don't think that would have liked the snow and ice either.

In fact I had to chuckle the other day cos I was told the brother in law had bought an X3 (he had originally wanted a BMW 5 series diesel but decided against it cos they are in Germany at the moment and it wouldn't fair to well in the snow)........ wouldn't have thought the X3 would either to be honest, it's not a proper 4x4

The XR2i is pretty good to be honest, as was the Fiesta ST I had.... was talking to my friend the other day who bought a Mk7 Zetec S and he says its shocking in the snow..... probably down to them silly 205 tyres...

Ellie

Not in the case of my mr2!

Im dreading having to actually get somewhere!
Had the first fall of snow tonight, and i couldnt resist. The roads are dead so i went for a play!!
Did some good little 1st gear drifts and on full-lock it spins straight round 360!
Hardly reverses and cant pull of without spinning the wheels. Took 3 attempts to get up the hill aswell.
I shit it if other cars were nearby!

mcst

Now the rain round here has frozen nothings any good. I had all 4 wheels spinning in 4th gear at under 10mph!!! I just managed to straddle the crown of the road and crab along the road. The slightest dab of brakes or throttle just sent it ditchward.

marky_g

imagen a tuned porker would be a nightmear

PeterRST

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I never tried mine on snow... It's stored away from the salt and winter...

What tyres do you have on yours?

G950KDT

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missus c2 is pretty good, welll that is until you hit a hill the 1.1 is fucking gutless at the best of times, couldnt pull itself out of bed! in snow its as useless as a limp dicked ron jeremy!

best car ive had so far?

the boss' passat TDi estate, hasnt missed a beat so far, cant wait to try my fiesta van out in it when the inevitable return happens in march april time no doubt!

jghs83

after needing a new exhaust i found that the selector for the 4wd on the side of the gearbox had came loose. ive been riding round in 2wd and it handled like a slippery wheesel!

4wd now. ive been towing cars out of our place as the road coming in is quite steep. slag my daft carbon-foot printed truck now will ya!

trevorcossie

my remote control drift supra even struggles

Phil_si2000

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the VW Passat i've got as a hire car off the insurance is a bit shit, it struggles to get up the cul de sac where i live in reverse! but our lass's micra just goes straight up no messing straight! lol, and its got the handbrake on a button so i can't play ever if i wanted to!:-( lol

coswurv

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Mine has no tc mate and it was shite, when i left it parked up i saw 4 more transits sruggling up hills all needing a push so yours must just be the only magical one that's good in the snow

jghs83

lol!!!

kosman

seen a bird in a 2wd saff trying to get out of a carpark this morniong,took her 5goes,and then i saw a 2.8 capri piling through with no myther.

mk3_escort

Our RWD Vito work van was a nightmare I may as well have just sat in the passenger seat as it went whichever way it wanted anyway the wife's X Trail is great in ice, snow whatever