Rear wheel drive and snow

[paradigm]

330d made it all of 6 inches up the ice-based, 3-inch of snow covered road before I slid back to where I started.

I don't care what anyone says, no amount of feathering the clutch, using 2nd through to 5th, and associated snow driving techniques would have helped one jot, DSC on or off (off is better).

Yet another day in the Leon Cupra R.

 

[Will Gill]

All pretty much useless graemer.

Our entire fleet of BMW 530 traffic cars are off the roads as they are RWD.

X3s and other 4x4s are filling the gaps where possible.

wimps!!

I got to work in my smoker with only a few near misses, one maiming and a good old fashion crash into a cafe

 

[Firestar_3x]

Kill many children?

 

[Lopéz]

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330d made it all of 6 inches up the ice-based, 3-inch of snow covered road before I slid back to where I started.

I don't care what anyone says, no amount of feathering the clutch, using 2nd through to 5th, and associated snow driving techniques would have helped one jot, DSC on or off (off is better).

Yet another day in the Leon Cupra R.

For what it's worth, nobody is a bigger advocate of triumphing over adversity than me, but I totally agree with you. In similar conditions last night the Manta really was virtually unusable.

 

[Will Gill]

Kill many children?

6 I thought till I found one clinging to the front grill, so that rose swiftly to 7

 

[Firestar_3x]

Almost the optimum number, its vulgar to flatten too many more.

 

[merlin]

I'm yet to drink from the cup of RWD failure - B'ham has just not had anywhere near the snowfall the rest of the country has had.

Usually getting my car anywhere near my hilltop house is nothing more than a pipe dream but so far so good.

Of course this means tonight I'll be home around midnight and my car will be a foot shorter than it's supposed to be, kiss of death n all that.

 

[merlin]

I need to get to Towcester tomorrow - does anyone know the road conditions around Northants?

 

[DM]

Well the old Bentley beasted the snow on my way to the paper shop this morning, no messing about there, i saw a Vitara stuck, and was going to do the right thing.... then changed me mind

 

[volospian]

i saw a Vitara stuck, and was going to do the right thing....

You mean point and laugh, right?

 

[DM]

You mean point and laugh, right?

That would be cruel, i gave a cheery thumbs up and a wave, you know to keep her spirits up

 

[ubersonic]

i saw a Vitara stuck

Somebody must have been wondering what was keeping their hairdresser.

 

[Freefaller]

It's probably heavy enough to crush all the ice and snow beneath it!

 

[Gibbo]

Why do I get the impression there will be an Evo in a field upside down by the end of the Winter

Yeah quite possible, not aiming to do that though, but I am sure some people when I go flying past them must be questioning what I've been taking.

 

[Haze]

Put it in reverse, instant FWD

all joking aside... hes right

if u got RWD u r much better off going backwards

 

[Freefaller]

I often had to reverse up hills in the MX5 when it was too slippery/snowy to drive up facing forward - worked quite well actually.

Yup - agreed with the reversing thing

 

[rypt]

all joking aside... hes right

if u got RWD u r much better off going backwards

Depends where the engine is, with my MR you want to go forwards up slopes for maximum traction

 

[Scania]

Wimps.

Warrington to Livingston was my trip to work today,only a few near jack-knifes eek slip sliding away.......

 

[Firestar_3x]

In Warrington now (Stockton Heath) it's snowing like a goodun!

 

[paradigm]

In Warrington now (Stockton Heath) it's snowing like a goodun!

Not stopped here (Macclesfield) since I've been at work (07:15). Heavy for most of the time.