Rear wheel drive and snow

I also used to own an MX-5. In the snow...don't even bother. You will have a hard time just keeping it in a strait line on anything but a perfectly level, strait road :P
 
Someone I work with drives an MX5. I was driving down a country lane on my way home, when I saw it on the side of the road, plonked perfectly between two lines of hedges, but facing the wrong way. She was nowhere to be seen, so I assumed she'd given up, parked up and got a lift from someone in a sensible car.

However the next day, she said it had just started to slide on the bend, so she let it do what it wanted, and it had done a 180 spin and parked itself there :D.
 
[TW]Fox;17915251 said:
Driving above the speed limit on a snow covered carriageway is rather daft regardless of your super invincible tyre choice.
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Absolute nonsense.

I've driven perfectly safely above the speed limit in snow, and, perhaps surprisingly, I neither ended up in a ball of flames and nor did I have to remove bits of child from my grille.
It totally depends on the circumstances.
 
mjt said:
Absolute nonsense.

I've driven perfectly safely above the speed limit in snow, and, perhaps surprisingly, I neither ended up in a ball of flames and nor did I have to remove bits of child from my grille.
It totally depends on the circumstances.
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It's not safe if you can't react to situations through lack of grip.

I'm sure you could safely drive on bald tyres until you need to corner or stop.
 
mjt said:
Absolute nonsense.

I've driven perfectly safely above the speed limit in snow, and, perhaps surprisingly, I neither ended up in a ball of flames and nor did I have to remove bits of child from my grille.
It totally depends on the circumstances.
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I electrocuted myself with 240v once, didn't die, so it must be safe.
 
Gibbo said:
Winter tyres give grip for sure.

But driving at 70mph on a snow covered lane or faster is and I'd agree with Fox unwise.
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If you have the ice/snow tyres on though you're fine

Can do some proper rally like action if there is enough snow everywhere so that those tyres don't get destroyed by tarmac
 
PiKe said:
It's not safe if you can't react to situations through lack of grip.

I'm sure you could safely drive on bald tyres until you need to corner or stop.
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It depends on the conditions and what you're driving though.
I had 4 brand new winter tyres and also had 4wd.

The posted speed limit was 50mph, as 80km/h is the maximum you'll see outside of motorways in Norway.
I'm just saying that Fox's blanket statement is tosh.


FWIW, you can drive safely on frozen, compacted snow at rather high speeds.
Ask anybody who lives in and around the arctic circle..
 
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mjt said:
It depends on the conditions and what you're driving though.
I had 4 brand new winter tyres and also had 4wd.

FWIW, you can drive safely on frozen, compacted snow at rather high speeds.
Ask anybody who lives in and around the arctic circle..
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They don't have an option though, for someone to pull in to a snow covered lane just because they have snow tyres is quite silly in my opinion.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I electrocuted myself with 240v once, didn't die, so it must be safe.
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actually lol'ed.

My s2000 was pretty much useless, but mainly down to the super summer not even rain in summer bridgestone tyres.

I managed to put it into gear, come off the clutch with no throttle and just have the rear wheels spinning on the spot. brilliant!
 
All you MX-5 owners suck.

From the last bout of sky powder:
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Photo taken by my long armed passenger who was also going to clean the bonnet for me, honest.
 
just did my good deed for the day,

helped a bloke push his Jag XF out of the snow as he couldnt reverse in the slightly (and i mean minimal) inclined car park.

me and him pushed whilst his mrs, dabbed the accelerator, took about 5 mins.

Toodled in and out in my fiesta just fine :)

id imagine he would have more fun then me though.
 
I've decided RWD is no longer fun in the snow thanks to a unplanned brown trouser moment. Fortunately the road was very wide and no oncoming traffic, just parked cars to avoid.
 
I've ony had a FWD so have no personal exp, but from last year my Focus (no abs, manual) dealt with the hill we live on much better than the wifes fiesta (ABS, Manual) and a million times better than my dads Omega estate (RWD Auto ABS).

I found that the ABS wanted to kick in all the time and so the car would barely slow down going down hill. And then in my dads car the slightest dab of the throttle made the back end step out. My old man has been driving for the better part of 40 years and i dont think he's ever been scared behind the weel except for the time he slid mostly at 5-10 degrees down my hill totally unable to stop the car, slow it down or affect the direction.

my non abs Focus was fine though and i never felt out of control going down the hill.
 
Wife's took my Saab and left me with her 118D as she's too worried to drive it.....no wonder!!
I've had to get a lift since the snow started to fall :mad:

Wouldn't mind but normally i'm not allowed anywhere near the thing!!!
 
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