Is it difficult & dangerous to drive in the snow with Rear wheel drive car, 200 HP in the winter?

[TW]Fox · 5 Jun 2017 at 17:46

Amp34 said:
Are sport contact 5s the standard tyre on your average new stock Mondeo or Focus now?

I know the point you are making but you've picked a bad example as for quite some time Fords with larger wheels came with SportContact's irrespective of how sporty they were, GF's Mum has a Fiesta with a 1.4 TDCi engine, factory 16 inch wheels and factory Conti SportContact tyres

Amp34 · 5 Jun 2017 at 17:48

[TW]Fox said:
I know the point you are making but you've picked a bad example as for quite some time Fords with larger wheels came with SportContact's irrespective of how sporty they were, GF's Mum has a Fiesta with a 1.4 TDCi engine, factory 16 inch wheels and factory Conti SportContact tyres

[TW]Fox · 5 Jun 2017 at 17:55

Amp34 said:

I was absolutely amazed, it seemed really bizarre

I don't know if they still do it or not.

Dr Who · 6 Jun 2017 at 02:29

Drove my Merc 320CLK auto in the heavy snow a couple of years ago and only a large hill was a challenge. My boss stayed at home as he couldn't drive his Diesel Polo.....

Nasher · 6 Jun 2017 at 08:43

Only time I actually got physically stuck home by snow was when I was had my MX-5 and the snow was higher than the bottom of the front bumper

Lopéz · 6 Jun 2017 at 17:46

That happened to me in the Manta. I was the first person into the work car park, drove up the entrance ramp only to find the snow there was a lot deeper than on the access ramp.
The front airdam wedged into the snow and I was going no further!