Not entirely true. That's why light, FWD cars are pretty good in the snow. Less inertia means less chance of getting stuck.
Edit: Years ago a friend of mine bought a Yugo as a winter hack. Hideously bad car but it was fantastic in the snow.
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Not entirely true. That's why light, FWD cars are pretty good in the snow. Less inertia means less chance of getting stuck.
Edit: Years ago a friend of mine bought a Yugo as a winter hack. Hideously bad car but it was fantastic in the snow.
Yeah, the length of your car compensates for size, it’s why saloon drivers are even bigger compensators...
Light FWD cars are pretty awful in snow, but are better in it than RWD cars, in part because of the greater mass over the driving wheels. They’re ok on slippery roads but don’t have the inertia to continue in snow as well as larger vehicles.
Basically it depends on what you’re discussing. A small, light vehicle will stop better on ice because it has less inertia (all things being equal - eg tyres, driving/brakes), but will struggle in deeper snow, where momentum and ground clearance helps massively.
You see that all the time here, small salons struggling through 8” of snow, while the larger, heavier, higher vehicles brush it off and drive almost as normal. Again this is assuming similar tyres and people that know how to drive for the conditions.
Caporegime
Yeah, the length of your car compensates for size, it’s why saloon drivers are even bigger compensators...
Thank God I have a 2 door convertible!
It wasn’t aimed at you specifically, more those that are anti crossover/4x4, yet drive bigger saloons.
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as a yorkshireman living in cornwall i guess we do have a little more experiamce of dealing with adverse weather .i was caught in the jam they keep showing on the a30 (where they crashed out in the jamaica inn) and the driving was pretty pathetic ,ist gear full revs .getting nowhere ,ive an old non turbo fabia with van tyres and thats perfect ,only ground clearance is lacking .wasnt any time i was near been stuck it was just some other people
Soldato
Where they bring their sheep indoors for a cuddle?
A friend had a sheep as a pet, who lived in doors. So, yeah.
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I always find it funny to see peoples reactions to snow Ok, im born and raised in Sweden where the typical winter day would be about -20C and 15-20 cm of snow (at least). Where I live in Essex it have happened that I've walked faster than people driving in the snow..
Ok, im born and raised in Sweden where the typical winter day would be about -20C and 15-20 cm of snow (at least). Where I live in Essex it have happened that I've walked faster than people driving in the snow..
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We get 1-2 weeks of snow a year so all our cars come with summer tyres.
Other countries (like Sweden) get 3 months+ and so they have to have a set of winter tyres and/or snow chains.
Other countries (like Sweden) get 3 months+ and so they have to have a set of winter tyres and/or snow chains.
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Soldato
Totally agree with this 24\7 news is awful I can`t stand this need to have reporters waist deep in snow or one foot in a flooded river it`s so needless!
Soldato
Except for when all the other cars on the road stop due to not having winter tyres and the road grinds to a halt. Better off just sucking up the two days a decade that it is an issue down south.
Or they side into you.
i am sure that if they could the BBC would broadcast warnings that viewers might well be affected by images of falling snow or rain and provide a telephone help line number. We have become a pathetic nation, or a least large chunks of it, when we get a bit of bad weather.