The 4 wheel drive may help you to get moving but gives no advantage over a 2 wheel drive vehicle when it comes to stopping and steering.
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The 4 wheel drive may help you to get moving but gives no advantage over a 2 wheel drive vehicle when it comes to stopping and steering.
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Audi A8? Late 3rd gen should be within budget and they're all quattro I believe
Whats the difference between a 5 series and a 6GT? Am I right in saying the 6GT is bigger, more like the 7 series size? Judging by auto trader they seem to depreciate a lot! You can get a year old one with a good spec for 30k!
Furthermore there is another version of the 5GT, the 5 Gran Coupe - This looks even more beautiful than the 6GT and from what I can see its a more expensive car. Any thoughts on the difference between the 5GT and 5GC?
Furthermore there is another version of the 5GT, the 5 Gran Coupe - This looks even more beautiful than the 6GT and from what I can see its a more expensive car. Any thoughts on the difference between the 5GT and 5GC?
I'm sure the cost of them to swap them over is nothing to worry about. And we have space in the garage to store the extra set. But how the hell would you get a set of 4 in the boot to get to and from the garage?!
And DIY..... Surly no one swaps their own over at home?! Whenever I have watched them at the garage they have a big machine that takes them off and puts them on. Plus they use another big machine for balancing.
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@ OP how about a Lexus or Range Rover SUV?
what a load of rubbish. 4WD are usually considerably heavier especially when it's an SUV. so coupled with 4WD and the weight it's like normal driving compared to skating on ice with 2WD.
a 4WD even on a dry road is considerably better than a 2WD.
what a load of rubbish. 4WD are usually considerably heavier especially when it's an SUV. so coupled with 4WD and the weight it's like normal driving compared to skating on ice with 2WD.
a 4WD even on a dry road is considerably better than a 2WD.
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Usually, yes, when I had winter tyres on my old e46 I was able to get up my street with lying snow without issue (it was quite steep) yet my neighbour had to leave his Audi A6 “all road” on the local Aldi Car park because he couldn’t get up the hill despite 4WD, he asked if I could show him how I’d got up when he couldn’t and I explained I’d got winter tyres, he went and bought a set the following morning - just in time for the thaw.
DIY'ing wouldnt be difficult - solid ground, decent jack - swap one wheel at a time. If the other set of wheels were balanced when they were taken off then they will still be balanced when they are put back on. Failing that I am sure a mobile tyre fitter would be able to do it for a small fee if DIY'ing not a option.
S - class with winters makes sense to me unless there is another motive for the change.
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Just for a few grand more go for a yank tank.
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Having driven an SUV on summer tyres in the snow, I can assure you it’s nothing like normal driving. You wouldn’t see which way a 2wd car on winter tyres went. Tyres make by far the greatest difference in winter conditions.
Having said that, the need for either 4wd or winter tyres in most parts of the U.K. is debatable: I always managed fine with RWD and summers.
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surprised an audi a6 struggled in england. audi a3 4wd no issues in scotland. decent tyres is all you need not winter tyres. did he have ling lings on £25 a corner?
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Interesting, so several years back now our FWD polo on Continental Eco Contact was significantly better than my 4motion CC running MPSS on a snow covered main road.
Why?
The Polo is light has small cross-sectional tyres and critically the weight is over the driven wheels.
The CC is heavy (weight is you enemy when running summer tyres), with wide tyres (you noticed how skinny snow and ice rally tyres are?), when the power gets shoved to the back because the front has limited grip you end-up with limited weight over the driven wheels, great.
I thought it was the MPSS so when the time came i swapped to Asymmetric 3s, same problems.
Having 4wd is not a get out of jail card when driving on snow, it can actually be worse especially when you are trying to slow down the extra mass of the vehicle.
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Some of the most decent tyres you can buy are some of the worst performing tyres in snow...
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If you are worried about storing another set of wheels and tyres then just get some CrossClimates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgtmmtsqFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgtmmtsqFA
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Lexus RX?
Excellent tyres for all year round, lasting surprisingly well on mine. When others in my street have been stuck ive just driven off as normal.
I drove a 6 Series GT on 245 profile tyres to the top of an Austrian ski resort in heavy snow. It performed admirably - tyres make the difference.
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