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Rear wheel drive and snow
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Caporegime
Your bill is in the post. 
Man of Honour
RWD cars tend to crab sideways going uphill in the snow. Because you are being pushed, rather than pulled (as in a FWD car) it feels more unsettling as the car is esentially trying to spin round in a circle.
It's fun when you are expecting it but it can get tedious if you are genuinely just trying to make progress.
We've had hardly any (couple of cm) snow here so far, so I took the most precarious route home I could think of to see what effect the temps were having on traction on unsalted roads, took some steep uphill single track lanes that I reckoned would be like a skating rink. I was right, I could have spun in 4th at about 15-20mph if I'd wanted to.
I'm running skinny Golf steels on the back at the moment which are better than the normal Manta wheels but there isn't a massive amount in it, when it snows properly I will have to leave a lot of extra time to get to work
It's fun when you are expecting it but it can get tedious if you are genuinely just trying to make progress.
We've had hardly any (couple of cm) snow here so far, so I took the most precarious route home I could think of to see what effect the temps were having on traction on unsalted roads, took some steep uphill single track lanes that I reckoned would be like a skating rink. I was right, I could have spun in 4th at about 15-20mph if I'd wanted to.
I'm running skinny Golf steels on the back at the moment which are better than the normal Manta wheels but there isn't a massive amount in it, when it snows properly I will have to leave a lot of extra time to get to work
Man of Honour
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. 
I'm slightly looking forward to trying out the gti6 in the snow, I imagine it will be a wheel spin fest
The fiesta I had previously turned into a snow eating machine when I gave it new tyres last winter, the 306 has ditchfinders on it though tbh, need to get some new tyres like now
The fiesta I had previously turned into a snow eating machine when I gave it new tyres last winter, the 306 has ditchfinders on it though tbh, need to get some new tyres like now
Your parents must have been so disheartened when the doctors broke the news to them that you had been born without a sense of humour
...have u not seen any of the troll pictures???
it would make a good one actually.
Soldato
Didn't have too many problems last year in my Supra, with relatively wide rear tyres and an LSD - but I did have to get out of a few tight spots in reverse. Sometimes you just can't get the traction. You just have to be careful and controlled
Quite fun pootling up my local hill past Freelanders
Did get stuck in a car park once, on a big slope - had been a pileup on the downward 'out' exit, so I had to reverse out and then try and go up the hill on sheet ice - never going to work. Got two guys to sit in the boot instead and they guided me around the pileup in reverse and backed up the other side, to freedom
Quite fun pootling up my local hill past Freelanders
Did get stuck in a car park once, on a big slope - had been a pileup on the downward 'out' exit, so I had to reverse out and then try and go up the hill on sheet ice - never going to work. Got two guys to sit in the boot instead and they guided me around the pileup in reverse and backed up the other side, to freedom
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Soldato
RWD is major fun in the snow and ice.
thats the key its not the snow that you want to be in contact with its the road UNDER the snow and the best way to do that is to dig through it not sit on top hence smaller tyres and maybe deeper tread will help
ps 4wd ftmfw
Man of Honour
First time I had to go up a hill in my car in the snow this year, I went up the whole hill sideways
Had to pull out onto it from a junction, then it just went up the whole thing sideways at about 2-3mph
A whole queue of traffic behind me and it was very embarrassing
Had to pull out onto it from a junction, then it just went up the whole thing sideways at about 2-3mph
A whole queue of traffic behind me and it was very embarrassing
Hah
Touch wood the MX5 has been ok so far in the snow, albeit only a cm or two. Once I leave my street (up a hill) the roads are clear. Got a bit cheeky in works car park and had it sideways.
Associate
e30 is the worst car i have driven in the snow, with an lsd you seem to just go round in a circle, i have managed to push her to get going then jump in an set off where she would not set off!
had a mercedes w123 300td that was pretty good in the snow! only rwd car that i have driven that is! must be the soft high profile skinny tyres make a differance.
Yes, I drive to work in my S (It's NO fun) Adverse camber = sliding down the road sideways. Needed a big run up for a slight incline with stupid camber, had to try straddle the "hump" in the middle of the road and just flew towards the top asap in a 'straight drift'. Guy at the top of the hill stopped and waited for me to slide on past
(It's NO fun) Adverse camber = sliding down the road sideways. Needed a big run up for a slight incline with stupid camber, had to try straddle the "hump" in the middle of the road and just flew towards the top asap in a 'straight drift'. Guy at the top of the hill stopped and waited for me to slide on past
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Caporegime
Had to give up this morning, couldn't even get up the first few foot of the road (incline). I guess I could have put on the chains, but why bother when I have another (FWD) car that just sailed up.