C6 - Winter driving
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I know summers coming. however quick question.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
dictys said:
I know summers coming. however quick question.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
Er....have you ever seen an American winter? When they get snow we are talking proper snow not like the pissy little amount we get every few years and rain......remember Hurricane Katrina?
C6 (and a C5 for that matter) will deal with whatever the English weather system can throw at it and then some.
They make excellent daily drivers.
vetteheadracer said:
Er....have you ever seen an American winter? When they get snow we are talking proper snow not like the pissy little amount we get every few years and rain......remember Hurricane Katrina?
Yeah but have you ever seen a vette out in it? As soon as the white stuff season comes around they all go into hibernation and out come the trucks
Having said that we have done several winters in our c5 including snow trips with no more problems than anyone else on the road. I wouldn’t advise driving up the side of a mountain in a blizzard, but just to get onto the office on a frosty morning you will be ok.
In the wet it may be wise to drive less enthusiastically but even if you don’t the electronics will look after you unless you are really trying to bin it
Does the C5 / C6 have Stabilitrak?
I had this on my Cadillac and proved to be very good at actually avoiding a skid. When trying to deliberately induce a skid [20mph, left hand bend, about 3" of snow], rather than any understeer [or indeed oversteer], the vehicle just turned as if still on dry road. You could actually 'feel' the brakes being tugged or whatever it does when turning, and it sort of just drove the car around. Very impressed.
I had this on my Cadillac and proved to be very good at actually avoiding a skid. When trying to deliberately induce a skid [20mph, left hand bend, about 3" of snow], rather than any understeer [or indeed oversteer], the vehicle just turned as if still on dry road. You could actually 'feel' the brakes being tugged or whatever it does when turning, and it sort of just drove the car around. Very impressed.
c4koh said:
Does the C5 / C6 have Stabilitrak?
Good grief. Is Stabilitrak some new-fangled upgrade for my 8-track sound system?
You'll be wanting us to move on to those shiny 4 inch discs next. I'm sure I saw Raymond Baxter talking about them on Tomorrow's World and then William Woollard picked up the idea on Top Gear.
It is still 1978 isn't it?
Maybe just too much Ted Heath in the news this week.
dictys said:
I know summers coming. however quick question.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
How does the C6 deal with the english winter i.e heavy rain, ice and a little snow.
Can you get winter tyres, if so do they actually help matters.
If I go down the C6 route it will be as a every day drive in all seasons so this is the reason I wish to know.
The C5 seems to be ok in all weathers - mine is my only car and a daily driver. In snow I leave mine in nanny mode and go lightly. 3 winters, not a lot of snow here in the sarf but plenty on travels. My only problem once was getting it off my drive in 4" of snow (sideways backwards was the only option) - and of course what road salt has done to my chrome wheels
Does the C5 / C6 have Stabilitrak?
The set up on the Vette is the same as the Caddy just with Cadillac has a better name than active handling, the same system is on most GM cars it the states. I have noticed that the Saab 9-3 has an ESP system on it and on the Caddy BLS which underneath is the same car they call it Stabilitrak! I will say that whatever it is called when I owned an STS it saved me from hitting a billboard!!
The set up on the Vette is the same as the Caddy just with Cadillac has a better name than active handling, the same system is on most GM cars it the states. I have noticed that the Saab 9-3 has an ESP system on it and on the Caddy BLS which underneath is the same car they call it Stabilitrak! I will say that whatever it is called when I owned an STS it saved me from hitting a billboard!!
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