So - how have YOU faired in the snow?
Discussion
With all the talk about winter tyres, 4x4s and what cars are and aren't great in the snow, i'd like to hear from those who didn't take it too seriously at all. Got in their car make the right decisions and just got on with it.
Me? I have a '06 Peugeot 407 diesel as the daily and it was only defeated once on a hill by ice. It has consistently got me to where i wanted to go, never missing a beat.
It has took a bot of a battering though, the passenger 'leccy mirror seems to have stopped folding.
So, well done wee 407 - i might treat it to a service in the new year.
D.
NOTE TO KARMA - please don't make it break down anytime soon.
Me? I have a '06 Peugeot 407 diesel as the daily and it was only defeated once on a hill by ice. It has consistently got me to where i wanted to go, never missing a beat.
It has took a bot of a battering though, the passenger 'leccy mirror seems to have stopped folding.
So, well done wee 407 - i might treat it to a service in the new year.
D.
NOTE TO KARMA - please don't make it break down anytime soon.
Absolutely fine with the daily driver ('97 Fiesta 
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Bought some cheap 'n nasty all season tyres a couple of weeks ago and they've been a revelation. Never once been stuck, able to traverse quite steep hills that have several inches of compacted snow.
Only downside is, I only bought the tyres for the front, and I can oversteer the thing like a RWD car. Or maybe thats a positive?
).Bought some cheap 'n nasty all season tyres a couple of weeks ago and they've been a revelation. Never once been stuck, able to traverse quite steep hills that have several inches of compacted snow.
Only downside is, I only bought the tyres for the front, and I can oversteer the thing like a RWD car. Or maybe thats a positive?
I've coped fine, passed my test in July and haven't got stuck once, and I drive about a lot.
Roads have been pretty crap, but I've helped a few others out and kept on my merry way.
I'm amazed with how well the car is coping though, 205/45/17 size wheels on Wanli' all round, and they are doing a brilliant job. And that was the cheapest mid range tyre I could get!
Roads have been pretty crap, but I've helped a few others out and kept on my merry way.
I'm amazed with how well the car is coping though, 205/45/17 size wheels on Wanli' all round, and they are doing a brilliant job. And that was the cheapest mid range tyre I could get!
Good point on over steer. It's been excellent fun.
I have a 2 year old daughter, and one day whilst trundling around the corner the back let go into an ever so graceful slide, i caught it (the ESP caught it) and she was shouting WHEEEEEE in the back.
That's my girl. I should start saving now for the speeding fines.
I'll miss the snow.
I have a 2 year old daughter, and one day whilst trundling around the corner the back let go into an ever so graceful slide, i caught it (the ESP caught it) and she was shouting WHEEEEEE in the back.
That's my girl. I should start saving now for the speeding fines.
I'll miss the snow.
I have triggered my (to be fair piss-poor) ABS at the junction at the end of my road.
I have wheel spun out of a junction.
All this in my lightweight/mid engined/rear wheel drive/on STANDARD tyres daily commuter.
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I wish I had been forced by government to fork out £1k+ for winter tyres to prevent the above list of calamity.
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I have wheel spun out of a junction.
All this in my lightweight/mid engined/rear wheel drive/on STANDARD tyres daily commuter.
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I wish I had been forced by government to fork out £1k+ for winter tyres to prevent the above list of calamity.
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My BMW 530i has been a bit rubbish if I'm honest. No point even trying to get up hills. It even made very hard work of an icy service station carpark - which was flat... It has been a driveway ornament for the last couple of weeks.
The missus Lexus RX300 has been great. Nothing has caused it to even break sweat. Heated seats on, select D, press 'snow' button and we're off. It's been the main car for the last 2 weeks and is earning it's keep. Impressed.
MX5 - bless it. It sits in the garage the garage and leads a very sheltered life.
The missus Lexus RX300 has been great. Nothing has caused it to even break sweat. Heated seats on, select D, press 'snow' button and we're off. It's been the main car for the last 2 weeks and is earning it's keep. Impressed.
MX5 - bless it. It sits in the garage the garage and leads a very sheltered life.
Davie_GLA said:
i'd like to hear from those who didn't take it too seriously at all. Got in their car make the right decisions and just got on with it.
I put some winter tyres on and a shovel, ratchet strap for towing/self recovery, some fibreboard and spare clothing/boots/food in my car so that rules me out of this thread!
I've only had to use the shovel once so far (can't drive through 2 feet of snow) and recover a few others (6 so far!) who "didn't take it too seriously at all. Got in their car make the right decisions and just got on with it.", then got very stuck in the middle of nowhere with inappropriate clothing, shivering, low on fuel, no food etc etc.
One guy told me it was ok cos he was going to call his breakdown company, they told him they would charge him and it was going to be 6 hours.
I pulled/dug him out and let him warm up in my car!
I've been driving around with no issues thus far. Then I realised I clearly wasn't thinking of the children, so I spent a grand on pointless new tyres with a snowflake motif on them. I'm now thinking of the children, and I am safe in the knowledge that baby seals will no longer be dropping dead, because I stayed on my all season tyres. Money well spent, I reckon 
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Gwagon111 said:
I've been driving around with no issues thus far. Then I realised I clearly wasn't thinking of the children, so I spent a grand on pointless new tyres with a snowflake motif on them. I'm now thinking of the children, and I am safe in the knowledge that baby seals will no longer be dropping dead, because I stayed on my all season tyres. Money well spent, I reckon .
Couldn't give a s.
t about what motif is on them, more that I can actually get up the hill past the other abandoned cars.Oh and they wern't a grand, they were £240 for four
Last few years I have managed on all season tyres, but have to admit there is a big difference and it IS worth the extra cash!
I got stuck last night for the first time. My Dunlop Fast response tyres are poor in compacted snow or ice due to the lack of lateral/crossed sipes in the middle, however I have mainly driven around that by keeping my momentum up, they are fine in soft snow. Last night though I was 10 foot away from the top of a hill on a back street when I ran out forward momentum. Tried to reverse down but the ice slid me to the kerb so I could only go forward which was impossible. My plastic shovel let me down, could not get through the ice. A van driver helped me out with a proper shovel and we cut a path sideways and off I went again.
Dunlop Fast reponses are great in the wet but not the snow, so good for the spring and autumn and part of winter.
Andy
Dunlop Fast reponses are great in the wet but not the snow, so good for the spring and autumn and part of winter.
Andy
Edited by zakelwe on Thursday 9th December 12:06
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