Vote for the most crap car in the snow.

[joe_90]

Mine.

Clio cup 172 (no abs, tc) + light with wide (for the car) tyres = no grip.
S2000 - just touch throttle slide into the camber on the road.

[Cupramax]

And mine, A5, no quattro, 255 35 tyres = no traction.

[menguin]

AC Cobra.

[The Wookie]

My 123d - Fat tyres, RWD with no weight over the back wheels, lots of torque = sideways with virtually any input to the controls, and that painful coasting to a gradual halt on a gradient that you couldn't roll a marble down.

[C8PPO]

My Monaro VXR hasn't left the drive in three weeks, simply because I know with absolute certainty (and experience) that it wins this thread by a country mile. Or by 5mm, which is usually about the maximum distance it can travel in snow.

[GPR13]

I will have to submit my puma, gets stuck on the slightest incline unless you have a good amount of mementum. The focus I had last year was unstopable as it was in the bad weather the previous year.

[hornetrider]

I must admit my MX5 is useless. Very little traction from the rear in any snow... noticably worse than my missus FWD Mazda 2. Just had fun and games trying to get into a carpark with about 6-8 inches of snow.

[cptsideways]

My mates Skyline could'nt move at all in our almost flat car park, it was hilarious, we lobbed a pair of my spare snowies on it & he got back to Cornwall 200 miles in the snow no probs.

[balders118]

GPR13 said:

I will have to submit my puma, gets stuck on the slightest incline unless you have a good amount of mementum. The focus I had last year was unstopable as it was in the bad weather the previous year.

I've had no problems with the big cat at all. Not got stuck once.

[shakotan]

My Lexus LS400 coped amirably on Saturday when the M1 ground to a halt just south of the M25.

There were Beemers, Mercs and a new Jag XJ all getting stuck and spinning their wheels, whereas my 2 ton, RWD V8 crept gracefully through the snow.

Did take me 6 hours to get back to Kennington though!

[exitwound]

I drive an '87 Corvette in all weathers including snow and ice (live in the country) on 295 BFG's.

All I do is drop the pressures to 25psi and warm it up before setting off. Never had a problem as long as I take it easy.

Only time I got it stuck was right outside my garage as the yard was badly iced up. Even managed to leave it in drive as I got out to see what I could do and wondered why the wheels were still turning! doh!

Flattened the rear tyres and poured some kitty litter under them and I was moving again.

[Engineer1]

I'd say any underpowered RWD Auto would come quite high for example my old C180 Merc.

[plg]

My wifes BMW Z3. Even on new (non winter) rubber...

[andy43]

Any RWD BMW built in about the last 10 years - roughly E46/E39 onwards. With nice fat tyres. And electronics.

[Dracoro]

Anything with crap or v worn tyres.

Anything with very little weight over the driven wheels - which inevitably will be RWD cars as most (if not all) FWD and 4WD cars have the engine over the driven wheels.

I also have an S2000 and you sit quite close to the rear wheels so not *too* bad, also it's not tring to put down all 240bhp at low revs which helps too. Also you can feel what is going on which helps a lot. My Omega is worse I think (we don't sit anywhere near the back axle! ) but I put 2 heavy plant pots in the boot which helps a lot. For a barge, it handles reasonably well and half-ok steering communication. That The Omega was rubbish last year on whatever tyres it had, this time it's much better with the Kumhos on.

As I say, something with little weight over the back and poor tyres is going to be crap in the snow, add poor steering and seat feel to the mix.....

[007 VXR]

C8PPO said:

My Monaro VXR hasn't left the drive in three weeks, simply because I know with absolute certainty (and experience) that it wins this thread by a country mile. Or by 5mm, which is usually about the maximum distance it can travel in snow.

+1 Mines the same not moved in over a month

[BRMMA]

joe_90 said:

Mine.

Clio cup 172 (no abs, tc) + light with wide (for the car) tyres = no grip.
S2000 - just touch throttle slide into the camber on the road.

My standard clio 172 is fine, a lot better than my Z4 with it's stupid run flat tyres, it just constantly wants to spin into a wall and burst into flames. my 986 S has got wider tyres than the Z4 but is definitely better in the snow

[Captain Cadillac]

I'd think that a Ferrari FXX would be pretty crap

[RenesisEvo]

Captain Cadillac said:

I'd think that a Ferrari FXX would be pretty crap

It's not even road legal so doesn't count in my mind.

[blugnu]

joe_90 said:

Mine.

Clio cup 172 (no abs, tc) + light with wide (for the car) tyres = no grip.

Sportka on just legal summer tyres was pretty awful for the same reasons.