What no Quattro sir? How about snow tires? No? Gutted!
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SirVandru said:
You prob drive a 4 wheel drive car or just drive slow.
No, I drive FWD Fiat Coupe Turbo and whilst I drive to the conditions I'm far from a slow driver. The reason is that tyres do not magically lose all their grip at 7 degrees C as some seem to believe, as proven by my own car they carry on giving very adequate levels of grip well below this.
Pints said:
Cracking tale, what ho!
Apart from you being a boss and a sir all at the same time, what was the point of that story?
And I'm curious to know from where you hail originally.
Summary - he overtook some people driving sensibly, he knows deep down everyone was thinking 'nob', and is trying to justify spending £900 for maybe one week of slightly bad weather a year when snow socks would suffice.Apart from you being a boss and a sir all at the same time, what was the point of that story?
And I'm curious to know from where you hail originally.
Edited by Dr Doofenshmirtz on Monday 6th February 09:44
On the other side of the coin, a couple of years ago, I was driving up the, very snow covered, outside lane of the M3 in my Rangy at about 50, with some rep in a quattro Audi sat right on my bumper. In order to let the chap get on with his journey, I pulled back into lane 2 once I had got past the line of cars I was overtaking.
No sooner had I pulled in, than said Audi driver put his foot down a bit and suddenly discovered that not having a 2+ tonne Rangy ploughing a path for him meant the biggest tank slapper of his life and parked it fairly firmly in the central reservation.
Moral of the story is that anyone can be unlucky / a t
t regardless of whether they drive FWD, RWD or 4WD
No sooner had I pulled in, than said Audi driver put his foot down a bit and suddenly discovered that not having a 2+ tonne Rangy ploughing a path for him meant the biggest tank slapper of his life and parked it fairly firmly in the central reservation.
Moral of the story is that anyone can be unlucky / a t
t regardless of whether they drive FWD, RWD or 4WDKrazyIvan said:
I think something must be wrong with my BMW, I went out on Saturday and Sunday in the snow and didn't get stuck, not even a little, maybe I am driving it wrong.
Mine's on summer tyres and faulty too. 60 miles across two counties this morning. Usually takes around an hour. Took 57 minutes this morning. Will be doing the return journey in a couple of hours.
It is getting a triffle dull reading about the superiority of winter tyres, and that's coming from a fellow winter tyre user.
If I'm being honest (and a bit facetious) winter tyres inadvertently caused me to have an accident yesterday as I purposely went titting about in my RWD on deserted industrial estates. After doh-nutting about thinking I was 'the boss'
I ran out of talent and nearly nailed a gate post.
If I still had my summer Bridgeys on I would have stayed nice and safe at home, lesson learnt - I am a numpty, not a driving God.
It was fun though until I went too far...roll on skid control course next week!
If I'm being honest (and a bit facetious) winter tyres inadvertently caused me to have an accident yesterday as I purposely went titting about in my RWD on deserted industrial estates. After doh-nutting about thinking I was 'the boss'
I ran out of talent and nearly nailed a gate post.If I still had my summer Bridgeys on I would have stayed nice and safe at home, lesson learnt - I am a numpty, not a driving God.
It was fun though until I went too far...roll on skid control course next week!
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Summary - he overtook some people driving sensibly, he knows deep down everyone was thinking 'nob', and is trying to justify spending £900 for maybe one week of slightly bad weather a year when snow socks would suffice.
Edited by Dr Doofenshmirtz on Monday 6th February 09:44
Well why didn't he just say so?
SirVandru said:
I ended up puling this manoeuvre off 2 more times and I have to say I felt like a Boss. FYI every snake had a Rear wheel drive car stuck at the front (FR to be accurate)!
I noticed this as well..........although the car stuck at the head of the snake wasn't necessarily a rwd often fwd hatches. Made me think why the people sitting in the snake gawping at the stuck car didn't push it on/out of their way and carry on their journey's (you only have to give a stuck fwd hatch a small push and it spins its wheels and is off again in no time- with little effort). My brother and I did just that freeing four v. grateful stuck cars and eliminating the chaos behind them in the slope in front of his house on sat. evening.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff