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BravoV8V said:
Idiot + Aston Martin + snow - winter tyres = predictable results
Indeed - and as anyone who half-way understands physics knows - the better the car handles in the dry (balanced weight distribution on wide summer tyres), the worse it handles on snow and ice(balanced weight distribution on wide tyres = lower ability of the driving tyres to dig in)I've seen this on facebook and am just avoiding commenting now. The whole premise of this guys reporting is "look I've bought an Aston and it's going to be problem after problem, but it still looks good". Then is proceeding to engineer sticky situations for the sake of trying to prove the point.
I guess just actually using it normally and other than the niggles we all know about, having no major drama isn't as "interesting" to write about.
I guess just actually using it normally and other than the niggles we all know about, having no major drama isn't as "interesting" to write about.
Edited by outofstepuk on Thursday 28th January 13:54
I'm currently in Norway having no issues driving on snow (not in AM admittedly).
A few years ago I picked up my brand new TVR from the factory and drove it 990 miles straight to our house in northern Germany (1st service was due within 24 hours) with no problems over snow covered autobahns etc. - I drove like a proper granny (running it in) however after 10 hours driving I then failed to get it up the slight incline of my driveway in Germany, the best bit; just before I drove it out of the factory in Blackpool someone in front picking up their brand new Griffith floored it on leaving the factory and put it into a lamppost on the other side of the road. I just drove past quietly thinking a snow covered road and 22 miles on the clock wasn't the time to give it beans.
Each to their own. Some people are just 'wrong uns'.
Sean
A few years ago I picked up my brand new TVR from the factory and drove it 990 miles straight to our house in northern Germany (1st service was due within 24 hours) with no problems over snow covered autobahns etc. - I drove like a proper granny (running it in) however after 10 hours driving I then failed to get it up the slight incline of my driveway in Germany, the best bit; just before I drove it out of the factory in Blackpool someone in front picking up their brand new Griffith floored it on leaving the factory and put it into a lamppost on the other side of the road. I just drove past quietly thinking a snow covered road and 22 miles on the clock wasn't the time to give it beans.
Each to their own. Some people are just 'wrong uns'.
Sean
Maybe it's something in the water over here but I've been watching the chaps videos for a while and he can be quite entertaining.
He generally gets cars to write about and do videos for a year, and then gets rid. He had an R32 Skyline GTR for a year before the V8, and an original Humvee before that.
However much he might seem like a knob, just know that in one video he drove over a perfectly working PT Cruiser in his Humvee. So he has done us all a service as there is one less in the world right now.
He generally gets cars to write about and do videos for a year, and then gets rid. He had an R32 Skyline GTR for a year before the V8, and an original Humvee before that.
However much he might seem like a knob, just know that in one video he drove over a perfectly working PT Cruiser in his Humvee. So he has done us all a service as there is one less in the world right now.
At the risk of being flamed here, while I agree the vlogger is a bit over the top, I'm surprised how some of us seem defensive about the abilities of Astons in the snow
As an experienced guy in the white stuff - let me say that as superbly handling cars (in the dry) Astons are by definition terrible in the snow on regular tyres. I'll repeat my statement from earlier in the the thread - the better a car sticks in the dry, the worse it will be on snow and ice. Deep snow or ice driving is best with narrow, hard tyres (or winter tires of course)with most of the weight on front driven wheels (or 4WD) - simple physics.
As an experienced guy in the white stuff - let me say that as superbly handling cars (in the dry) Astons are by definition terrible in the snow on regular tyres. I'll repeat my statement from earlier in the the thread - the better a car sticks in the dry, the worse it will be on snow and ice. Deep snow or ice driving is best with narrow, hard tyres (or winter tires of course)with most of the weight on front driven wheels (or 4WD) - simple physics.
t0s said:
At the risk of being flamed here, while I agree the vlogger is a bit over the top, I'm surprised how some of us seem defensive about the abilities of Astons in the snow
As an experienced guy in the white stuff - let me say that as superbly handling cars (in the dry) Astons are by definition terrible in the snow on regular tyres.
Isn't that the point - that his experience was the obvious consequence of taking the car out in the snow on regular tyres?As an experienced guy in the white stuff - let me say that as superbly handling cars (in the dry) Astons are by definition terrible in the snow on regular tyres.
Having lived in California most of my life I was surprised when I was in Wisconsin in December and everyone is driving around in the snow without chains. Out west a little flurry and everyone is slapping on chains or they are being 'required'. Don't see the point in them anymore. Just use good judgement and if you do get stuck it'll make for a good story later on anyway.
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