It's icy out there!
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Driving back from London tonight and lost it 3 times! First time was in the little tunnel on the A40...I knew it was cold but didn't think it would be icy inside the tunnel, so dropped it into 2nd and gave it some beans. Before I knew it I was in a mini tank-slapper situation. The next time was on purpose. No cars about, going round a roundabout and thought I'd get the back end out, which was a little bit too easy. The last episode I was being very very cautious, driving about 20mph, and completely lost all traction ending up on the other side of the road. So be careful out there chaps!
and the dreaded salt of course Yes i drove to Aberdeen last Thursday night your just soft down south 
Correct Tyre's and its a breeze
Few years ago in the chim you might notice the targa panel is off as well just drove up a snow filled single track road that had not been touched no issues at all. Correct tyre's as i said
Correct Tyre's and its a breeze Few years ago in the chim you might notice the targa panel is off as well just drove up a snow filled single track road that had not been touched no issues at all. Correct tyre's as i said
Edited by scotty_d on Monday 19th December 06:48
scotty_d said:
Yes i drove to Aberdeen last Thursday night your just soft down south Correct Tyre's and its a breeze
Few years ago in the chim you might notice the targa panel is off as well just drove up a snow filled single track road that had not been touched no issues at all. Correct tyre's as i said
What winter tyres did you use? Correct Tyre's and its a breeze Few years ago in the chim you might notice the targa panel is off as well just drove up a snow filled single track road that had not been touched no issues at all. Correct tyre's as i said
Edited by scotty_d on Monday 19th December 06:48
Ged
I used Good year ultra grip Performance i had a set sitting around i had from my old subaru and flung them on they only had 3-4 mm left on them so i ran the car for that winter but never did again. I never bought winter tyres after that for the chim. I would not run a RWD car up here through the winter with out them tbh. I really should have a set for our mini but it seemed really good in the snow so far on normal run flats you can let a good few psi out the tyres and not risk wrecking them.
Its not the HP Daz 
its the fact you have to much tyre on the road and not enough weight to keep it in contact with the surface 
HP is controlled with your right foot so if that as a bearing on your traction problem then your driving like a t
t anyway 
in poor conditions you need a car with low down grunt and pram wheels 
ever driven the original Mini in the snow/ice? simply unstoppable even though I hate the little buggers 
its the fact you have to much tyre on the road and not enough weight to keep it in contact with the surface HP is controlled with your right foot so if that as a bearing on your traction problem then your driving like a tt anyway in poor conditions you need a car with low down grunt and pram wheels ever driven the original Mini in the snow/ice? simply unstoppable even though I hate the little buggers 
yes, dropped the 0 before the .5 :doh:
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