Winter tyres vol 2
Discussion
Cheerful reminder that winter tyres only go so far-
Moved off easily enough this morning but that's a single file track of 400m downhill to the road so thought I'll just see if I can reverse in case the s
t hits the fan. And that's where the car stopped and remains. 
Would rather be stuck at the top than the bloody bottom though!
Moved off easily enough this morning but that's a single file track of 400m downhill to the road so thought I'll just see if I can reverse in case the s
t hits the fan. And that's where the car stopped and remains. Would rather be stuck at the top than the bloody bottom though!
Bit of a push and we're all good.
I think I may have made the mistake of being too keen on the accelerator in the first instance. When I reversed back up I had to stop a couple of times to manoeuvre and just letting it creep in reverse without touching the pedal initially worked a treat. Fine margins between that and potentially being stuck though!
I think I may have made the mistake of being too keen on the accelerator in the first instance. When I reversed back up I had to stop a couple of times to manoeuvre and just letting it creep in reverse without touching the pedal initially worked a treat. Fine margins between that and potentially being stuck though!
Edited by Patrick Bateman on Thursday 20th November 13:10
Patrick Bateman said:
Cheerful reminder that winter tyres only go so far-
Moved off easily enough this morning but that's a single file track of 400m downhill to the road so thought I'll just see if I can reverse in case the st hits the fan. And that's where the car stopped and remains.
Would rather be stuck at the top than the bloody bottom though!
When I had BMWs on winters I found that going forwards was usually easiest, preferably with a run up. Moved off easily enough this morning but that's a single file track of 400m downhill to the road so thought I'll just see if I can reverse in case the s
t hits the fan. And that's where the car stopped and remains. Would rather be stuck at the top than the bloody bottom though!
Extra weight in the boot aided traction slightly but also increased the pendulum effect and made slides harder to catch.
The current snow is pretty wet so pretty much worst case for the depth it’s at.
I’d be worried about drifting snow filling the road up as well as a plough going past the end of the road essentially creating a wall.
I hear Dacia Sanderos (other cheap 4x4s are available) are quite effective as winter transport. Much less heartbreaking when they get rear ended in snowy traffic too.
Just fitted a set of Goodyear 4S onto daughter's C3 today. I know they only came 4th in Jon's tyretest but they're still decent tyres.
The OEM rubber replaced was nearly 6 years old and still got plenty tread but were definitely going off, noticeably iffy grip in cold and wet.
Slight grump, if you are required to pay a fee, an admittedly small fee, to book a defined time slot for prepaid work to be done, and get the turn up on time preferably 10 minutes early or else shtick it's quite irritating when that time slot counts for sweet F all when it comes to workshop scheduling. If known that would have just arranged to drop it off and pick it up when done.
The OEM rubber replaced was nearly 6 years old and still got plenty tread but were definitely going off, noticeably iffy grip in cold and wet.
Slight grump, if you are required to pay a fee, an admittedly small fee, to book a defined time slot for prepaid work to be done, and get the turn up on time preferably 10 minutes early or else shtick it's quite irritating when that time slot counts for sweet F all when it comes to workshop scheduling. If known that would have just arranged to drop it off and pick it up when done.
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