Show off your winter car!

Show off your winter car!

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Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Will be the same C Class that I have but I might but some winter tyres on.....

Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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I shall press my Winter tyres (albeit with fresh Sottozero 3's on) on the 640D. Just like every day, just with different wheels. 20 inch wheels do not "do" Winter well, my 17's are much better thanks to 55 profiles (instead of 30 and 35)

Probably the 640 will be washed less as well.

GIYess

1,311 posts

100 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Choice of Mondeo or CRV. Take the CRV if its snowing and never got it stuck yet. I have tried quite hard too (on the road).

Mondeo is surprisingly rubbish in snow for some reason. Maybe due to strange all or nothing power delivery its suffering at the min.

normalbloke

7,402 posts

218 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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JimmyDrama1

29 posts

100 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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Lifted Subaru Wagon - my winter off-roader

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Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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In winter its a choice of Pug 206 or Honda CRV.

If we go to the Artic Circle then we take the Honda CRV as its got a better heater.

Both are fine as they have studded tyres so cant tell if its a few cm of ice or a few feet.

teeceeee

77 posts

139 months

Thursday 20th September 2018
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rather hoping it will cope, but it's a volvo, so bound to be, right?

s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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Mr Tidy said:
This was my winter car - I bought it a week before the Beast from the East arrived.

No problems at all - but then it did come fitted with Bridgestone Blizzak winter tyres! laugh

Here's mine for the last 6 winters




Mr Tidy

22,065 posts

126 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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Nice s m. thumbup

This was mine for the previous 3 winters! (Michelin Alpins fitted).


is200

73 posts

138 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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Winter car:




Spring/summer/autumn car:

GFWilliams

4,941 posts

206 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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I have a Mercedes C-Class estate, but decided it’d be more fun to be ok the Exige as it has an LSD, so I’ve bought a set of Sotto Zero tyres for it. Last year I was on Cup 2s and it was pretty awful...


MrOrange

2,031 posts

252 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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Rather than an actual winter car, I find my first choice of drive changes. In the Spring/Summer I tend to favour my i8, whilst come Autumn/Winter I favour my Subaru Outhack.


wjb

5,100 posts

130 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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emicen said:
To fight the beast from the east, you need a beast from the east

Special car, reminds me of mine frown



At home in all conditions wink

Davie

4,733 posts

214 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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Previous years it was a first generation V70 T5 on Quatracs and it was unstoppable all year round, fantastic old thing and drive rings round the wife's V50 on Nokian winters last winter. Now said V50 is on Rainsports abd said T5 has been replaced by a later model V70 D5 on SportMaxx and my confidence isn't quite so high... starting to think I have the right cars but made the wrong tyre choice, especially as we've also moved off piste to an area that was cut off for several days last winter... and have a baby in tow now. Find myself keeping an eye out for a cheap 4x4 estate, XC70 or an old Legacy... plus appropriate tyres!

andy118run

866 posts

205 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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during the Beast from the East I had 2 BMWs which struggled to get off the driveway at times.

So I used my wife's Pug307. Had decent, pretty much new tyres all round, albeit not winters, and served us well all winter.

Now I have a Volvo S60 and a Ford S-max, but I'm thinking the Pug will still be my car of choice in the event of bad weather.


Composite Guru

2,205 posts

202 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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I don’t have a winter car but this is my daily.

Complete opposite to the Elise.

crofty1984

15,830 posts

203 months

Friday 21st September 2018
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I'm thinking of getting an MX5 or MGTF.

schmalex

Original Poster:

13,616 posts

205 months

Saturday 22nd September 2018
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kapiteinlangzaam said:
Same as my summer car.

But fitted with Nokian WRA4 tyres.

Does me fine!


We (well, my wife) have a 5.0 Mustang in exactly that colour. They are epic bits of kit. The 20 miles of lanes from our house to her office helped convince us to get the mighty Panda!

Digby

8,230 posts

245 months

Saturday 22nd September 2018
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Not really worried which one I drive in Winter if I am honest, (although I had a Toyota Raum lined up until it went up in flames) but if things get bad, this 4x4 Suzuki thing...



DailyHack

3,123 posts

110 months

Sunday 23rd September 2018
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One car for all seasons - 2012 318d E91, just getting warmed up @100k now, sitting on its no nonsense OEM steel wheels/winter tyres and covers, bloody brilliant daily car and has coped with alot of snow over the years and been great.



Edited by DailyHack on Sunday 23 September 09:23