Monaro.......worst car EVER in the snow!
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Just got stuck again in the most miniscule amount of snow. Felt as though it was trying to reverse over a dead body or something, got out to have a look and it was a mound of snow about 5mm high! 
It was just spinning the wheels, my mate had to go and get a shovel. Pathetic!
But i still love it.
It was just spinning the wheels, my mate had to go and get a shovel. Pathetic!But i still love it.
After spending 7 1/2 hours stuck on the A41 near Tring on the Monday before Christmas. I found my VXR8 to be not much worse than all the other cars on that iced-up road.
I did manage to get home - with some very gentle nursing, which is much more than all the abandoned cars I saw beside the road.
I did find that I had to use both lanes at times - errrr sideways, ha ha! Stopped people over taking when I slewed sideways with no warning - at about 15 mph and later at 3mph.
Steve
I did manage to get home - with some very gentle nursing, which is much more than all the abandoned cars I saw beside the road.
I did find that I had to use both lanes at times - errrr sideways, ha ha! Stopped people over taking when I slewed sideways with no warning - at about 15 mph and later at 3mph.
Steve
So don't drive it! I had a very near miss on the A602 last year where I lost control and nearly hit another car and the armco. The next day I got stuck on the A1 at Baldock and had to reverse down to the petrol station where it stayed for the rest of the day. Absolutely useless in snow. Now I have a Land Rover and the Monaro stays at home.
wormus said:
So don't drive it! I had a very near miss on the A602 last year where I lost control and nearly hit another car and the armco. The next day I got stuck on the A1 at Baldock and had to reverse down to the petrol station where it stayed for the rest of the day. Absolutely useless in snow. Now I have a Land Rover and the Monaro stays at home.
Agree with you on this one. Torque overpowers snow. Just bringing the clutch in caused big wheelspin. Don't do it.
sneakygloworm said:
wormus said:
So don't drive it! I had a very near miss on the A602 last year where I lost control and nearly hit another car and the armco. The next day I got stuck on the A1 at Baldock and had to reverse down to the petrol station where it stayed for the rest of the day. Absolutely useless in snow. Now I have a Land Rover and the Monaro stays at home.
Agree with you on this one. Torque overpowers snow. Just bringing the clutch in caused big wheelspin. Don't do it.
I had a 530i BMW with factory M5 kit - 285/35 rear tyres. It was even worse than the 'ro at pulling away on snow, despite the auto box 'snow' setting. With the 'ro I just leave it in second, don't touch the throttle at all and pull away on the idle torque - works...mostly!
Neither car will stop in the snow though - that and other drivers are my biggest fear. Still, my 'ro is a daily driver and will continue to be. By the way, AP's are off my list now - I keep reading about their all-weather 'capability'.
Great , I've just saved myself 2k - more fuel money!!
Neither car will stop in the snow though - that and other drivers are my biggest fear. Still, my 'ro is a daily driver and will continue to be. By the way, AP's are off my list now - I keep reading about their all-weather 'capability'.
Great , I've just saved myself 2k - more fuel money!!
well RWD and fat tyres is about as useless as it gets in the snow.
On Xmas eve my VXR8 got the rear wheels off the drive......that was it!. Had a job getting back on the drive! It was starting to fish tail towards my girlfriends golf GTI. Not good.
A few years back I had to abandon my MK4 Supra in snow. Got a mile from home and had to walk!
On Xmas eve my VXR8 got the rear wheels off the drive......that was it!. Had a job getting back on the drive! It was starting to fish tail towards my girlfriends golf GTI. Not good.
A few years back I had to abandon my MK4 Supra in snow. Got a mile from home and had to walk!
Think I posted up about this last year. Tis true - the Ro is utterly useless in the snow.
- 4 x brand new OEM (Pirelli) tyres: check
- diff checked out and passed 100% by Monkfish: check
- less than one inch of snow on a VERY flat car park: check
- inability to let the clutch all the way out, ON TICKOVER, without the rear end letting go: check
I live in a close at the bottom of a very very gentle slope and I know for a fact that there's no point even trying to get the car out at the moment, and again, that's with ~1" of snow on the ground. Whereas, my 32-year-old, agricultural, no centre diff or difflock Landie just bimbles along (in much deeper stuff) with it's nose in the air!
- 4 x brand new OEM (Pirelli) tyres: check
- diff checked out and passed 100% by Monkfish: check
- less than one inch of snow on a VERY flat car park: check
- inability to let the clutch all the way out, ON TICKOVER, without the rear end letting go: check
I live in a close at the bottom of a very very gentle slope and I know for a fact that there's no point even trying to get the car out at the moment, and again, that's with ~1" of snow on the ground. Whereas, my 32-year-old, agricultural, no centre diff or difflock Landie just bimbles along (in much deeper stuff) with it's nose in the air!
Same story here. Mine is a daily driver and even though we've only had a slight smattering of snow, the beast ain't going nowhere. Lucky my mate is working with me at the moment and can give me a ride into work, I'm just not risking the drive.
I know I won't be able to get it out of my road anyway. With more bad weather coming, it looks as though she's gonna be tucked up for a few more days. Bloody snow!
I know I won't be able to get it out of my road anyway. With more bad weather coming, it looks as though she's gonna be tucked up for a few more days. Bloody snow!
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