Is your 5 sh** in the snow?

[hornetrider]

Mine is. Woeful. Shocking in fact. Noticeably worse than my mrs' FWD hatch. Anyone else have problems?

[Munter]

Nope. Mine's great!
(Smug winter tyre moment)

[Office_Monkey]

Mine has been brilliant fun so far (also smug winter tyre moment )

M1 was a bit dodgy in L3, sideways a bit elsewhere but as long as you don't take the piss it's ok

[hornetrider]

Indeed, my pisstaking out of people who bought winter tyres is coming back to bite me on the arse!

[5harp3y]

Mines not too bad on all season tyres

[GravelBen]

No snow at this time of year down here but when it does mine have been great fun on the flat, not so great when it comes to driving up anything remotely steep. Got a Subaru for that stuff anyway.

[inman999]

Crashed mine last week. A little too enthusiastic on a frozen motorway slip road led to me going backwards into the barrier.

Totally my fault I lifted off as the back end came round and it snapped back, my skill ran out pretty quickly after that.

So now looking for a new car sharpish.

[Willie Dee]

Absolutely awful, but then iv been told snow is the GSD3's only downfall so that probably adds to it as well. I p much don't bother driving at this point!

[Mark-2]

I was fine up until I tried to get out of the train station car park this lunchtime, took 45 minutes and had to get pushed out in the end :/

[phil_cardiff]

Dreadful, but I expected no more with well worn Toyo T1-Rs on the back and only a sniff of petrol in the tank!

[Mark-2]

phil_cardiff said:

Dreadful, but I expected no more with well worn Toyo T1-Rs on the back and only a sniff of petrol in the tank!

This is probably my downfall, I'm almost empty and have nothing in the boot, not even the spare wheel

[robsti]

Are they good in the snow because they are made out of the same stuff as sledges!

[Mark-2]

robsti said:

Are they good in the snow because they are made out of the same stuff as sledges!

rust?

[MonkeyArmDealer]

GSD3s are a pain in the ar5e in the snow. Had them on my Panda 100HP for last years snow and they were unbelieveable. Managed to get about though as I'm a driving god*.

My Matador Izzarda tyres are not too bad this year...........although 4WD helps

• this might not be true.

[Gizmo!]

Munter said:

Nope. Mine's great!
(Smug winter tyre moment)

High '5

[hornetrider]

Jush had to get pushed out of my parking space in the works carpark. What's bizarre is I was trying to reverse up a minimal incline - ie barely noticeable - and there was almost no snow as I'd cleared it out. Let 10 seconds worth of air out of the rears as well, to no avail.

Effing jeffing POS In the summer I'm going to pick up a pair of RX8 space savers I reckon!!

[Munter]

hornetrider said:

In the summer I'm going to pick up a pair of RX8 space savers I reckon!!

You could just pick up some winters......

....runs and ducks....

[skinny]

took me 10 mins to get up my 20ft drive, with the help of a spade and broom.

the problem is that my tyres have no tread blocks, just 5 rings that go round the tyres, which act like 5 little ice skates

[hornetrider]

Munter said:

hornetrider said:

In the summer I'm going to pick up a pair of RX8 space savers I reckon!!

You could just pick up some winters......

....runs and ducks....

It's a possibility for sure. Need to buy alternate wheels then though. I'll maybe keep an eye out for some cheapy alloys.

[Munter]

hornetrider said:

Munter said:

hornetrider said:

In the summer I'm going to pick up a pair of RX8 space savers I reckon!!

You could just pick up some winters......

....runs and ducks....

It's a possibility for sure. Need to buy alternate wheels then though. I'll maybe keep an eye out for some cheapy alloys.

That's what I did. Picked up a cheap set of 14" wheels. Then put winters on them (after about 2 years... wouldn't want to rush in to it).