Driving on snow/ice

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Sun 20th Dec 2009 08:04 pm

I loved it. till I spun a 360 going around a corner. scary

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sun 20th Dec 2009 08:17 pm

am driving in a large 4 wheel drive vehicle atm. not much slipping and sliding for me.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Sun 20th Dec 2009 08:35 pm

saw a car spin out today had to bush my motor and check the old girl.

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Sun 20th Dec 2009 08:48 pm

pah...amatuers hahahahaha try a london cab in rural ungritted conditions.....THAT'S FUN.....just use the handbrake instead of turning the wheel at corners and the power(or lack of) to pull the vehicle straight...managed to clock up 200 miles last night,with no crashes unlike the local boy racers who were either in ditches or parked up lampposts..

........merry snowballs all.....whee ....time to do it all again

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Sun 20th Dec 2009 09:12 pm

echc1 wrote:pah...amatuers hahahahaha try a london cab in rural ungritted conditions.....THAT'S FUN.....just use the handbrake instead of turning the wheel at corners and the power(or lack of) to pull the vehicle straight...managed to clock up 200 miles last night,with no crashes unlike the local boy racers who were either in ditches or parked up lampposts.. ........merry snowballs all.....whee ....time to do it all again

London has fuck all snow compared to where to live?

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Sun 20th Dec 2009 10:00 pm

cantona7 wrote:am driving in a large 4 wheel drive vehicle atm. not much slipping and sliding for me.

haha. I got 59bhp fiat

doobydave · Post by **doobydave** » Sun 20th Dec 2009 10:07 pm

I spent 20 mins in a snowy car park honing my drifting skills...

And what jolly good fun it was too.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 12:20 am

Not much snow left just tons of ICE making my local side streets a bit tricky. The 4wd car (Still slides a bit) is better than my missus little 2wd hatch which nearly ate a lampost earlier

Its all good fun until ya crash

Max Flower · Post by **Max Flower** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 07:18 am

What's the percentage of cars with winter tires in the UK? All season rubber gets hard and loses grip at about 7c.

Plus winter tires may have some grit in the rubber to aid in stopping and Handling. I wouldn't run my car in winter without them. On a snowy days (30+cm) or icy conditions the difference is like night and day.

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 07:53 am

Bike riding is proving pretty dangerous today

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 12:08 pm

Max Flower wrote:What's the percentage of cars with winter tires in the UK? All season rubber gets hard and loses grip at about 7c.

Plus winter tires may have some grit in the rubber to aid in stopping and Handling. I wouldn't run my car in winter without them. On a snowy days (30+cm) or icy conditions the difference is like night and day.

But we get these conditions for a few freak weeks. You get harsh long winters. If I had to deal with driving on snow daily I'd obviously get different tyres, or more likely snow chains.

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 03:39 pm

i work nowhere near london...it's just a type of vehicle......to be exact it's a tx2....and rural norfolk and suffolk aint exactly a city and was just a tad snowy.....peace and merry snowballs..........p.s. anyone got a working heater for a tx2? hahaha

Dobern · Post by **Dobern** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 04:24 pm

Been out and about this morning on ungritted roads, cars just abandoned parked in the back of other cars everywhere.

Personally my little clio hasn't let me down yet (touchwood), as it was MOT'd and 4 new tyres about a fortnight ago.

Now walking on snow/ice, that's a different story. Absolutely terrified, even with my timberlands on. All stems from breaking my leg in the bad snow last year. I'm a nervous wreck on foot now.

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Mon 21st Dec 2009 07:38 pm

my 200sx is in the garage as i write, its having a straight through japspeed exhaust system fitted (turbo down) wouldn't even bother driving it in the ice, rear wheel drive in the ice on public roads is craazy

stew1974 · Post by **stew1974** » Tue 22nd Dec 2009 12:00 pm

I find rear wheel drive vehicles easier to control on ice and snow, you just need to put something heavy in the boot for grip.