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Well some buggers been givin' the button a damn good "seeing too" over the last couple of days or so
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Well some buggers been givin' the button a damn good "seeing too" over the last couple of days or so
Well I went into Virgin Superstore and didn't find a single one! LoL
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Well some buggers been givin' the button a damn good "seeing too" over the last couple of days or so
Thats the answer.. they are wearing the ****er out.....:nono:
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Not an issue driving in the snow and ice. I drive a Mini Cooper S. I pull away in 2nd otherwise the wheels spin and as long as i drive under the turbo kick then she's as stable as a tripod.
Skid pan training should be added to the driving test, some countries already have, which will educate drivers.
Walking to and from work this week i have seen some great sights. Drivers just not thinking ahead and planning their next move. Before they know it they are stuck in the snow/ice and looking round for help.
Skid pan training should be added to the driving test, some countries already have, which will educate drivers.
Walking to and from work this week i have seen some great sights. Drivers just not thinking ahead and planning their next move. Before they know it they are stuck in the snow/ice and looking round for help.
Land Rover Discovery 2 V8 Auto. 350 miles over the past 4 days, half on snow packed icy, slushy roads. I keep looking for the rails it appears to be running on. It just goes where it's supposed to and stops when it should.
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off topic, There are some nice cars about. Now, now way can I afford one, but why are Jags Stype so dirt cheap?? Not even with loads on the clock there a bargain. And they look soooo coool!
There's a perception they're unreliable and expensive but they're no worse than any other luxury car, there's a few Jaguar breakers and www.britishparts.co.uk for spares + some really useful forums that are a weath of information.
they've been around for long enough so every fault has been found,fixed and documented.
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Our Nissan is the same (not an estate is it)
One reason to always buy a manual trasmission...lol
On 'winterisation' of cars:
I have mid-range 'all-season' tyres fitted to my Cougar (wierd size and getting difficult to source anything other than Kumhos now) and thought they'd be OK-ish in the snow...they're not...nothing like it - totally undriveable in the 2" of snow I attempted to drive in last winter. I parked it up again after 15 minutes and waited three weeks for it all to melt. Hmmm... Cabin-Fever was setting-in...
Utterly useless - next year I'm doing as the Germans all do and will be fitting winter-specific tyres in late October. It's a legal-requirement over there anyway, but I got around it by having UK plates. Not risking it again - and snow-chains in the boot...and some practice putting them on and taking them off...
The other thing I noticed was that no matter how 'rich' the screenwash solution is, it freezes on the windscreen at air temperatures below -8C - instant blue-green opacity - real fun at 90mph!
And this year during that cold snap, it's already dropped to -22C where I live...
On 'winterisation' of cars:
I have mid-range 'all-season' tyres fitted to my Cougar (wierd size and getting difficult to source anything other than Kumhos now) and thought they'd be OK-ish in the snow...they're not...nothing like it - totally undriveable in the 2" of snow I attempted to drive in last winter. I parked it up again after 15 minutes and waited three weeks for it all to melt. Hmmm... Cabin-Fever was setting-in...
Utterly useless - next year I'm doing as the Germans all do and will be fitting winter-specific tyres in late October. It's a legal-requirement over there anyway, but I got around it by having UK plates. Not risking it again - and snow-chains in the boot...and some practice putting them on and taking them off...
The other thing I noticed was that no matter how 'rich' the screenwash solution is, it freezes on the windscreen at air temperatures below -8C - instant blue-green opacity - real fun at 90mph!
And this year during that cold snap, it's already dropped to -22C where I live...
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Subaru Legacy twin turbo automatic, AWD and snow mode FTW!
I have a good giggle at all the wee corsa kiddies trying to welly their motorised rollerskates along a flat road trying to follow me.
I have a good giggle at all the wee corsa kiddies trying to welly their motorised rollerskates along a flat road trying to follow me.
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oddly , my little suzuki swift auto is ok in the recent snow.
be gentle on the throttle, and its fine.
but its hardly got enough power to spin its wheels anyway.
you can provoke wheelspsin and sideways slides if you ewant to.
keep it in a lower gear manualy down hill.to prevent it running away, and so you dont have to brake too much.
be gentle on the throttle, and its fine.
but its hardly got enough power to spin its wheels anyway.
you can provoke wheelspsin and sideways slides if you ewant to.
keep it in a lower gear manualy down hill.to prevent it running away, and so you dont have to brake too much.
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I thought the S was supercharged, not turboed?
And as for the comment about two reverse gears, that would have been extremely helpful last week!
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I have to say my rear wheel drive car has been the best vehicel I've ever driven in the snow - and I've had a few in my time. Previous best car was a Saab and the BMW trumps it totally both with the electronic gizmos turned on (and *ahem* turned off ). Sure it goes sideways a bit but it is very controllable if you are smooth/gentle with the power.
). Sure it goes sideways a bit but it is very controllable if you are smooth/gentle with the power.
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Have to agree. My C-Class Auto has been fine in the snow. Yes, if you stamp on the loud pedal it gets upset but if you are smooth, it is very well behaved. Spent quite a lot of time during the bad weather driving gravel roads around an RPSB reserve with 2 inches of refrozen melted snow on top. It was fine...
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My rear wheel drive has been superb in the snow and has taken me down the same lanes,fields and woods that I usually go.Mind you it is what it is made for, rather than the Tesco car park.......
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Had a Volvo 760 auto estate with extra wide track tyres that was almost undriveable in snow even a a few miles per hour (funny that my subsequent 4ltr Jeeps had bigger tyres and stayed on rails!).
Got stuck in the snow/ice on a bend on a hill in Norfolk once (yes they do have the odd hill there) where car had slid sideways onto the offside of the road and was terrified something would come round the bend right into me.
Selecting 1 or 2 didn't help. So in D I slowly let it change up as the wjeels spun and when it got into 4th it gently took me up the hill and back on track.
My 2 cents worth anyway.
On another tack when I lived in Norway, everybody told me I was mad to buy a Volvo (yet another one). They said I should have gone for a front wheel drive SAAB as the SAAB would leave the Volvo standing in snow!
As an aside, the Norwegians have their wide 'summer' tyres removed and narrow 'pigg dekk' tyres fitted for winter with studs in - the idea being to dig into snow/ice to get a grip...
Others have since mentioned that front wheel drive is great until you lose the front end - then watch out. I have heard it is possible to get the front end back by braking very hard to bring the car back into line.....never had to try this....and probably wouldn't have the b*lls to try it.
Jamie
Got stuck in the snow/ice on a bend on a hill in Norfolk once (yes they do have the odd hill there) where car had slid sideways onto the offside of the road and was terrified something would come round the bend right into me.
Selecting 1 or 2 didn't help. So in D I slowly let it change up as the wjeels spun and when it got into 4th it gently took me up the hill and back on track.
My 2 cents worth anyway.
On another tack when I lived in Norway, everybody told me I was mad to buy a Volvo (yet another one). They said I should have gone for a front wheel drive SAAB as the SAAB would leave the Volvo standing in snow!
As an aside, the Norwegians have their wide 'summer' tyres removed and narrow 'pigg dekk' tyres fitted for winter with studs in - the idea being to dig into snow/ice to get a grip...
Others have since mentioned that front wheel drive is great until you lose the front end - then watch out. I have heard it is possible to get the front end back by braking very hard to bring the car back into line.....never had to try this....and probably wouldn't have the b*lls to try it.
Jamie