First fall of snow in the North East + rear while drive = Chaos

[slim_boy_fat]

They need some snow chains

Aye, but they'd be better on the driven wheels

 

[slim_boy_fat]

mr bmw springs to mind

Oi you!! I have Winter tyres on mine, I keep a spare set of alloys with them fitted and just swop them over when the weather turns wintery.

They reckon that a properly driven rwd car with winter tyres will perform better than a 'soft-roader/SUV/4x4/'Chelsea tractor' on normal tyres - and tests have been conducted which support this.
Google is your friend.....

 

[premmington]

We had snow overnight here and my rwd van just worked like normal.
Gent from OpenReach in a fwd van couldn't get up the very minor gradient outside the house.
Little old lady in a Micra drove round him and up the hill shaking her head in fustration.

It's not normally the vehicle that's the problem but the nut holding the steering wheel.

K11 Micra is a formidable machine in the snow - add a set of winter tyres on the front drive axle - it may be the ultimate 4x4 slayer

 

[bigegg]

never had problems driving rwd cars in the snow.
it probably helps that i carry *way* too much stuff in the boot.

i found some steel kitchen door handles i forgot id bought at the carboot sale:
about 40kgs of them! theyd been in since summer.

i was only clearing the boot to put 6 bags of sand in!

 

[addjunkie]

I find a couple of old council 3x2 flagstones in the back makes all the difference.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Nowt wrong with an arsed end drive car it's the driver that can't drive in the snow....

Most fun I had in the snow was a Mitsubishi l300 panel van. Never got stuck even on the big hills.

Thought cars were supposed to be better than they used to be. If that's the case drivers must be worse.

 

[chris pruteanu]

This is on a daily basis over here...good set of winter tyres and proactive councils and everything moves !

 

[knighty]

my car is rwd, big wide low profile tyres... it's rubbish in the snow/ice

I can normally do ok.... real problem is when some muppet starts tail gating me up a hill etc. when I need a bit of space to figure it out

 

[Burdekin]

Front wheel drive are better in the snow no doubt. Pushed many a rear wheel drive car out around here, bit of a slope, icy and driver skill has nothing to do with it if you can’t move forward.

 

[Nomad]

They reckon that a properly driven rwd car with winter tyres will perform better than a 'soft-roader/SUV/4x4/'Chelsea tractor' on normal tyres...

Makes sense - my trusty 70s RWD banger goes well in snow on normal tyres - snow tyres fitted since the photo make it even more sure footed.

 

[brightspark]

every winter I have to grit the slope on road outside my house otherwise I just skid all over .wifey just sails out in car. theres that much crap and gear in the van the back end squats and it cant grip

 

[bigegg]

every winter I have to grit the slope on road outside my house otherwise I just skid all over .wifey just sails out in car. theres that much crap and gear in the van the back end squats and it cant grip

fwd van?

 

[LewisT]

Tons of people in this thread claiming its the driver not the car have never driven a modern bmw with m sport wheels had a few in the family in recent years and its no joke they can get stuck in an inch or less of snow on a level road.

 

[Migmac]

Front wheel drive are better in the snow no doubt. Pushed many a rear wheel drive car out around here, bit of a slope, icy and driver skill has nothing to do with it if you can’t move forward.

They are no better if you don’t know how to drive in snow. Ice is a different ball game, nothing is that good on it unless you have chains or spiked tyres.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Mhhhhh....... Not if you start off in 2nd or even 3rd gear [big engine preferred]
and feather the clutch.

Autobox, I can't speak for but if you flick it across the gate you ought to get going.

 

[doubleboost]

We had to collect a automatic 3 series BM today
It was booked in for winter tires
It was totally useless in the snow on the way to the garage
Both with the traction control on or off ( I can also drive a bit)
The transformation with winter tires was amazing
We had a good bit of testing with it "playing"
The tires were only mid range (Radar brand)
The wife's Skoda Yeti has the same tires all round
It also has some form of limited slip diff
That car is really amazing

 

[gaz1]

I had a Mk3 Granada for many years, never had any problems in bad weather, the only thing that ever held me up was idiots that cant drive, mostly in fwd noddy cars and equipped with a heavy right foot.

i had sierra 1600 all i did was throw in a couple of bags of sand in boot of car and let some air out just for a little more grip on ice and snow

never had any problem with that being a rear wheel drive car

 

[brightspark]

fwd van?

yep

 

[Burdekin]

They are no better if you don’t know how to drive in snow. Ice is a different ball game, nothing is that good on it unless you have chains or spiked tyres.

So which is better in snow and ice do you reckon then? Are you saying rwd drive car owners normally don’t know how to drive in winter conditions as they are more likely to get stuck? I’d say fwd cars handle winter conditions better no doubt.

 

[doubleboost]

In reality you can only travel as far as the clown in front of you