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 Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:38 pm |
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Location: Lanarkshire
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Ive not been at my work the past 2 days. There is no grip at all on this car, steering is mega light, gust like driving on ice. i'm actually scared i hit a kirb.My gf has been stuck in it already a couple of weeks ago and i picked car up and drove it back it felt all over the place.
Lots of cars have been driving past my house, Especially my mate across the road he has a 1.8 civic and has no problems at all, even pulling a way in first, I'm struggling in second. The front tyres are only weeks old.
How does everyone else feel? To me it can only be the tyres as thats all between you and the road?
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:40 pm |
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wide, low profile summer tyre don't work in snow
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:40 pm |
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Location: England
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Probably s**t tyres and putting too much revs on when setting off.
But TBH you should be driving in this weather anyway.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:40 pm |
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Location: The car in front
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Ice is ice. Still, low profiles are less grippy than normal tyres apparently.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:43 pm |
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Location: Essex
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narrow snow tyres on steel rims should sort your problem but not your street cred 
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:44 pm |
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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ESP switched on or off? 
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:45 pm |
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tyre pressures?
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:48 pm |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Haven't had any problems to be honest, and it's being a hell of a lot better than my old Fezza! Saying that, that was a 1.2 with 17's lol Still I thought the 180 was actually going okay.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:03 pm |
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same here my ESP is on and when it starts to spin it cuts all power even on a hill i havnt had a problem in the snow yet,
is your ESP working? as the wheels start to lose traction a warning triangle will flash on the dash
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:07 pm |
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Last edited by MrBSI on Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:02 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:20 pm |
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it's all about the tyres. i see you're in lanarkshire so you'll have 'proper' snow that will be around for weeks and will quickly be hard packed ice.
it doesn't matter if your current tyres are newish or not - winter tyres have different tread patterns with a shoulder that cuts into snow. they are also made from a different rubber compound to summer tyres.
if you're that scared and *have* to go out then get a set of pug steels and some M&S tyres!!
there's a bloke on ebay called scot-tyres not far from you, he might have something of use?
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:46 pm |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| ESP switched on or off? |
On, i'd be sitting still with it off.lol.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:51 pm |
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| skard wrote: |
it's all about the tyres. i see you're in lanarkshire so you'll have 'proper' snow that will be around for weeks and will quickly be hard packed ice.
it doesn't matter if your current tyres are newish or not - winter tyres have different tread patterns with a shoulder that cuts into snow. they are also made from a different rubber compound to summer tyres.
if you're that scared and *have* to go out then get a set of pug steels and some M&S tyres!!
there's a bloke on ebay called scot-tyres not far from you, he might have something of use? |
Ah so winter and summer tyres are different, could be the problem. I looked at my mates civic and his pattern did look chunkier to mine.
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:10 pm |
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a proper winter tyre has the above logo on the tyre
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:18 pm |
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Joined: Mar 09, 2010
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You could have it a lot worse. Thought it was hilarious last night following a rwd beemer out of the office car park. All over the place (or going nowhere) with half an inch of snow.
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