#1: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:59 am ---- well i'm impressed every one, our 1.4 hdi drove lovely up and i mean up our street. we have a two stage hill and not many people get out but we flew up this morning, and it drove lovely sideways aroung morrisons car park too
#2: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Dan206, Location: SwindonPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:02 am ---- Yeah i was really happy with mine too, considering my tyres arent brilliant either was pretty happy with it.
#3: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:09 am ---- just standard tyres on mine, which are better for snow
#4: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Mike, Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:11 am ---- Mine wasn't so great, not helped being so low + front splitter meant it caught the snow in the middle of the road where everybody else had made 'tram lines'.
This is how it looked at 8am this morning when I had just got in from a night shift at work, was only driving for maybe 15 minutes today and same last night going to work :/
#5: Re: driving in snow........ Author: brad-morris, Location: BromsgrovePosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:12 am ---- You can get specific winter tyres, ive never had them but they are meant to be good.
#6: Re: driving in snow........ Author: NorthantsBen, Location: Raunds, NorthamptonshirePosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:39 am ---- i dont have any snow atm so no problems here
my old 206 was my own personal snow plow last year the snow pushed it self over the bonnet as it built up on the front
#7: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:23 am ---- this how deep it was.
#8: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:26 am ---- just out in car again and its brill, better than most cars on the road
#9: Re: driving in snow........ Author: giveitsomebar, Location: redditchPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:24 pm ---- ive got forest tyres on the front of mine and it makes a massive difference!
#10: Re: driving in snow........ Author: skard, Location: UK - NorthPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:31 pm ----
brad-morris wrote:
You can get specific winter tyres, ive never had them but they are meant to be good.
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference. not only to driving on snow and ice, but better grip and braking distances in general cold weather.
anyone who tells you otherwise is a tightarse who won't spend the money on being safer on the road.
may not be necessary in built up areas down south but they have been essential for me.
our 1.4 hdi is crap on snow hence still waiting on new winter tyres coming for it.
#11: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:31 pm ---- where did you get them from and how much????
are they any good for normal daily use
#12: Re: driving in snow........ Author: giveitsomebar, Location: redditchPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:35 pm ---- the ones i have are rally tyres and arnt road legal but you can get part worns for £10-20 each i have mine on some 1.9 205 gti alloys and only have them on the front
#13: Re: driving in snow........ Author: europug, Location: londonPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:17 pm ---- Omg worst day ever lol took me ages to get home n me gf even longer n I'm in the worst car ever, low profile tyres slammed near 100 mm lol an got stuck loads people had to push me
#14: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:23 pm ----
skard wrote:
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference.
They're not just tyres - they're M&S tyres
#15: Re: driving in snow........ Author: lofty, Location: Near ManchesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:32 pm ----
Antix wrote:
skard wrote:
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference.
They're not just tyres - they're M&S tyres
Thats what I was thinking!!!!
#16: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:34 pm ----
lofty wrote:
Antix wrote:
skard wrote:
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference.
They're not just tyres - they're M&S tyres
Thats what I was thinking!!!!
I was thinking about buying Burberry™ for xmas - were you?
#17: Re: driving in snow........ Author: lofty, Location: Near ManchesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:40 pm ---- This also sprung to mind! Yours is in the post!!
#18: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:41 pm ----
lofty wrote:
This also sprung to mind! Yours is in the post!!
tyvm (((Lofty)))
#19: Re: driving in snow........ Author: skard, Location: UK - NorthPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:48 pm ----
Antix wrote:
lofty wrote:
Antix wrote:
skard wrote:
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference.
They're not just tyres - they're M&S tyres
Thats what I was thinking!!!!
I was thinking about buying Burberry™ for xmas - were you?
well i could turn it around and write S&M tyres but the comments would be even worse...
#20: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:50 pm ----
skard wrote:
Antix wrote:
lofty wrote:
Antix wrote:
skard wrote:
i have M&S road tyres and they do make all the difference.
They're not just tyres - they're M&S tyres
Thats what I was thinking!!!!
I was thinking about buying Burberry™ for xmas - were you?
well i could turn it around and write S&M tyres but the comments would be even worse...
rubber. S&M. say no more
#21: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:23 pm ---- i have to say those M&S tyres worth every penny in this winter
#22: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Martynmofo, Location: York!Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:43 pm ---- there should be tesco value tyres
#23: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Iain, Location: Aberdeen, ScotlandPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:11 pm ---- Winter tyres really make a night and day difference, you just have to look at the videos on youtube tests to see that.
Saying that, I haven't bothered because I don't have a spare set of wheels to put them on, I don't want to spend the money, and I don't NEED to drive anywhere.
#24: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Ernie, Location: swindon wiltsPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:04 am ---- Mine is on a set of budget Marshall tyres and going fine.
Man up and go play in it i say lol...
Ok im 35 and been driving since i was 17 so use to driving in snow but come on i overtook somebody in a 4x4 yesterday as they were doing 5mph.
I was only in my little 1.4 lx.
I love my skinny wheels that are working fine in this weather..
#25: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:52 am ---- It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.
4x4 owners amaze me when they seem to think all wheel drive makes then invincible. They don't seem to realise that 4wd just helps them go, they have no more cornering or stopping ability that a 2wd car.
#26: Re: driving in snow........ Author: benbmx08, Location: newquayPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:36 am ---- check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYEMH10Z4s
#27: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:04 am ---- seen a 4x4 today with the front all smashed in ha ha.
feed up of all these 4x4 drivers who think they own the road, i;ve put a couple in their place with my little 1.4
#28: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:45 pm ---- overtook an x5 who was stood spinning the wheels on a hill. i powered my way up that b*tch
#29: Re: driving in snow........ Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:20 pm ----
mjsroofing wrote:
seen a 4x4 today with the front all smashed in ha ha.
feed up of all these 4x4 drivers who think they own the road, i;ve put a couple in their place with my little 1.4
there's a good effort of a big nissan navara with a damn good smashed up front passenger side, al ge a photo of it 2moro
#30: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Iain, Location: Aberdeen, ScotlandPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:26 pm ----
Edward wrote:
It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.
4x4 owners amaze me when they seem to think all wheel drive makes then invincible. They don't seem to realise that 4wd just helps them go, they have no more cornering or stopping ability that a 2wd car.
Well they'll surely have better engine braking with all 4 wheels being slowed, but agreed otherwise.
#31: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:38 pm ----
Iain wrote:
Edward wrote:
It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.
4x4 owners amaze me when they seem to think all wheel drive makes then invincible. They don't seem to realise that 4wd just helps them go, they have no more cornering or stopping ability that a 2wd car.
Well they'll surely have better engine braking with all 4 wheels being slowed, but agreed otherwise.
or if you have a low range gearbox... or diff locks... or a land rover...
But mr executive in his x5 and the school run mum in her merc with their low profile tyres will have no chance
#32: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:02 pm ---- had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!
#33: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:18 am ----
Edward wrote:
It's amazing the number of clowns out there that drive with 6 inches of snow on the roof and all the lights covered too.
yes aagree, sent loads like it, not as bad as the few i've seen driving with a frozen windscreem, i mean come on it takes less than 5 mins to de-ice a windsceen.
#34: Re: driving in snow........ Author: brad-morris, Location: BromsgrovePosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:26 am ----
mjsroofing wrote:
had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!
Really annoys methat does i drive a Caddy maxi with over 300kg in the back and they expect me to speed up because hes up my a**e. i drive to the conditions of the road and the vehicle im driving not to some TW*T behind me.
#35: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:32 pm ---- Rather than getting up someones a**e I find simply overtaking is much more of a benifit for both parties.
#36: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:37 pm ----
Rob2859 wrote:
Rather than getting up someones a**e I find simply overtaking is much more of a benifit for both parties.
when safe to do so of course!!!!
#37: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:39 pm ----
brad-morris wrote:
mjsroofing wrote:
had a 4x4 tailgating me earlier, so i kept to 15mph jusy incase!!!
Really annoys methat does i drive a Caddy maxi with over 300kg in the back and they expect me to speed up because hes up my a**e. i drive to the conditions of the road and the vehicle im driving not to some TW*T behind me.
spot on mate, i'm not a slow driver but when i'm in my van fully kitted with all my tools etc or driving the car in snow with the misses and kid in car well like you said they can f**k off and slow down haha.
#38: Re: driving in snow........ Author: TieBreakGreen, Location: EpworthPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:30 pm ---- finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.
#39: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:21 am ----
TieBreakGreen wrote:
finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.
i've never had winter tyres, do most garages stock them or have you got to order them or something
#40: Re: driving in snow........ Author: Seabook, Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:29 am ----
mjsroofing wrote:
TieBreakGreen wrote:
finished work at about 2 this morning and took the pug up to Stanley to drop a colleague home (Up a hill and usually the first to lose buses in the snow) then went to do the christmas food shop (great, supermarket to myself) weather was filthy and snow lying on all the roads and the car drove like it just wasn't there. Winter tyres all round make a massive difference and really earning their keep at the moment.
i've never had winter tyres, do most garages stock them or have you got to order them or something
most online tyre dealer do stock them.
#41: Re: driving in snow........ Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:31 am ---- cool i'll get a set ready for next year, not that i've a problem this year but it would be nice to have them.
#42: Re: driving in snow........ Author: TieBreakGreen, Location: EpworthPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:01 pm ---- shopped around online for my tyres and finished up getting them from Kwik fit!! no more expensive than anyone else which I was a bit surprised at.
right in the middle of the last batch of snow and I sat waiting for them to fit them while a string of people came in all excited because they'd seen the pile of winter tyres there only to be told they were all ordered and there was at least 2 weeks waiting list now. Glad I got them when I did.
btw, wife's only got them on the front which is great for not getting stuck, but drove her car the other day and got all opposite lock on the first couple of corners after getting out of mine.
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