Driving in the snow

   I used to enjoy it now I hate it.

The volvo has traction control and winter settings but is auto - can't feel a thing. The wifes crappy corsa is way better - engine braking and you feel it twitch.

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timeintheboat Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 615	Post Options Post Reply Quote timeintheboat Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Driving in the snow Posted: 21 Dec 09 at 10:04pm
	I used to enjoy it now I hate it. The volvo has traction control and winter settings but is auto - can't feel a thing. The wifes crappy corsa is way better - engine braking and you feel it twitch.
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radixon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407	Post Options Post Reply Quote radixon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Dec 09 at 10:07pm
	I worry more about other people in the snow/ice!

Villan Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1768	Post Options Post Reply Quote Villan Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Dec 09 at 10:09pm
	I've had no problems in my Volvo (touch wood) - 1998 V70, doesnt have TRACS or any of the other new fangled things. Chuck it in "W"inter, keep the revs below 2000 (barely using that to pull away) and think further ahead than you usually would, treating the brakes as if you expect them not to work (Most of the time they wont!) Edited by Villan
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Merlinboy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Merlinboy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Dec 09 at 10:56pm
	Villan a 98 V70 should have ABS, in fact i'm very suprised it doesn't have TC. If you have ABS no need to treat them as if they don't work! Oh and for the record i drove into the back of someone today! Did about £20 damage to my car but about 2 hours of HS BS, plus i have to go to a body shop to get it repaired!!!

Rockhopper Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Nov 07 Location: Eastry Online Status: Offline Posts: 642	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rockhopper Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 7:47am
	i just carried on using my push bike all i can say is dont use cycle paths as they dont grit them only the roads you just have to watch out for idoits who think they own the road

jeffers Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048	Post Options Post Reply Quote jeffers Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 8:05am
	I have a 1.2 Corsa and a Citroes Xsara Estate 2.0 HDi.... At the moment I much prefer the Corsa, it just gives a lots more feedback on the ice than than the Xsara, you can feel when you are going to slide. Once of the guys at work has a BMW 320d, he has not been able to drive since the snow fell (he is a bit of a muppet for leaving his car on his drive as opposed to somehwere he knows he stands a chance of moving it). Just take it easy but not too easy when the road is wet, nothing annoys me more than someone doing 15mph on a roads that has been treated and is a busy roads so there is no ice.....
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alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 9:06am
	I can see how an auto would be a bit of an annoyance- how on earth are you meant to get it in second and keep the revs low? To add to the "crawling along completely clear, salted and gritted roads at 15mph"- if you've been using the 4WD on your Rangerover, you can switch back to 2WD once you're off the ice. It's obvious to pedestrians when you haven't... Side streets around here are pretty much impassable by push bike- rutted ice. Nasty. Meanwhile, I was up in Sheffield yesterday. Congratulations to the idiots that had gritted the footway down towards the station from the centre of town- it had so much grit that it was slippy. No ice, just slick with sand.
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Laser 173312 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 08 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Post Options Post Reply Quote Laser 173312 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 9:07am
	The trouble in this country is that people only drive in the snow once of twice a year and many people don’t know how to drive on a slippery surface. I’ve always thought that a course at a skidpan should be a pre requisite to taking your test, and you should be enforced to redo it every 10 years. Merlinboy I wouldn’t rely on an ABS system to keep control in the snow. Cadence braking is a much better solution. Most people can easily pump the brake much more effectively than the ABS.

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 9:13am
	Well I just had the best drive to work in ages! Most of the roads have been gritted but there are a few sections of fresh tarmac which are ultra smooth which seem to ice up lovely! Its a shame when you need to rely on having a bit of ice to make your daily driver exciting but I guess you have to make the most of whilst you can! No ABS, no TC and good old FWD but still had to give it a 'dab of oppo' on a couple of occasions after coaxing the old girl round some corners with a little Scandinavian magic! Hmmmm, how long till home time?!
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winging it Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958	Post Options Post Reply Quote winging it Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Dec 09 at 9:21am
	I have a subaru outback with a horizontally aligned boxer engine.....whatever that is It is an automatic but it has a special snow button you can press (sorry to be girly, I have no idea what this button does). Hence we were the only car to make it up the slope out of the car park without needing to be pushed! We got a round of applause from all the pushers! I love my car!
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