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how bad was your car in the snow?
« on: 05 February 2009, 22:27:13 »
i really like my car, but on my steep hill with no grit and not much fuel, WHAT A DOG it has been the last few days. It's fine and great fun on the flat, but show it my road and game over. The only car to leave my road was a 4x4 flat bed so i may be being a little harsh i suppose

Sadly the car will be off soon as we emigrate to Canada in 2 weeks!

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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #1 on: 05 February 2009, 22:28:48 »
Its not good in the snow..........but it is good fun ;D ;D
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #2 on: 05 February 2009, 22:29:11 »
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i really like my car, but on my steep hill with no grit and not much fuel, WHAT A DOG it has been the last few days. It's fine and great fun on the flat, but show it my road and game over. The only car to leave my road was a 4x4 flat bed so i may be being a little harsh i suppose

Sadly the car will be off soon as we emigrate to Canada in 2 weeks!


Lucky batsrad!  ;)

You'll need something that works on snow there!

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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #3 on: 05 February 2009, 22:31:02 »
if i ever get any snow ill let you know ;D
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #4 on: 05 February 2009, 22:31:58 »
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i really like my car, but on my steep hill with no grit and not much fuel, WHAT A DOG it has been the last few days. It's fine and great fun on the flat, but show it my road and game over. The only car to leave my road was a 4x4 flat bed so i may be being a little harsh i suppose

Sadly the car will be off soon as we emigrate to Canada in 2 weeks!


Lucky batsrad!  ;)

You'll need something that works on snow there!

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dont think it makes much difference what you drive over there ,they know its gonna snow a lot so they have the correct gear to deal with it ,unlike us ,it seem like we get 1 snowflake and its panic stations
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #5 on: 05 February 2009, 22:38:01 »
Well I have had no problems at all in my, daily drive, a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 7 seater.
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #6 on: 05 February 2009, 22:45:55 »
Crap.
That's how mine is in the snow.
2.0 Auto, WWD, and a fair bit of lowdown torque.
A little better when I had the 'hold' function on.
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #7 on: 05 February 2009, 22:50:52 »
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Crap.
That's how mine is in the snow.
2.0 Auto, WWD, and a fair bit of lowdown torque.
A little better when I had the 'hold' function on.

Is that what Johnafon Woss drives?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #8 on: 05 February 2009, 22:56:55 »
Put some wieght in the boot
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #9 on: 05 February 2009, 23:00:15 »
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Crap.
That's how mine is in the snow.
2.0 Auto, WWD, and a fair bit of lowdown torque.
A little better when I had the 'hold' function on.

Is that what Johnafon Woss drives?  ;D ;D ;D


Nope

Wrong Wheel Drive   >:(
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #10 on: 05 February 2009, 23:00:25 »
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Put some wieght in the boot


Many years ago I used to drive a Ford Transit for work, as a Service Engineer the van mostly just had tool and parts in it. I used to put 2 tea chests full of anything heavy in teh back to give it some weight in the snow, which we used to get most years. :y
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #11 on: 05 February 2009, 23:05:27 »
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Crap.
That's how mine is in the snow.
2.0 Auto, WWD, and a fair bit of lowdown torque.
A little better when I had the 'hold' function on.

Is that what Johnafon Woss drives?  ;D ;D ;D


Nope

Wrong Wheel Drive   >:(

You'll have to try to get WWD included in Glasses or Parkers as a new abreviation ........   :-?
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #12 on: 05 February 2009, 23:08:58 »
Vampire

You can actualy remember snow every year ,we must meet up
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #13 on: 05 February 2009, 23:10:15 »
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Put some wieght in the boot


Many years ago I used to drive a Ford Transit for work, as a Service Engineer the van mostly just had tool and parts in it. I used to put 2 tea chests full of anything heavy in teh back to give it some weight in the snow, which we used to get most years. :y

We used to put a couple of semi circular concrete kerb edges on top of each rear wheel arch within the wooden boxes in the rear of the paddy waggons of the era to help traction....
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Re: how bad was your car in the snow?
« Reply #14 on: 05 February 2009, 23:14:26 »
When I worked for a haulage firm the fitters tranny used to have a crate of rubber borrowed from the warehouse installed to aid traction in the winter months. ;D
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