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[theolodian]

I made it to work fine.  As others have said, it is all about taking care and being easy on the gas and brakes.  Found TC to be good - the first opportunity I have had to test it  Only slid once, and that was at low speed, steered out of it with no problems.  Did not manage to detect the change in engine note though, but then again, I did not floor the gas.

At work there is a chap with a two week old Lexus.  He spent 20 minutes trying to get up the slope into our car park.  In the Omega, I was up the slope with no worries.  A nine year old car beating a 2 week old one.  Boy did I feel good!  Especially as the Lexus driver ALWAYS berates Vauxhall and says my cars are no good!

Yeesh!  My TC was going off every day for the last week!

A lot of it is the tires.  Mine are well above the legal min, but def not all-season.  With the right tires you can run around in any car.  They don't even need to be fancy or expensive.  That Lexus is almost certainly on high-perf tires, which are no good today!

[stuart30]

Hasn't been too good in the rain, so I guess I should avoid going out tomorrow if it's bad?

Well my estates a bit twitchy at the back at the best of times so it'll be interesting to find out tomorrow!   (when I finally get it back from the garage, that is!!)

Im surprised you find yours twitching...i recently had to get home quickly (wife was bleeding heavy) and found my estate even at very high speeds and getting chucked around alot to be perfectly stable on damp roads,i do have nankangs fitted so that's probably why  

Today in the snow was a different matter but to be fair its very think here and quite compounded.

[bob.dent]

Hasn't been too good in the rain, so I guess I should avoid going out tomorrow if it's bad?

Well my estates a bit twitchy at the back at the best of times so it'll be interesting to find out tomorrow!   (when I finally get it back from the garage, that is!!)

Im surprised you find yours twitching...i recently had to get home quickly (wife was bleeding heavy) and found my estate even at very high speeds and getting chucked around alot to be perfectly stable on damp roads,i do have nankangs fitted so that's probably why  

Today in the snow was a different matter but to be fair its very think here and quite compounded.

It's possibly twitchy because one of rear tyres was worn (just been replaced), also apart from when it's loaded up with disco equipment, I don't carry anything in the back so it's quite light. In the dry it's fine, but the roads have been very damp and slippery for a few days round here. Hopefully it should be better now new tyre is on.

[MaxV6]

having been out and about in it today, I have to say my Elitie estate SUCKS in the snow..... mind you now is the time for me to discover that  the winter mode button seems to be non-functional , the light on it stays on all the time, and no beahvioural difference is noticable no matter how many times i try and press it....   anyone got a replacement kicking about?? (this is the first "real snow" we've had in a couple of years.


My Sintra on the other hand is excellent in the snow...    perhaps something to do with having the V6 sat above the wheels it's driving might be the reason  
AND the winter mode button actually works !

(and it has more ground clearance...  not sure if it makes much odds, but it does deal with deep puddles and drifts and slush banking rather easily)

[tyreburner]

It's equally about knowing how to drive in the snow as it is about having the right car... of the two I suspect the former is more important! But don't look at me, I'm rubbish in the snow, I'll crash even a snow plough  

How to drive in snow ......
Tell me about it.....
Learning a new "country "route today and the guy driving was going down a country hill and a coach appeared coming the other way   the coach slammed his brakes on and slid back down the hill the guy driving our bus STAMPED on the brakes and slid down the hill a bit ....... and i unashamadley ran to the back of our bus  8-)
then 3 of us spent 20 mins pushing our mini bus back up the hill