4wd recommendations?

pineapple

Wow thanks for all the replies!
Something to go at...
G & S I have a 2004 Peugeot 206. It's a nippy little car and I find the driving position comfortable (despite what motoring journalists say).

gilbert_and_sullivan

pineapple wrote: »

Wow thanks for all the replies!
Something to go at...
G & S I have a 2004 Peugeot 206. It's a nippy little car and I find the driving position comfortable (despite what motoring journalists say).

If you like your 206 and you need to change tyres during this year and decide to keep it, try all season tyres such as Vredestein Quatrac 2 or 3, you'll be surprised just how good they are compared to your summer tyres in ice and snow...not as good as full on winter tyres obviously but a reasonable compromise if you decide to keep the car anyway.
Otherwise enjoy testing and trying out whatever you decide.

cyclonebri1

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

Just out of interest Pineapple what sort of car do you have?

I only ask as in my experience a reasonably competent 2WD car front or rear wheel drive on good quality winter tyres will make as good progess on the sort of track and snow conditions you describe as a 4WD on low profile summer tyres...see how Range Rover Sports on 20" slicks and similarly shod X5's perform...useless in ice and snow despite their 4WD credentials.

I run proper snowflake marked winter tyres on both my RWD car and my 4x4 pick up, the car will make unhindered progess in 6" of snow no problem, obviously the 4x4 is in a different league.
Might be worth considering this course if it's only a bit of snow causing the probelm.

I know you didn't ask me but in relation to my earlier post I have a Renault estate. But I do go off road. I fish a few areas where I can take the car down to the water, but across about 3 meadows. This is fine for maybe 4 summer/autumn months, but with the least bit of rain on grass the access is impossible even tho' flat.

Wet grass or a green lane is more difficult than snow on tarmac.

Of course tyres matter as well. We had to major snowfalls this year, both similar. Between these 2 my mot was due, and I changed the 2 drive tyres. The difference between the performance was suprising, even tho' they were the same brand.

To the OP. Keep the car. Simply but a couple of scrappy wheels to suit, and put rally type mud and snow tyres on there for the month or so you may need them.

Or alternativly suffer the expence of a 4x4 for the other 11 months :money:

gilbert_and_sullivan

And there with Cyclonebri's post is proof of the difference that good tyres make.

Still won't stop the vast majority of drivers expecting to get a set of top quality tyres for a hundred quid and not batting an eye at spending two hundred on a night out...bizarre.

BenL

My Lamborghini has 4wd and does very well.

I made a video for you all ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PVRL3yh4iA&feature=player_embedded

mqandy

I used to live in Switzerland, where it's a legal requirement to have Winter Tyres fitted every winter.

Your higher-performance summer tyres are kept at the garage and you just pay them to change them twice a year.

The extra grip makes all the difference when it's slippy, and you might find this idea Far more economical than getting a dedicated 4x4!