Tips to move car out of snow

clever_username

Lum wrote: »

You could always fit some of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDNLUzjkpg

Do they stock them in Kwik-Fit?

I'm a bit short of cash at the moment so I might just fit them to the front of the car for the moment.

sickofusernames

jackieb wrote: »

I don't go out in it at all. I told my husband not to buy one as my sister has a Merc and her ABS comes on if it's been raining! RWD and automatic doesn't make a good combination. The bloke in his BMW across the road doesn't attempt it either.

When we first got ours we had to suffer the indignity of sliding back down a brae, while an old banger overtook us with no effort.

Our Audi was an automatic and I never had a problem with her though.

Yeah, I was in the Merc Sprinter today when I got stuck, after deflating the tyres I had to put my cargo weight over the rear wheels - it all helps.

What's a 'brae' btw?

Lum

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

Oh my word, no wonder people talk about BMW drivers. 1 Series drivers redeem yourself!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/248407/

"Four out of five BMW 1-series drivers think their car is front-wheel drive, according to the firm’s CEO Norbert Reithofer."

clever_username wrote: »

Do they stock them in Kwik-Fit?

I'm a bit short of cash at the moment so I might just fit them to the front of the car for the moment.

:rotfl:

mikey72

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNin7QJEOZE&feature=player_embedded

Is now a bad time to say I've done that.

But I ran faster than she did, and it wasn't in a built up area with walls nearby.

rev_henry

Lum wrote: »

Yet the Germans manage just fine in their BMWs at this time of year?

You could always fit some of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDNLUzjkpg

Ken Block's a nutter. He's been on Top Gear I think, for setting some stupidly dangerous world record or something...

jackieb

sickofusernames wrote: »

Yeah, I was in the Merc Sprinter today when I got stuck, after deflating the tyres I had to put my cargo weight over the rear wheels - it all helps.

What's a 'brae' btw?

It's a hill.

BillScarab

Funny how we all used to manage in RWD cars before FWD became prevalent. I've driven Capris, Chevettes, Marinas, Escorts etc in the snow and they were all RWD and still managed to keep going/

Part of the problem with modern ones is they have so many electronic aids and perople forget, or don't realise, that sometimes it's better to turn them off. A couple of bags of sand in the boot can help a RWD drive car too.

skiddlydiddly

Lum wrote: »

Don't be this guy:

The number plate nearly spells SLOW DOWN.Quite apt considering.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

BillScarab wrote: »

Funny how we all used to manage in RWD cars before FWD became prevalent. I've driven Capris, Chevettes, Marinas, Escorts etc in the snow and they were all RWD and still managed to keep going/

Part of the problem with modern ones is they have so many electronic aids and perople forget, or don't realise, that sometimes it's better to turn them off. A couple of bags of sand in the boot can help a RWD drive car too.

The reason your old cars kept going is because they were on skinny tyres.

Most of the cars mentioned here (BMW, Merc, etc) have 225 or similar tyres, unless they're a winter compound they're going nowhere.

Inactive

BillScarab wrote: »

Funny how we all used to manage in RWD cars before FWD became prevalent. I've driven Capris, Chevettes, Marinas, Escorts etc in the snow and they were all RWD and still managed to keep going/

Indeed, in far worse Winters than this one as well.