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Cars that are great in the snow with low uk car tax?

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  • allan673
    allan673 Posts: 1,213 Forumite
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    Vw golf!
    Brilliant
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    allan673 wrote: »
    Vw golf!
    Brilliant

    What with those wide tyres?
  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Tyres aside (which I agree with)

    For a easy runabout 4x4 Subaru Justy or if you really need the space the Sumo 4x4 van.

    Cracking little thing, if you can find one.

    5t.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • rdr
    rdr Posts: 414 Forumite
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    Fiat Panda deisel, light, narrow tyres. Drive properly and it's better than the average range rover wan! tank in snow.
  • Limey
    Limey Posts: 444 Forumite
    Mk1 MR2, driving in the snow is just about the most fun you can have with your pants on.:rotfl:
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    Limey wrote: »
    Mk1 MR2, driving in the snow is just about the most fun you can have with your pants on.:rotfl:

    But the pants won't be on for very long when you do get out of the car :rotfl:
  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
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    edited 5 September 2012 at 10:22AM
    bushranger31 wrote: »
    Hi all, can anyone recommend a used car that can easily deal with snowy and icey roads with low uk road taxes ? As a lot 4x4 have high road taxes , I would like a estate please help

    Early Daf 44 or 55 estate. Zero (ie: historic) road tax, dirt cheap insurance, rear wheel drive, skinny little tyres and limited slip dif. The perfect snow car ;)

    eta: and if you can find one at all, a good one will be less that £1k because they're so under-valued :)
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    allan673 wrote: »
    Vw golf!
    Brilliant

    The entirely original and not at all predictable response from our resident VW nut.
  • Limey
    Limey Posts: 444 Forumite
    jase1 wrote: »
    But the pants won't be on for very long when you do get out of the car :rotfl:

    :rotfl:I drove mine in 2-3 inches of snow and was laughing my head off all the way, totally predictable and controllable with the throttle.

    That is until you hit ice and certain muscles clench harder than you ever thought possible. :eek:
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