Snowpocalypse now

epninety

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Parabolics. It's a soft top S1 so not really much weight in it at all.

And far too nice to risk driving in the snow unless it's off-road away from the numpties

On the few occasions I've driven a S1, I've had trouble seeing over my own grin!

Lum

Paradigm wrote: »

In a 4x4 select a low gear & the engine braking will act on all 4 wheels, rather than just 2 in a normal car. This gives far greater control &, if done correctly, brakes should be a last resort.

Surely that depends on the kind of 4x4. If it's the kind with a 4H/4L lever then my post doesn't apply to you, and I doubt this advice is true in something with an FWD biased Haldex system or similar.

I know my 4wd only kicks in in certain circumstances so most of the time I'm rear wheels only. Probably good advice for Subaru drivers mind.

anotherbaldrick

And don't forget to go to the loo before you set off . You could be a long time in confinement.

Lum

Updated the op with some of the comments from this thread, also tweaked the bit about 4x4s based on the discussion here.

Gloomendoom

epninety wrote: »

And far too nice to risk driving in the snow unless it's off-road away from the numpties

On the few occasions I've driven a S1, I've had trouble seeing over my own grin!

Ha ha! I know what you mean and I'll never sell it. I want to be buried in it. Viking style.

DCFC79

Saw on 5 News earlier a bmw driver was trying to move off but his rear end was sliding.

Wig

I'll add a bit of snow advice aswell.

When driving through snow slush, be aware of pedestrians not only on pavements but in the road aswell. And drive slowly past them for obvious reasons. But also because the higher your speed the further your tyres will spray out snow slush. Are you aware that a pedestrian can claim from you/your insurers for damage to clothing as a result of your vehicle splashing them with water from a puddle? The same would apply to snow slush. So slow down and they won't get sprayed.

GolfBravo

4WD or 4x4 = engaged manually (eg. Land Rover)

AWD = engaged automatically (eg. Subaru Outback)

Lum

Thing is, the people who own BMW X5s and Range Rover Vogues don't refer to them as SUVs or AWD. They use the term 4x4. Hell even the FWD edition of the Toyota RAV4 is sometimes called a 4x4 and driven with a deathwish by someone who thinks their non-existent 4 wheel drive will save them.

I did offer a concession to the drivers of proper 4x4 vehicles at the end of that paragraph.

epninety

GolfBravo wrote: »

4WD or 4x4 = engaged manually (eg. Land Rover)

AWD = engaged automatically (eg. Subaru Outback)

We did this one to death last year didn't we?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3655037

4x4 simply means 4 wheels, of which 4 are driven. There are more variations on a theme than you'll ever be able to classify with acronyms from the marketing department.

Even within one manufacturer, you could choose from :-

Part time, manually selectable 4WD, with permanent RWD
Full time 4WD with manually lockable centre differential
Full time 4WD with automatic limited slip centre differential
Full time 4WD with limited slip centre coupling and NO centre diff.
Full time 4WD with open centre diff
... and probably others I haven't thought of.