At that point if you have to go that way, the next 'trick' is to lower
your tyre pressure, probably 15psi or less so that they are visibly
flatter, more tyre on the road means more traction. Look out for pot
holes with sharp edges as you are much more likely to puncture a tyre
tho.
Large wheels and low profile Tyres make snow much more tricky as well,
I guess due to amount of tyre flex.
A friends triumph herald does very well in the snow, much better than
most modern cars, although I did upset a 4x4 by driving into (and out
of) an industrial estate where he seemed to be doing a sideways
slither before giving up. Impressed with the TC on SWMBOs golf :-)
Matthew
On 11 Jan 2010, at 08:52, Jim Hearne <[email protected]> wrote:
I have to admit, we didn't make it back home the same way.
One hill defeated us, traction control doesn't help when all 4
wheels are going round at same speed but the car isn't moving.
Just like ABS doesn't help when all 4 wheels are stationary but the
car is still sliding back down the hill on the ice.
The second attempt got us to about 20 ft from the top but we just
couldn't get up the last bit (even with the help of a spade) and
once you got that close to the top and stopped the car just started
sliding back down the hill.
It took so long to gingerly reverse all the way back down to have
another attempt i got bored after 2 goes.
Then found a stuck 2wd drive van blocking the way back so had to
help him out and following him for about a mile as he reversed back
to the main road !
Jim
Jim Hearne wrote:
Nothing 2wd would have got along this road, and several abandoned
2wd cars obviously hadn't.
Janets Ford Ka couldn't even get out of the car park at home !
Jim
Tony Pottrell wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:26:27 +0000, Jim Hearne <[email protected]>
wrote:
Fun is:
Driving a Mondeo 4x4 across country roads in deep snow and
looking at the faces on the real 4x4 drivers faces as they try to
work out why the heck i hadn't got stuck miles back.
Most people have no idea Ford did a 4WD Mondeo.
I was really impressed with it in the snow, plenty of grip, even
if it's
not lockable 4WD it has traction control which brakes any wheel
that tries to go fast than the others.
Jim
4x4 / 4WD is for pussies :)
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