Cars for the snow. What's surprisingly good?

[Napper]

Grand Vitara pisses on the snow. Slip it into 4 wheel drive for most of the snow covered roads but where it gets really nasty, you can't beat the low ratio 4 wheel drive option.

Only problem is that during the rest of the year it drinks fuel like theres no tomorrow.

and you look like a right queen in it

 

[Whitterz]

My Martin DB9s has been fine, and does the job.


Thread might aswell been titled "what car do you drive" , or "whos got the better car" thread.

 

[CC2]

Nissan X-Trail

4 wheel drive and high ground clearance, took it up over the Ashdown Forest yesterday which was 'interesting'...

 

[shwoody1]

no problems with my citreon c4.

 

[LABHA]

Having fun in my Toyota Surf 4X4.

 

[Bigblonde1]

Left the car at home this week !!! but broke out the trusty little blue tractor to get me about , Cracking stuff .

 

[Guy Fawkes]

My cars got a handy little button for driving on ice and snow (Citroen)

- but typical of my luck the gearbox broke just before the snow arrived

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Large BMWs, Mercedes and Audis sliding all over the road in Liverpool last week, although they all still thought they owed the place and could ignore speed limits, traffic lights, highway code, traffic signs at will as usual. I took immense pleasure watching them slide slowly sidewise down Mount Pleasant, wheels spinning and engines roaring as I slipped past in a smaller Toyota.

Taxis also a nightmare - has no-one ever told a taxi driver that merely putting on his hazards does not entitle him to stop without any warning in the middle of a main highway, pick up a fare and do a u-turn in the teeth of oncoming traffic during a blizzard when no-one can stop quickly or get out of the way.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Got one of these - Land Rover Series III, 1983. (not this one, but identical in virtually every respect).

Bloody LOVES the snow and ice. The best 4x4 by far.

 

[John Bumlick]

My Martin DB9s has been fine, and does the job.

Thread might aswell been titled "what car do you drive" , or "whos got the better car" thread.

well said.

i've got a BMW 5 series, by the way.

 

[RexCathedra]

Dad's Subaru Forester = the business.

Subes are common as muck in these parts, and for good reason. (The weather, not an anomalously high proportion of lesbians.)

 

[ali jenkins]

My Fiesta is great fun! It does a great job when I want to go somewhere but as soon as I get into the carpark at work its all over the shop!!

Im loving this weather but Im not sure my handbrake can cope much longer!

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

My Fiesta is great fun! It does a great job when I want to go somewhere but as soon as I get into the carpark at work its all over the shop!!

Im loving this weather but Im not sure my handbrake can cope much longer!

I love my handbrake turns, and doing donuts in the work car park

 

[Skint Gull]

Own up, who else has been doing handbrake turns in these conditions?

If you're one of the cnuts doing drifts in the car park near my car in the Waterfront car park over the past few days i can assure you if you hit it, i will find you and i will KILL you!

 

[Eggmundo]

Skoda Octavia - no problem

 

[Mustela Furo]

My Audi A4 estate, 1.9TDi auto has been fine. Good heavy oil burning engine over the front wheels has made for good traction. On a couple of steep hills i've had to resort to using a towing gear, but still done the job

low slung Audi A4 Cabriolet is like driving on bald tyres - no grip whatsoever -- too heavy, too low profile

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

If you're one of the cnuts doing drifts in the car park near my car in the Waterfront car park over the past few days i can assure you if you hit it, i will find you and i will KILL you!

Not me
Nah, I do it in Asda car park, once I finish my shift. Haven't thought of that car park, might have to give it a try, what car is yours by the way? Just to make sure I don't hit it

 

[happypig]

Saab 9-3, despite being from the icy north, is a bit crap.

Coming home from Tescos yesterday I was following a BMW with about 6 inches of snow on the roof, silly cow obviously didn'r think she needed to worry about that flying off onto the following car; Got to the roundabout and she had to brake heavily and the whole lot slid down across her windscreen (knackering her wiper in the process). Me and MRs P drove round her and tootled off, chuckling.

 

[Trufflehound]

Shanks's Pony hasn't let me down yet.

 

[Skint Gull]

Not me
Nah, I do it in Asda car park, once I finish my shift. Haven't thought of that car park, might have to give it a try, what car is yours by the way? Just to make sure I don't hit it

It'll be the only one in the car park so just don't try it eh!