skydivepaul
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| posted on 5/1/10 at 11:31 PM |
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snow fun in our mazda RX8...............probably the worst car i have ever driven in the snow
absolute sh1te
stayed at home today and went sledging instead 
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 12:02 AM |
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Heres a picture of Liams Volvo parked up last summer when the weather was better
[Edited on 6-1-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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fesycresy
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 08:48 AM |
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I had a head on crash in an old Volvo.
Walked away relatively unscathed 
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ChrisW
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 11:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
My A6 3.0TDi has not much trouble on the snow...proper full time 4WD.
That's exactly my experience. Well pleased with the Audi in this weather!
Chris
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morcus
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| posted on 6/1/10 at 08:59 PM |
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Apart from the gearbox going mental my Panda hasn't done to Badly, though I've not been anywhere with really bad snow, or been on many
snowy hills.
Alot of people seem to be saying their FWD cars are ok in the snow, but I was under the impression that after 4WD, FWD was best for snow because the
weight is on the drive wheels.
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02GF74
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| posted on 7/1/10 at 12:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Alot of people seem to be saying their FWD cars are ok in the snow, but I was under the impression that after 4WD, FWD was best for snow because the
weight is on the drive wheels.
well I'm not expert but the above does not hold true if you are going uphill?
and with RWD, we used to put sand bags, dead bodies etc in the boot to increase weight over the driven wheels.
I reckon fwd is safer as the car is being pulled from the front as opposed to being pushed from the rear, in the latter case, the rear is more likley
to overtake the front. maybe.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/1/10 at 12:57 PM |
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IMHO - a FWD car feels more secure to drive 'cos you don't have that continual nagging fear that the back end is going to overtake you
after the slightest mistake on the throttle.
I love RWD cars, but quite content to be driving my FWD Yaris just at the moment. The worst it's done to me during this current bad weather is
it going in a straight line when I've turned the steering wheel! I can manage that, though.
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JoelP
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| posted on 7/1/10 at 08:18 PM |
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fwd is definately better than rwd in snow, its always mercs and bmws that get stuck first. Plus as said above, less likely to end up going backwards
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TheGecko
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| posted on 8/1/10 at 05:19 AM |
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Whenever I hear AWD Volvo wagon, this is all I can see
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mcerd1
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| posted on 8/1/10 at 09:42 AM |
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yesterday I went from this:
to this
amazing how much difference it makes
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