Can You Handle It?

[TWR]

Can you handle driving in the snow? what precautions will you take?How will you drive?

[TWR]

Baldric, I've have 2 of theses cars, been in snow / ice on many occasions & never ever had trouble, as you & Tony has said, to much pedal, & driven properly, at least we have one thing in common Baldric.

[Baldric]

As far as I'm concerned ummmm, you are.

[TWR]

Depending where & what the position is Ummmm, the higher the gear thye better the traction.

[nescio]

Baldric -neither do I.
In snow, you need to be in the highest gear possible for the speed at which you are travelling.
Incidentally, I used to drive a 5-series BMW - no problem at all in snow, IF you modify your driving style to suit.

[Baldric]

TWR, ours is number 5 or 6, never had a problem

[TWR]

E36 Coupe, the car is as safe as the person the steers / controls & drives it as weather condition permits.

[Baldric]

To be fair, they're quite popular in Germany, and they get a lot more snow than we do!

Woofgang you are so wrong, the more torque you're putting down, on slippery conditions, the more likely you are to slide!

[DangerUXD]

drive in the highest gear you can an drive as if you have no brakes and very small steering lock. No sudden movements.

[Hopkirk]

Imagine there are eggs on top of your brake and accelerator pedals, and drive so you are never in a situation where you would press hard enough to brake them.

[chas2008]

as a bodyshop some of the first cars we get in are 4 wheel drives (many rolled), the owners get too cocky and think they are bombproof.....which they are not. You can just as easily lose a 4WD in the ice/snow as any other vehicle if not driven correctly.

[craft1948]

No, I love my Smart Car but it's absolutely useless on snow/ice.

[Baldric]

4x4's are great when being driven forward, but the minute you lift off the throttle and brake they behave exactly like a normal car, which a lot of people just don't realise.

[mazie]

A bit like roller skates craft ;o)

[chas2008]

i can see you guys like your BMWs, but i have seen so many holdups and been out to recoverys where a BMW/MERC is just sitting across the road with the wheels spinning going no where and all the front wheel drive vehicles happily driving around them.

[Hopkirk]

... oops, I meant break them

[dave50]

Yes I have one of those hated 4x4s, I can go past everyone and really annoy them.

[DangerUXD]

I love my rear wheel drive cars in snow, steer with the pedal, wonderful!

[Hopkirk]

Appropriate name then!

[chas2008]

i know where you are coming from DangerUXD, great fun..i was brought on RWD, when i started driving the only UK front wheel drive was the MIni..

[woofgang]

I thought that the traction was better in low gear?