Driving in the snow
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Thanks to all for the tips.
I think I might be getting the train, frankly! Got to be easier than risking it in the snow. My destination is currently under about a foot of the stuff so, put simply, it is not worth stuffing S2K for the sake of not having to take one train journey.
Snow tyres may be the way forward in the future. Either that or a second car that I can drive in the snow and ice.
Roll on the summer so that I can get the top down and hit the lanes.
I think I might be getting the train, frankly! Got to be easier than risking it in the snow. My destination is currently under about a foot of the stuff so, put simply, it is not worth stuffing S2K for the sake of not having to take one train journey.
Snow tyres may be the way forward in the future. Either that or a second car that I can drive in the snow and ice.
Roll on the summer so that I can get the top down and hit the lanes.
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Originally Posted by Beepbeep,Dec 20 2010, 08:27 AM
That is something out of YOUR control but you can always control your own action.
Get a dedicated winter tires if you have to drive your car thru winter and practice driving in snow in an open parking lot or something.
Get a dedicated winter tires if you have to drive your car thru winter and practice driving in snow in an open parking lot or something.
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Originally Posted by Siepel,Dec 20 2010, 12:00 PM
Stock tyre sizes, recommended pressures on the door sil label 
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Originally Posted by gshoq,Dec 19 2010, 03:30 PM
Since our cars have virtually 50:50 weight distribution and they are RWD, does putting extra weight in the trunk upset the balance (driver/passenger weight aside) to the point that it has a higher tendency to swing around?
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Originally Posted by Sabre,Dec 19 2010, 05:23 PM
^^
It can give a very nasty pendulum effect, so yes, dont overweight the rear.
That old rule applied mostly to trucks and old boats that had big heavy engines in the front and virtually no weight in the back.
It can give a very nasty pendulum effect, so yes, dont overweight the rear.
That old rule applied mostly to trucks and old boats that had big heavy engines in the front and virtually no weight in the back.
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