182's... the crappest car to drive in snow?!

[Anni182]

yesterday i couldn't get to uni because my car just wouldn't move in the snow (apart from sideways!) and then today i tried to park the car on the drive (slight slope) and had to give up after flooring it in 1st just made the tyres spin and got me nowhere even though my dad's fiesta managed to get up the drive no problem. is it the tyres or something?! excuse my blonde-ness in asking this but i'm a girl, therefore i'm allowed

 

[-Leigh-]

I'd imagine it's your driving tbf. High gears, low revs ftw.

 

[GarethM]

try not to floor it and go steady?

putting your foot down will make it worse

 

[Mells]

Switch the traction control off like it tells you to in the book when it snows.

 

[Alastair.]

lol at flooring it on ice, u donut

 

[nth]

f**k it... pics

 

[jonnie54321]

yesterday i couldn't get to uni because my car just wouldn't move in the snow (apart from sideways!) and then today i tried to park the car on the drive (slight slope) and had to give up after flooring it in 1st just made the tyres spin and got me nowhere even though my dad's fiesta managed to get up the drive no problem. is it the tyres or something?! excuse my blonde-ness in asking this but i'm a girl, therefore i'm allowed

I agree,its my first winter with mine and they aint the best.

 

[Dave-Clio]

defo the driving - sorry lol

 

[LFCJosh]

f**k it... pics

profile..nice 'car' pic

 

[cat171]

User error tbh, driving any car like that will have the same affect.

 

[Anni182]

oi boys, i'm a good driver i'll have you know

ive had the 182 for 18 months so obviously had it last winter too, but didn't notice how crap the grip on the tyres is as the drive where i lived last yr was flat!

how can i get up a sloped drive without being in 1st gear?!!!!! surely not possible?! im not that thick

 

[Peperami]

I'd imagine it's your driving tbf. High gears, low revs ftw.

Yus. Smooth and steady wins the race.

 

[Bazzon]

oi boys, i'm a good driver i'll have you know

ive had the 182 for 18 months so obviously had it last winter too, but didn't notice how crap the grip on the tyres is as the drive where i lived last yr was flat!

how can i get up a sloped drive without being in 1st gear?!!!!! surely not possible?! im not that thick

lol, put the car in second and go slowly

Lower revs its easy enough.

 

[Anni182]

lol at flooring it on ice, u donut

how else do you get a car up a slope when you press the accelerator and it doesnt move?!

 

[Anni182]

hmm think i'll just leave it across the road instead of trying and going into the fence!
the bf parked outside my house on the slope last night and half an hr later we got a knock at the door asking if it was our car that was in the middle of the road! the joys of living on a hill

 

[DrR]

Woman +thinking she's a good driver+ snow i'm satying in!

Put some grit on your drive?

 

[JonniP]

how else do you get a car up a slope when you press the accelerator and it doesnt move?!

is this a wind up lol :rasp:

 

[JonniP]

hmm think i'll just leave it across the road instead of trying and going into the fence!
the bf parked outside my house on the slope last night and half an hr later we got a knock at the door asking if it was our car that was in the middle of the road! the joys of living on a hill

turn wheels so car rolls towards pavement next time and put it in an oppsing gear. oh the handbrake helps too lol

 

[davM]

errrr GRIT

 

[JonniP]

Woman +thinking she's a good driver+ snow i'm satying in!

Eat some humble pie?

lol :rasp:

 

[LFCJosh]

the bf parked outside my house on the slope last night

so HE can manage it?

 

[Amy]

excuse my blonde-ness in asking this but i'm a girl, therefore i'm allowed

Pssh!
Make us sound MORE incapable of driving a car like a 182..

I'm not incapable, btw.

 

[Anni182]

so HE can manage it?

no lol, he didnt attempt the drive. he just thought he'd be clever and park at the side of the house... resulting in the handbrake not holding and the car ending up in the middle of the road! i had the intelligence to park on the flat across

the purpose of this thread was to ask why 182's appear harder to drive than cars like fiestas in the snow?! not so you can all take the piss out of my driving abilities (or lack of) lol

 

[JonniP]

what fiesta is it? is it less powerful? maybe it has smaller tyres. lots of reasons

 

[davM]

What tyres have you got?

 

[Anni182]

michelin pilot exaltos - front 2 are pretty new

 

[GaryS]

Go and find your nearest Council salt/grit bin, pinch some, put it on your drive, problem solved.

Just done my drive in preparation for the snow tomorrow :dead:

 

[Anni182]

again, im not asking for common sense ways of clearing the snow on my drive. i just wanted to know if and why 182's seem to be harder to move!

 

[Munson]

The 182 is a complete spanner in the snow. I've been driving for a long time. I've never had problems in snow & ice until I got my 182. Impossible to drive.

Pulling away in 3rd gear at virtual idle, TC on or off, and going backwards...brakes may as well be disabled as they are useless. I'd normally agree with 'driver error' arguments, but in the case of the 182 it really can be a pain on certain drives. Worst car I've ever driven in the snow. Worse even than my old mans S2000.

 

[DanD182]

well think about that one carefully, your dads fiesta will have hardly any power compared to your clio.

FWD + lots of power + snow and ice = no chance specially on a slope.

 

[msisleman]

again, im not asking for common sense ways of clearing the snow on my drive. i just wanted to know if and why 182's seem to be harder to move!

Off the top of my head: If its a little engined fiesta, then it'll have much less power then the 182, therefore it'll be easier to modulate the throttle to keep the revs as low as possible. Secondly it'll probably have narrower tyres which make a big grip difference in snow, and ice to a degree........ The wider the tyres, the more the vehicle will tend to 'sit' on top of the snow/ice.

 

[Anni182]

ta roy i forgot the useless brakes too!

so basically 182's are just poo in the snow yeah? i hope my bf doesn't read this cos we have many arguments over cars as he thinks his toyota celica is "miles better"... hmm lol

 

[Munson]

Yeah probably a lot of factors. Mostly it's a light car on wide, performance tyres. Compacted snow or ice, cold rubber with a tin of beans pressing over each axle = fail.

 

[Anni182]

it's a 1.4 fiesta btw. i thought it'd be cos of the tyre size difference & not the fact i'm a girl

 

[GaryS]

again, im not asking for common sense ways of clearing the snow on my drive. i just wanted to know if and why 182's seem to be harder to move!

Sorry... just trying to help as you didn't seem to have much of a clue about driving on snow/ice :S

I assume your Clio has wider tyres than the Fiesta? Wider tyres go over the surface of the snow/ice more, skinnier tyres cut through it more thereby giving better traction.

 

[Hutchie]

fat/bald tyres are pants in snow

works 1.2's with skinny tyres will go anywhere, my 1.2 with wide tyres is like piloting a bin lid on snow

 

[Munson]

i thought it'd be cos of the tyre size difference & not the fact i'm a girl

Don't get too carried away, it is also because you're a girl. But because I'm all man and I struggle in the 182 too, then it's ok

 

[GinandGasoline]

i hope my bf doesn't read this cos we have many arguments over cars as he thinks his toyota celica is "miles better"... hmm lol

what happened to the boyfriend with the SLK?

 

[FlameR]

learn to drive first

 

[DanD182]

ta roy i forgot the useless brakes too!

so basically 182's are just poo in the snow yeah? i hope my bf doesn't read this cos we have many arguments over cars as he thinks his toyota celica is "miles better"... hmm lol

His celica is s**t compared to your clio, unless it's a gtfour or the Tsport.

Newer shape has less power and weighs more = clio 1 celica 0