How have your clio's handled the snow then?

[lusty v-tec]

Was driving home and its been snowing heavy here and couldn't get up a couple of hills, without massive difficulty.

Thats the problem with having sporty tyres, their brilliant on dry roads but useless in the snow. I had no grip at all today even though ive still got 5mm of depth in the tyres!!

How did everyone else get on????

Ed

 

[Adamhodg]

all the roads i went on were gritted (luckily) but its still snowing now and the main road is covered looks pretty dangerous definitely not going for a drive anytime soon!

 

[Rob R26r]

Leave mine at home.Dont take it out when all that nasty salt is on the road.Not only that but you also have the idiots who carry on driving as if its a summers day.

 

[DrR]

lol was having great fun on the B-Roads by me, might have spun it a few times.

 

[lusty v-tec]

lol was having great fun on the B-Roads by me, might have spun it a few times.

tut , shame on you. lol

 

[DrR]

Think i drove home with the handbrake on for about 60% of the time, sideways goodness.

 

[Ollie82.]

My car has been fine in the snow, but lets just say its been pretty hairy driving some of the stuff where i work.
Semi Slick Yokohama AO38 shod Exiges are a tad tricky on un treated roads..

 

[Gary-Lew]

mines been tucked up sleeping for a week, using other halfs fat ass megane

 

[Rich]

Mine was fine tucked away in the warm aswell.

My 306 1.4 Lx on skinny 175 tyres and no abs was superb though!

 

[Ollie82.]

Rich has your car ever experienced moisture OTHER than your bucket and sponge?!

 

[lusty v-tec]

gtvlew- your car looks so hot. I love it. Dont know why, just looks cool in the garage

and Rich stop teasing me with pics of your car, we all know its shinier than mine. lol

 

[Rich]

Rich has your car ever experienced moisture OTHER than your bucket and sponge?!

Day I picked it up, on the way to Trax, and a couple of occassions when I have been caught out in a shower.

 

[172.com]

Rich has your car ever experienced moisture OTHER than your bucket and sponge?!

LOL. I just nearly choked on my food when I read that.

My was OK in the slush, but I wasn't driving like a fool (I did that earlier in the week when it was dry ). Haven't used it in snow yet, but I've driven in lots of snow before so I don't think I'd be too bad, as long as I don't press the go button down to much.

What plate is your car Rich and what's your mileage?

 

[Nigel]

Nice jacket and wellies Rich.

 

[Rich]

Nice jacket and wellies Rich.

Thanks :approve:

What plate is your car Rich and what's your mileage?

March 2005 - 4247 miles.

 

[Ollie82.]

Rich has your car ever experienced moisture OTHER than your bucket and sponge?!

Day I picked it up, on the way to Trax, and a couple of occassions when I have been caught out in a shower.

My god, how could have been so slack Rich...thats nearly 5 times in its life...tut tut

 

[Rich]

Day I picked it up, on the way to Trax, and a couple of occassions when I have been caught out in a shower.

My god, how could have been so slack Rich...thats nearly 5 times in its life...tut tut

I know was going to do a Ford RS boy for sale thread an advertise it as dry use only but I can't lie

 

[Gary-Lew]

gtvlew- your car looks so hot. I love it. Dont know why, just looks cool in the garage

Why thank you, heres another just for you mate LOL

 

[172.com]

Thanks :approve:

What plate is your car Rich and what's your mileage?

March 2005 - 4247 miles.

Bloody 'ell! Let me know if you ever come round to selling it in the next 5 years lol.
Did you go and look at the mileage or do you just know it all the time? Ferris Bueller, friend's father's way stylee

 

[lusty v-tec]

Nice jacket and wellies Rich.

F.P.M.S.L, well spoted

 

[lusty v-tec]

gtvlew- your car looks so hot. I love it. Dont know why, just looks cool in the garage

Why thank you, heres another just for you mate LOL

grrr. Beauty and power!!!. You can sense that she wants to be unleashed in that pic, or maybe its just me and my car crazy mind.

 

[Ollie82.]

My Cup can only dream of a nice dry garage...its now half the size as one half is now a shower room and the half that is left is full of fridge and freezer...

 

[JMR]

Mine's been remarkably good in the snow.

In a straight line, in thick snow, even uphills and the traction control has been superb. The ABS is a bit sensitive, but overall its been good.

NO WHEELSPIN!........and no slushy wheelarches to clean up Rich

 

[lusty v-tec]

Mine's been remarkably good in the snow.

In a straight line, in thick snow, even uphills and the traction control has been superb. The ABS is a bit sensitive, but overall its been good.

NO WHEELSPIN!........and no slushy wheelarches to clean up Rich

when the abs is working is that when the brake pedal feels really wierd and like theirs something stuck between the disks and the pads, making it jerky?

if so then lusty's abs today was working overtime

 

[canky]

Thanks :approve:

What plate is your car Rich and what's your mileage?

March 2005 - 4247 miles.

god thats crazy ive done 12,000 since ive bought mine a year ago.

Fair play to you though. I try and do less miles in mine but i find it hard just wanna go for a drive even when i dont need to go anywhere!

 

[ado]

Mine handled the snow fine. Didn't want to go up the drive covered with fresh snow though. Also had a close call when I didn't put a something behind the wheel to stopp it sliding down the drive and into a fence.

 

[JMR]

Mine's been remarkably good in the snow.

In a straight line, in thick snow, even uphills and the traction control has been superb. The ABS is a bit sensitive, but overall its been good.

NO WHEELSPIN!........and no slushy wheelarches to clean up Rich

when the abs is working is that when the brake pedal feels really wierd and like theirs something stuck between the disks and the pads, making it jerky?

if so then lusty's abs today was working overtime

Yup, when my ABS is working it feels like I'm driving over gravel!!

 

[miltage2]

mine did struggle in the now, hard to find traction!

 

[MrMark]

mine is soooooo stuck, i could leave the keys in and engine running, and it will still be there in the morning.

 

[joel_b]

Went in my mates RX7 now that was fun in teh snow.

 

[lusty v-tec]

Im surprised. My car was wheel spinning like mad even with only 80 or so bhp, so I expected to see the RS boys saying that they couldn't move for wheel spinning expecially with 100 bhp more than mine.

 

[172.com]

You could drive a 500bhp car in the snow and not wheel spin it, if you can drive properly. Of course that might not mean using first but still

 

[lusty v-tec]

Up hills she wheel spun, but on flats was ok. I tried giving her very few revs to stop spinning but stalled a couple of times.

I always thought the more power you have then the more difficult it would be to stop wheel spinning. I would have shat myself if I would have had to drive a 2.0ltr clio home today

 

[Lee-182]

My ESP/Traction Contol dont work at all and i dont know why. Its only a 03 172 with 9k on the clock.

 

[BatFastard]

mines been excellent, but then aghain I dont have the power you guys have and I have had new tyres put on the baby

 

[canky]

mines been fun just love wheel spinning up the hills

 

[lusty v-tec]

mines been fun just love wheel spinning up the hills

you...... you.... chav. lol

 

[Day]

bucket and sponge?!

How dare you!

On a side note I'm getting wheel spin in 3rd gear with no snow, time for new tyres methinks!

 

[Addz]

oww i just twatted into a curb and killed a 17" alloy :dapprove: gutted... no one tell rob (r30bc) he will kill me...

 

[mini-valver]

Mines been fine really, doesnt like steep hills but it still goes up!