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What car for snow?
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think about reserving some of your 25k for a set of steel wheels and winter tyres.
I am not intending to spend anything like that much but just curious as to what might be considered - the Kuga seems like a practical 4wd car but would need a good reason for going for it over a Focus.
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Pleased with my Subaru Forester. Good on snowy roads plus I've been off road on muddy, icy tracks. I've got 'standard' tyres, Goodyear Dualers.
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JUST TAKEN ME 2 HOURS TO DO ABOUT 10 MILES, SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S NOT CARS THAT ARE THE PEOBLEM BUT A HANDFULL OF COMPLETELY INCOMPETANT DRIVERS WHO DRIVE AT 5 MPH AS SOON AS THEY SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN DRY TARMAC AND THINK THE ART TO PULLING AWAY IS TO APPLY 6000 REVS AND DUMP THE CLUTCH. SORRY FOR SHOUTING BUT IT PISSES ME RIGHT OFF.
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i used this when i lived in the US
Toyota 4runner - most fun 'car' ive ever owned!
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Stu McGroo at lunchtime I had my second go of the day at someone who decided to drive past me as fast as he could in mixed deep snow/slush. He passed me within 10m's of the red light.
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Do it properly
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Me Land rover defender 90 with 165 Bf Goodrich All Terrain tyres, so far hasnae even looked like gettin stuck in the bleak north west of Scotland where the snow is proper like! spent the last 2 weeks ferrying peeps about and pulling stricken vehicles when theyve got stuck. GFs Seat Leon went 2 metres forward then 2 metres sideways before leaving her drive, she then gave up driving it.
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There's great news in this thread - the best car for snow doesn't mean buying a car that's no good for the rest of the year. A cheap, light, basic, slow fwd hatch is best for snow and pretty bloody good all the rest of the time too. Cheap, simple, fun, practical - modern cars have gone way ott - no need for so much speed and ludicrous levels of comfort and equipment.
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spudgun1 earlier:
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Mk IV Golf R32 with winter tyres? I haven't found a road I can't drive up so far, as long as you're gentle with the throttle or off it completely it's great. Good fun in the summer too...
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Echoing Glenp, When I lived in the Highlands, much as you you'd expect to see 4X4s everywhere the most popular car on the road seemed to be a VW Polo. Small, economical, reliable, less likely to crash than a 4x4 during the 50 weeks of the year when the roads are clear.
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I got passed by at least 5 Freelanders this morning on my walk up the hill from Ripponden to Barkisland. Normally the snowboard melts the hearts of passers-by and I get to thumb a lift, but this lot are just BMW drivers in disuise I guess. serves me right for boarding on work time I suppose!
Had a few unexpected lifts up the hill from white van men- good on em.Posted 2 years ago # -
fiat panda 4x4 or a Scoobydoo Justy (the original ones not the soft heavy new ones)
Bwarp
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This doesn't really help the OP but I've always loved the Golf Country 4x4. A mate has had a couple and is currently refurbishing one just now and they have proved to be very capable off road.
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Bowler wildcat or a bowler nemisis, end of discussion. You won't be worry about a bit a snow behind the wheel of one of those boys
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twas one of those Bowlers that I was looking for a piccy for ...interestingly they now make a road going nemisis with AC & sound & full lights etc.... now wheres my lottery numbers
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DON'T go for a big torquey diesel with wide low profile tyres. They are shit in snow
Completely agree with that. My honda accord tourer with 17inch low profile tyres is a complete disaster - taken me three attempts at getting into the driveway this afternoon after two almost in attempts then the front went all over the place. My puegeot 307 is much better even though again it has 17 inch low profile tyres - a 2 litre petrol engine and a much lighetr weight makes all the difference.
Yeh the 2cv is great but as mine lives a pampered life I wouldn't take it anywhere near all that salt on the roads. It would rust away before my eyes.
XC90 anybody
After watching one slide sideway down the gently sloping road outside our houes I would say that without off road tyres it's even more useless than my honda.
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2nd the Citroen 2 CV, just floated past all the other cars, nice thin wheels/tyres
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my Golf GTi - currently parked at the bottom of our road after several aborted attempts
my wifes 1.1l 106 - currently parked outside our house after driving straight up our road with no issues.Posted 2 years ago # -
Here's my street:
It's a dead-end, on a bit of a hill and ungritted.
I got up it in my car (Focus), but if you don't mind waiting till I'm home I'll give you a list of the cars that haven't moved since the snow
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hillman imp - great in the snow
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Smug claim to fame - I delivered the rolling chassis for the 2nd conversion Drew Bowler ever did, up to his blacksmiths forge in Derbyshire back in the 80s. He's moved on a bit since then!
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hora -
at lunchtime I had my second go of the day at someone who decided to drive past me as fast as he could in mixed deep snow/slush.my point exactly, most of the time people accept the slow moving traffic and stay in line, occasionly people drive so slowly and not in keeping with the conditions that the following driver has no alternative other than to demonstrate how it is perfectly safe to drive a little faster by overtaking....or in your case twice!!!
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Its no good having a 4wd car perfect for the snow if some IDIOT in a 2wd car comes sliding down the road with no control whatsoever and nearly crashes into you.
This is what happened to me.
unfortunately, i was the idiot in the 2wd car.
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My 90 on 205 mud tyres is brilliant, we've just had ste start of a heavy dump in Portsmouth and I had no problems coming back from work along the top of Portsdown Hill, with all the other drivers panicking! Did feel sorry for the lady on the 'ped who was in front of me though....
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I've got a 2WD Kuga with winter tyres & it had been quite excellent in the snow. In the last month it's been in Belgium, England, Holland, Germany, France & Switzerland all without any hint of grip problems.
Though as mentioned already it is the tyres & not the car really, but of course being a diesel also helps.The bad thing is that even if you have winter tyres, if you are 1 in 10,000 you will still be stuck
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Thanks mudshark, was looking at ploughs the other day, could be a nice lil earner.
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My wife bought a second hand Panda 4x4 last November (what timing eh?!) - which I'm trying to adopt. Cheap as chips to buy and run as a second (or...cough..third) car and with mud & snow tyres that come on it as standard it's been breezing up the local lanes in the Peak District. Surprisingly practical too, easy to get kids in & out with it being 5 door - although most of the time I just shut 'em in the boot & turn the radio up
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The wifes fiat 500 is doing grand in our 3-4" soft snow we have up here being the base model with skinny wheels and a 1.2 engine. My Zafira SRI diesel running on 18's is a disaster.
My mates volve v40 D5 R-design is worse though - being an auto he cant control anything so it just spins and spins.
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- being an auto he cant control anything...
I'm afraid that's down to the driver (and as said above, the tyres); an auto driven well can often outperform a manual in mud and snow.
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I'm afraid that's down to the driver (and as said above, the tyres); an auto driven well can often outperform a manual in mud and snow.
How so Psling?
I was going to say that IMO any Manual car with with suitable tyres can be driven in all but the deepest snow, IF the person behind the wheel is remotely competent - but your comment has me thinking?
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Skoda estelle/rapid.
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CaptainFlashheart - Member
Old school Fiat Panda 4x4.
*nods*
...and very good for getting through moderate floodwater as well
*knows through experience of driving one with the water lapping up over the bonnet*
F-reg fiats are where it's at, clearly
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