P38dseGAV
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even with 2.5 tonne and four wheel drive u dont get much grip but plenty of brown trouser moments lol
there isnt too much grip on ice
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WSLR
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Just drive easy. Then look around while every one else in 'sensible' cars skid around like idiots.
Datatek
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Plenty of grip to move forward but the ABS and traction control conspire to make stopping exciting
I would like to be able to switch the ABS off as you can on some 4 X 4's for snow and ice driving.
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bung some decent tyres on it an ye'll get plenty o grip them stupid road tyre things int no good in the frozen stuff
classic kev
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Too right! Even modest A/T's will give a noticeable improvement in this snowy stuff.
For those who are a bit more faint of heart, you could always try using your LOW RANGE - kinda gives you traction you wouldn't believe even in icy conditions.
Datatek
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Makes no difference if it starts slide:doh:
Fatrover
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the idea is not to let it start .......tyres with appropriate grip go a long way
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Ahh.......the world of snow chains and snow socks.
I wonder how long it will take the rest of the car driving British public to realise that with the right tyres and/or socks or chains (at a very moderate price) that they could all get home in the snow and ice........i have no sympathy for people who don't seem to have figured out that this country (the one where they live) has quite varied weather patterns and that we should not be blaming the council for bad road conditions but should actually take on some of the responsibility when the snow starts falling to be prepared..............there is no such thing as common sense as sense is not common to everyone so we can't rely on that !!
Until that very, very distant day i shall continue to charge the 4x4 hating public £2 to pull them out of the 1/2 inch deep depression they have themselves ensnared in......honestly, they should have their license taken away...bless em.....
Merry Christmas all.
I wonder how long it will take the rest of the car driving British public to realise that with the right tyres and/or socks or chains (at a very moderate price) that they could all get home in the snow and ice........i have no sympathy for people who don't seem to have figured out that this country (the one where they live) has quite varied weather patterns and that we should not be blaming the council for bad road conditions but should actually take on some of the responsibility when the snow starts falling to be prepared..............there is no such thing as common sense as sense is not common to everyone so we can't rely on that !!
Until that very, very distant day i shall continue to charge the 4x4 hating public £2 to pull them out of the 1/2 inch deep depression they have themselves ensnared in......honestly, they should have their license taken away...bless em.....
Merry Christmas all.
Beast o Bodmin
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oh yes I can really see my fookin car lookin
check my winter tyres fred mints there awesome..
Datatek
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Snow used to be extremely rare where I live in South West France, but we have had at least a week with snow every every year for the last 5 winters. Global warming? What a laugh, it's been getting colder for the last few years in winter. Looks like snow chains will become a necessity even though they don't drive well on tarmac meaning you have put them on, take off, put them on................................ Probably use them on the Trannie which is a lot more predicatable on ice than I have found the P38.
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njh2
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Snow socks.....marvelous, don't have to take them off for tarmac, but you can't drive too fast in them, and i wasn't suggesting putting a set on any of solihulls finest, merely suggesting that the rest of the non four wheel drive fraternity could do us all a favour by thinking about it then.........we could all get home for dinner and the Brithish Isles would tick over nicely.
Still Merry Christmas...even to the young lady (17) who drove into the back of my classic after being on the road for five days, she did no damage to mine but i fear her corsa may be written off, so i sent her a bunch of flowers and a message that i wouldn't claim on her insurance....how nice is that.
Still Merry Christmas...even to the young lady (17) who drove into the back of my classic after being on the road for five days, she did no damage to mine but i fear her corsa may be written off, so i sent her a bunch of flowers and a message that i wouldn't claim on her insurance....how nice is that.
Very nice of ya
Still you aint graspin the concept of my car lookin so in snow chains :doh:Beast o Bodmin
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Very nice of ya
my nobble snow tyres are way more tratter than chains ya daft bo
age bint..
...some of us like rough tyres over dodgey torture ya know...
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I think Cooper are one of the most under rated tire maunfaturers out there.
I have Discoverer ATR's on the front of my Classic and have found them brilliant.
The P38 of course, being the finiky tart that it is, will only accept Pirelli Scorpions on the front but they're not too bad just once and half times the price!
I have Discoverer ATR's on the front of my Classic and have found them brilliant.
The P38 of course, being the finiky tart that it is, will only accept Pirelli Scorpions on the front but they're not too bad just once and half times the price!
Beast o Bodmin
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my nobble snow tyres are way more tratter than chains ya daft bo
age bint..
...some of us like rough tyres over dodgey torture ya know...
wtf is a bo age bint
must be some ****e bodmin slang 
