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[quote="Oggie"][quote="flat4alfa"]You don't want a high-revving engine in snow. What you want is a heavier, sluggier, ploddier torquey diesel, like me 1350kg 156 wagon thingy running on 205/16 rubber The other week I took wifey's 146ti out after, and it was chronic. Glad you're home ok. Compared to two weeks back, up here in Bedfordshire tonight it's been a bit of a non-event[/quote] I have a Toyota Van (rwd) and its a 2.5L diesel and weighs 2.4 tons.......its crap it took an hour to do 1.5miles, massive Torque in snow and ice is usless (in my opinion) I think you need subtle power delivery not masses of low end torque in this weather!! :mrgreen:[/quote]
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33bits
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:39 am
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Some git slid into the side of my 155! put a nice scratch & big crease in the n/s/f door
Fingers crossed a combination of Auto-Glym cutting polish and a bloody good dent removing man can sort it out tommorrow at work.
33bits
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:02 pm
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I agree with Lee & Charlie, the 33 does seem good in the snow. My sportwagon got me to work 1 day this week when over half the staff (which is about 25 people) got stuck on the way in. It gave me a smile when driving too, love it
BigAl
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:33 pm
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I have only driven twice in the snow in my life and use my common sense, using the clutch to get the biting point with no throttle, once I got traction put it into 2nd and then slowly use the throttle to gain speed.
I could smell peoples clutch’s as they went past, I thought why are you using the clutch?
Even using this method of not burning the clutch I got stuck on a hill whilst another car waited for me to move out his way and he went sailing past me, he even asked if my car was RWD. I came to the conclusion that 33’s were crap in the snow
eagle3
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:38 pm
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lee16v wrote:
I think some people need a bit of education in driving in this weather though which would help a lot of them out.
A lot of people. Me included probably.
lee16v
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:13 pm
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I find the 33 has great snow abilities. Coming home from work I have to negotiate a long steepish hill and the other day there were 5 cars (newer ones) all stopped in front of me spinning out and going nowhere. I pulled out and passed them all with relative ease. I think some people need a bit of education in driving in this weather though which would help a lot of them out.
charlie-H79AMP
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:41 pm
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we've even got snow down in cornwall!!! four inches of the stuff, no where near what you guys have been getting but still everything stopped here too......i say everything the 33 kept going!! i was alone on the road enjoying the empty white roads i was amazed how much control i had, still a touch of the old hand brake sorted that out! i have never had so much fun on the roads! Bring it on globe warming!! the 33's ready and waiting!!!
p.s god i love this car.
paulhide
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:03 pm
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This is when I wish I still had my P4. Still I drove my white 33 down a road that I couldn't even walk along last week - 1 inch solid clear ice across the whole road for 300 metres!
eagle3
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:23 pm
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RWD in the snow can be a bit problematic. You need a few sacks of cement in the back.
flat4alfa
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:22 pm
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I did say ploddier, ploddier is subtle
That Toyota weighs double...
Slip it in second off idle and let it drive itself. Works well on the 156 and any other FWD diesel car I've owned
Oggie
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:03 pm
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flat4alfa wrote:
You don't want a high-revving engine in snow. What you want is a heavier, sluggier, ploddier torquey diesel, like me 1350kg 156 wagon thingy running on 205/16 rubber
The other week I took wifey's 146ti out after, and it was chronic.
Glad you're home ok.
Compared to two weeks back, up here in Bedfordshire tonight it's been a bit of a non-event
I have a Toyota Van (rwd) and its a 2.5L diesel and weighs 2.4 tons.......its crap it took an hour to do 1.5miles, massive Torque in snow and ice is usless (in my opinion) I think you need subtle power delivery not masses of low end torque in this weather!!
flat4alfa
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:09 am
Post subject:
You don't want a high-revving engine in snow. What you want is a heavier, sluggier, ploddier torquey diesel, like me 1350kg 156 wagon thingy running on 205/16 rubber
The other week I took wifey's 146ti out after, and it was chronic.
Glad you're home ok.
Compared to two weeks back, up here in Bedfordshire tonight it's been a bit of a non-event
BigAl
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:46 am
Post subject: Snow, England = OMFG stuck for 5 hours
I don't drive my car in the snow for fear of getting hit, however I got caught out today, it wasn't due to snow until Wednesday when I last looked.
Had to get to Brighton, got on at Gatwick A23 about 20:45, only just got in now at 01:00
I got stuck in Handcross, along with many other drivers, only been snowing for about 20 mins and everything ground to a halt.
Has anyone else driven in the snow in a 16v? Where you able to drive? Maybe my tyres are pants in the snow, even after letting loads of air out.