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4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:48 pm
by Horse
Re: 4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:52 pm
by akirk
awesome film - thank you...
similarities with a range rover: tall skinny wheels and good ground clearance
however they did cheat slightly by putting planks across one ditch, and dynamiting some peat to make the journey smoother
but well done them!
Alasdair
Re: 4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 6:17 pm
by Matt1962
Reminds me of a journey up a Welsh mountain pass mid 1990's. We were in my old Granada and friends were in a big Alfa (164?). Both cars were really struggling. Not so the old lady in the Morris Minor, who happily went past us with no problems whatsoever.
Re: 4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:41 pm
by fungus
Matt1962 wrote:Reminds me of a journey up a Welsh mountain pass mid 1990's. We were in my old Granada and friends were in a big Alfa (164?). Both cars were really struggling. Not so the old lady in the Morris Minor, who happily went past us with no problems whatsoever.
Yes, I remember my old Morris Minor fitted with skinny cross ply tyres didn't seem to have trouble in the snow, unlike my Seat Ibiza on 205/45 16s which didn't like it at all.
Nigel.
Re: 4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:52 pm
by Jonquirk
I find that having skinny 155/80-13 winter tyres on my Yaris does an excellent job of keeping snow away.
Re: 4x4, winter tyres, ESC . . . who needs it? - video
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:26 pm
by sussex2
Best standard car I've owned for driving in snow a Citroen 2cv and perhaps one of the original Renault 5's.
I've never cared for this fashion of increasingly corpulent tyres and Tonka Toy sized wheels; don't get me started on run-flat or those that look flat.
What I've noticed by and large is that these fashions are more prevalent in the UK than in the rest of Europe; this is peculiar as we have some of the most potholed and poor surfaced roads (understandable given the concentration of traffic).
I wonder if it is because we generally get less snow than other areas where practicality is a greater need than appearance.