richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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I havent even botherd getting the vitara out with its nobblies. No fun driving through with no problems tbh
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
My S3 has gone up or through everything ive drove at 
old s3?
i'm tempted to shop my LCR in for one now.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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My 306 has been pretty good until today lol
Couldnt get up the driveway to get to my Horse, tried going up forwards in all manner of gears
then remembered this thread and tried reversing but to no avail so just had to abandon the car and walk the half mile up to the farm lol
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
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Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
My S3 has gone up or through everything ive drove at
old s3?
i'm tempted to shop my LCR in for one now.
yer the 8L shape
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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My S2K is total bollox in the snow, no weight over the rear wheels, LSD, wide tyres, might as well walk everywhere!
Funnily enough it was exactly the same in the RX7! drove the misus 206 to work today, no problems!
P.S dont get me wrong RWD in the snow is fun, but when you actually want to get home or go somewhere its far from it 
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
yer the 8L shape
it's sooo pretty!!!
i want a grey or black one with blue/black interior. it's hard to find one with decent mileage though.
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
Location: Leicestershire
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4wd all the way
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
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Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
yer the 8L shape
it's sooo pretty!!!
i want a grey or black one with blue/black interior. it's hard to find one with decent mileage though.
i was quite lucky with mine, i got it with 52k which is quite low for a Y reg
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Willox
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Aberdeenshire
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My clio 172 is quite interesting in the snow/ice tbh Just need to learn to be gentle on the throttle. It's when the ABS kicks in even if you breathe on the brake that scares me!
Ohh...and the fact the lock for the petrol cap froze shut so had to run some warm water over it
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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my fwd 500 ish bhp corsa made it up hills and roads around where i live that a lot of rwd stuff couldnt with ease.
rwd is definitely worse than fwd.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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My TT has been spot on, infact Ive had great fun everywhere it's been in snow!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Never driven mine in proper snow. Dont trust anyone elses driving, they just go at the same speed as they do when its dry then realise they cant stop when they go to brake.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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4WD/AWD would be better. If you had a Defender with offroad tyres I don't think you'd be able to beat it.
However it depends what you class as thick snow, or just surface snow when RWD is better? I completely disagree. Dad's 120d was terrible. My 12v has never missed a beat in the snow and can pull off on anything. Only got unstuck when I drove in 15cms worth of snow by accident. Then again I reckon most cars would.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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My Derv Passat has been loving the snow.
Obviously traction hasnt been all that but its got everywhere i wanted to, including an hour drive over saddleworth/scammonden moor in 4/6" snow. Just to see if we could make it And we did!
Dads not even bothered to move his 325, but he's a nancy and drives like a grandma
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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My Dad had the Freelander out today. Got to a hill most people couldn't get up and it just went up no bother. Then coming down it was quite slippy so put hill descent on and away you go piece of cake 
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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My MX5 is terrible, no weight at all over the rear so it spins up so easily  great fun once you actually get going though
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Sportycorsa86
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Registered: 10th Dec 07
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all i kept seeing today mainly bmw's struggling , my long wheel base transit van was a total nightmere!!
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aim1
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Kent
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I've never had any problems with front wheel drive but rear wheel drive can be useless..the worst in my experience being an automatic rear 5 series with fat tyres.
[Edited on 22-12-2009 by aim1]
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
My Dad had the Freelander out today. Got to a hill most people couldn't get up and it just went up no bother. Then coming down it was quite slippy so put hill descent on and away you go piece of cake
I just put it in Low box and let it roll in first - does the same thing 
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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i havent even attempted to move the corsa, everywhere we have wanted to go we have used the 4x4 which has had no probs at all, had some fun earlyer with it doing 360's in a empty car park
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lostboy
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Registered: 29th Jan 09
Location: Durham
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My Nova has been fine too, had some fun in it and I've managed to damage the steering by doing this, apart from that no worrys at all, got stuck behind a cop doing 5mph while I could have happily driven at 20, didn't think overtaking him would have been a wise move though.
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R Lee
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
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I managed to drive out 2m before spinning the wheels and getting stuck in the M3. No matter what i did, traction control on/off, 2nd gear, reverse etc, I wasn't going anywhere.
I stole my brother's Honda Jazz and whizzed off easily instead
Last night, I smashed my other brother's Corsa when the car slid for 30m through a junction and straight into another car whilst going 10-15mph
Last year, my A4 Quattro fancied driving into kerbs for fun in the winter.
My conclusion, winter and icy conditions suck ass whatever the car
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by mwg
My Dad had the Freelander out today. Got to a hill most people couldn't get up and it just went up no bother. Then coming down it was quite slippy so put hill descent on and away you go piece of cake
I just put it in Low box and let it roll in first - does the same thing
So it brakes which ever wheel has grip for you just by putting it in low box?
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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It rolls that slow, you harldy need to touch the brakes, if at all.
See you sense of humor is in full swing.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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It was a genuine question, I thought it maybe did do
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