klump Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Hello to all Been to work on nights, finished on time and left all being fine, then i spot the snow starting to fall, thinking that it would be a passing shower carried on as normal to the motorway. Half way home i find myself crawling along the motorway with the snow getting thicker and thicker !! Not wanting to stop i carried on and got off at the first junction just to find the snow getting thicker still. Being the first time driving in the snow with her the first small rise in the road and she started to go sideways - didnt help with the stupid mupet in the car behind a meter off my bumper, came to a stop and after a few false starts managed to get going again. Short lived to the next rise in the road. After not getting anywhere fast a very kind fireman came to give me a push, being still a couple of miles from home decided to leave her in a park and ride only to find - Shut On Sundays !! Ended up leaving her at the entrance and walked away. Five minutes down the road and the heart took over - couldnt leave her on her own and decided to try another way home. Off again and after a few more scares and sideways moves and 20 mins pulled upon the drive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would normaly be a 40 mins ride home this morning took 2 hours and am far from tired anymore. Dont know how i didnt have an accident or at least hit a kerb but got there in the end - anyone out today please be so so so careful If i ever see one single snow flake in the sky again the keys are staying firmly in the pocket klump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Weve got thick snow and im off for a play !!!!!! Dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Yeah so have we! - Scooby's do go sideways!!! - Excelent! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Can someone explain to me, in simple terms, why Supes can't go uphill in the snow? I've driven a RWD car many times through snow with no trouble. Is it a weaight distribution thing or a power thing? Aren't you meant to crawl up in third or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Can someone explain to me, in simple terms, why Supes can't go uphill in the snow? I've driven a RWD car many times through snow with no trouble. Is it a weaight distribution thing or a power thing? Aren't you meant to crawl up in third or something? A combination of less weight on the back end, really wide tyres (less pressure on the road) that sit on top of the slippery stuff and with a lot of power it's so easy to make the wheels spin. Always best to use a high a gear as possible so the wheels won't accelerate as quickly and spin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 ... Five minutes down the road and the heart took over - couldnt leave her on her own and decided to try another way home. ... I'm glad to hear you got her home without any damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Can someone explain to me, in simple terms, why Supes can't go uphill in the snow? I've driven a RWD car many times through snow with no trouble. Is it a weaight distribution thing or a power thing? Aren't you meant to crawl up in third or something? A combination of less weight on the back end, really wide tyres (less pressure on the road) that sit on top of the slippery stuff and with a lot of power it's so easy to make the wheels spin. and also the fact that some j-specs don't have a LSD. My RZ is really difficult to get moving from a standstill on snow. The damn thing just goes sideways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 And I'm off to a Supra meet and its just starting to snow.................. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobAndrews Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Snow, what snow ? Got blazin sunshine down here in Brizzle, it's like Barbados. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slow dog Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 the only snow we got in basingstoke has not settled gutted i wanna play too not fair not fair....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getrag Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Lol, i swear to god my Supe couldnt go up a 1% incline in the snow and thats with the LSD. Must be the wide tyres. Didnt stop me from being the drift king around flat roundabouts though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kghelmet Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 A combination of less weight on the back end, really wide tyres (less pressure on the road) that sit on top of the slippery stuff and with a lot of power it's so easy to make the wheels spin. YOU COULD ALWAYS CHANGE THE FRONTS AND THE REARS AROUND SORRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hy-Performance Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 I have had some fu**in scary moments in my Supra in the rain and snow!!!! Sideways at 90mph onto a dual carriage way with cars all over the fuggin place!!!! Stupid 2nd turbo Snow in birmingham last year, all over the place!!!! Now the rains fun as i know how far to push!!!!! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Yeah so have we! - Scooby's do go sideways!!! - Excelent! :D Hell yeah they do Even better if you have the DCCD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 A combination of less weight on the back end, really wide tyres (less pressure on the road) that sit on top of the slippery stuff and with a lot of power it's so easy to make the wheels spin. Always best to use a high a gear as possible so the wheels won't accelerate as quickly and spin! Just spin them and melt it. It worked for me as there was no way I was spending a night in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Nah, I'm leaving the Supra parked up cause my friend has an old RWD Sierra "k" reg piece of sh*t worth about £200. So we playing in that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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