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Any good in the snow?


alanwheeldon

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My MR2 Turbo is wicked in the snow but I've not tried the Supra yet. Being as if costs quite a bit more is the turbo any good for a play in the snow or is it best to leave it at home like a BMW and stick with the MR2 :)

 

Mine was utter shite the other week!! My house has bank roads from both entry's, and i couldn't get further than 5m up then. Had to ditch it at my mothers that night.

That's with new Michelin pilot sports 4s tyres too.

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Mine was utter shite the other week!! My house has bank roads from both entry's, and i couldn't get further than 5m up then. Had to ditch it at my mothers that night.

That's with new Michelin pilot sports 4s tyres too.

 

Shock and horror as summer sport tyres perform crap in the winter.

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I went out in my series II land rover last night, it was fantastic in the snow, ploughing over drifts with ease and not even twitching on untreated lanes on its tour around a variety of pubs. Last time I tried to get back from a local pub in my Supra after an unexpected snowfall I ended up being towed home tethered to a neighbours tractor when I couldn't get up even the slightest incline, luckily for me he was out ploughing the roads. Horses for courses, I'd take the land rover over a horse any day.

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Any fat road tyre will be fairly useless in snow. What tread there is fills with snow and there is no grip. A narrower tyre can sink into what ever soft surface you have a bit more.

 

Depends where and what your driving :)

 

Just been out in my Range Rover on 235 summer rd tyres and no problem

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Got caught in snow 5 years ago in my TT. Driven carefully she got up a really steep hill but as others have no weight over the driven wheels means its a struggle.

I just kept moving slowly with no heavy accel or breaking so the wheels didnt spin or slide.

 

Never driven it in the snow since:p:D

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