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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
I was talking to a chap at work today who has a mini cooper S and he made a bold claim that when fitted with winter tyres, he would be able to drive through snow just as easily as an FL2 or a Disco 4 or RR etc. Even if the Landies were fitted with winter tyres
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28th Oct 2011 6:33 pm |
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rchrdleigh Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere in the East of England Posts: 1601 |
Methinks he is talking rubbish.
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28th Oct 2011 7:05 pm |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
Interesting point there Tigger. He has the original cooper S.
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28th Oct 2011 8:09 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
I can only guess what difference winter tyres would have made, but ground clearance would certainly be an issue either way. The Cooper S's LSD and TC made the car extremely capable of handling 170bhp + through the front wheels in normal conditions without any drama, but they paid absolutely no dividends in snow. Come to think of it, it had to be rescued once from a lightly muddy Forestry Commission car park, by a 4x4 pick up with a tow rope, when the FL2 wouldn't have even noticed that there was a problem. |
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28th Oct 2011 8:15 pm |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
I bet that was a bit of a pain
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28th Oct 2011 8:54 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
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28th Oct 2011 9:07 pm |
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AndyC Member Since: 30 Nov 2007 Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining! Posts: 4165 |
Any car fitted with appropriate winter tyres will cope with any snow and ice conditions, if not Norway would stand sill during the winter - which it doesn't.
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28th Oct 2011 9:36 pm |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
It is clear from Andy's example that winter tyres are a key to success when driving in snow.
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28th Oct 2011 9:46 pm |
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iain cooper Member Since: 27 Aug 2007 Location: north of Glasgow Posts: 1989 |
the mini is very light and with winter tyres it will make excellent progress on the snow if driven correctly.
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29th Oct 2011 9:27 am |
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AndyC Member Since: 30 Nov 2007 Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining! Posts: 4165 |
Ultimate Force
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29th Oct 2011 2:16 pm |
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Gunfa Member Since: 21 Aug 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 178 |
I once had a 2CV (cars don't come much lighter) it had narrow large diameter normal tyres, it would go anywhere in the snow, I once picked a work mate up from a hilly Cul de sack and he couldn't believe it, nobody else had been able to get up or down. What if there were no hypothetical situations? |
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29th Oct 2011 3:46 pm |
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Piggus Member Since: 23 May 2009 Location: Harrogate Posts: 18 |
When it snowed I always got the Morris Minor Traveller out of the garage because it was better in the snow than the Cooper S!
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29th Oct 2011 7:50 pm |
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