Post some vids of you's having your fun in the snow :)

heres a quick one of mine. Just as we got some snow. Now theres way to much to even get off my drive here in Scotland.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=474584697667

Post yours :)

Edited 1 December, 201015 yr by Kuszpit

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Ill get a vid tomorrow of me ripping up works car park, That's if I can get there!

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woops, does it work yet

quattro, nuff said noobs!

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yep...

Sliding on ice, not deliberate, just hit black ice

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quattro, nuff said noobs!

:)

Rear wheel drive

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Nope .... cause i cant get the car out of the back yard and cant be arsed to dig it out of the snow lol

quattro, nuff said noobs!

:)

Rear wheel drive

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lol but then you want to go somewhere..and it doesnt happen!

Seen plenty of BMW's struggling in this weather!

Got a video on my phone of mate at work dicking about on the forklift with a big patch of ice, of course I had a go, far more fun than a car

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woops, does it work yet

Nope, still says the same thing.

quattro, nuff said noobs!

:)

Rear wheel drive

:badgrin:

lol but then you want to go somewhere..and it doesnt happen!

Seen plenty of BMW's struggling in this weather!

368 miles yesterday, just got to know how to use it.

Seen plenty of BMW drivers struggling in this weather!

Fixed.

My fiancee has had no problems getting around in her Z4, and she's spent the last six years in a 206 (or my Passat).

Just need to take it steady, as you should in any car in the snow. Even 4x4s. You may be able to go, but can you stop?

i slid the vengabus round a cornor without trying because of ice now i cant move anywhere because of morons wheel spinning everywhere because they haven't heard of low revs or because they think its funny showing off to their mates honestly if your going to fuck about on the roads you deserve to crash accidents can and will happen i accept but if your dicking about then your asking for trouble

snow/ice is very tricky to drive on!

brake and you wont stop,if you brake you can't steer and if you go up a hill and spin out you go backwards

Post some vids of you's having your fun in the snow :)

heres a quick one of mine. Just as we got some snow. Now theres way to much to even get off my drive here in Scotland.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=474584697667

Post yours :)

Lol right off your car in the snow and see how funny your video will get..

Some of these reponses are so lame....

Dicking around in the snow is fine as long as its only you there. As long as no one is about, then it is all your fault if you stack your car and you won't hurt anyone else and no one will feel sorry for you.

Better sliding around at 10mph on an empty road/carpark/whatever than driving really fast in the dry like a idiot when there are other people using the roads and aren't expecting street racers flopping around.

Not good to be pissing around on roads being used but when i used to have my pickup truck i couldn't help myself if i drove past a road covered in snow with no tyre marks in it.

Edited 2 December, 201015 yr by demolover

Dont normally post, but guy above me has a point, another point is, my friend died last year when it snowed, because she'd hit black ice, now I'm not saying for definite, but she might've had a better chance in surviving had she known a bit more about how cars react/control in these conditions. I for one take every chance I get to have a slide around in an empty car park, for that reason alone.

Edited 2 December, 201015 yr by Aries

Sorry to hear about the friend man

Accidents are so frequent this time of year due to the road conditions. Ice (black ice) is a hard one as the road can look completely normal but then you hit a patch, no traction and there is nothing you can do about it. You do have to be very careful at this time of year and every day when it is cold enough for ice to lay on the ground.

My point is that when there is a side road/carpark which is covered in snow and there is no other cars there and no one is using the road at all i don't see the harm in driving round at 10mph with the handbrake on having a little bit of a giggle. No one harmed, no damage done. Everyone so quick to damn you for having the slightest bit of fun but if you aren't putting anyone at risk then what does it matter.

Dont normally post, but guy above me has a point, another point is, my friend died last year when it snowed, because she'd hit black ice, now I'm not saying for definite, but she might've had a better chance in surviving had she known a bit more about how cars react/control in these conditions. I for one take every chance I get to have a slide around in an empty car park, for that reason alone.

Sorry for your loss there. I'm totally in agreemnent, it's well worth taking sometime to find how your car reacts in a slide, what works and what doesn't, and to generally keep your hand in in a controlled set of circumstances somewhere safe.

A good one to practice is find a big open space, and put two markers about 30 feet apart and start figure 8ing them, as slowly as possible at first, so you can get the smoothness in, and gently up the speed so you can get a feel for your car as it gets less traction, up to the point where you are sliding it and bringing it back.

If you want to learn something and improve your driving, handbrake turns are fun... lots of fun... but rule them out if your skid control repetoire. You don't use them if you're doing proper skid control because they generally change the direction of the car, but not the direction of travel.

Also have a look at your stopping distances, and evasive steering under breaking. The minute you lock your wheels in the slippy stuff, you vastly increase your stopping distance, so if you can feel out how to stop as quickly as possible without locking up, that will do you a lot of favours.

Evasive steering - unless you've got ABS, and even if you have, on ice, forget it, you can't steer while locked up, the mpmentum of the car will just carry you forwards. It's really useful to try this to prove it to yourself (careful in case you suddenly get a snatch of traction with the steering on). Likewise, there's a serious amount of headgame involved in knowing you're likely to hit something, but easing off the brakes so you can steer, proving this to yourself can be really valuable.

I do really think the driving test needs to be updated to include poor weather driving/skid control. Especially as wee seem to be getting more and more of this poor weather.

I do really think the driving test needs to be updated to include poor weather driving/skid control. Especially as wee seem to be getting more and more of this poor weather.

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Or driving instructors need to stop cancelling lessons just because it's icey or snowy! End of the day, that's where you need the practice!

heres one i took on my phone

got two trays under the back wheels and pulled up the handbrake and away you go!

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I do really think the driving test needs to be updated to include poor weather driving/skid control. Especially as wee seem to be getting more and more of this poor weather.

Skidpan training FTW!

Drifttage .

Linked on my friends profile haha!

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