RWD Snow advice

[rac3r]

My dad wants to use his car which is rear wheel drive so any advice on driving one in the snow?

Most of the time it's rubbish and the wheels just spin
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[jay12329]

Get the bus?
HTH

J

[Ariel Badger]

Couple of sacks of cement in the boot and take off in second. when she slews ( she will ) steer into it.
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[WildGoose]

Half a dozen bags of sand in the boot. Slightly less air in the driving tyres?

Half an ounce of instinct helps as well, if he is a shit driver and unable to feel what the car is doing (not saying he is, but so many are) then abandon all hope.


I sold my van today, and it had a tonne bag of soil in the back (the buyer knew, part of the deal) this certainly helped with the traction, as last year empty in the snow it wouldn't pull off the driveway.
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[craigT19]

And if it's an auto don't put it in D, my next door neighbour was spinning his wheels on his 5 series for about ten mins, until I heard his son shout "Take it out of D and put it in second u bloody idiot" lol he quickly managed to pull away
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[G]

Get winter tyres.

Get momentum when there's grip.
Use gentle throttle to keep momentum up.
Do everything smoothly/gently. No harsh movements on any control.

I let my 96 M3's (so not too silly profile - 40/45) tyres down to 18psi or so and it was perfectly manageable last year, despite the tyres being sporty summer tyres.

Rear wheel drive doesn't have to be a big disadvantage, but will be without some control/'feel' as goose suggests.

[Kickstart]

[stonesie]

What car are we talking about here?

Older cars like my old BMW (F reg) and my mates old merc (G reg) use thinner tyres than modern cars (205's on mine) and were fine really with some weight in the back and some air let out of the tyres. He did spin out once and parked the merc up after that, used his Sierra XR 4x4 then... The pussy, but then again mine has a limited slip diff



My winter tyres showed up just as the last of the snow melted round here

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Actually, that's a point; forgot my car does have a LSD, which probably does make a difference.

[rac3r]

It's a Lexus GS300 the one before the current one. It does have a snow button but I doubt it does much. The GS is actually my mums, on his own car which is also rear wheel drive it seemed to work better with the TC off
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[defblade]

As mentioned, let some air out of the tyres (can go down as low as 10psi for slow speeds). Pump back up before getting on to clear/faster roads.

Or buy some autosocks.
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[rac3r]

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[Silver]

A thread about RWD cars which MarJay hasn't posted in?

[MaybeGuy]

my merc wasnt exactly all over the place last year. only if i gave a generous amount of throttle.
i didnt do any extreme hills or anything though. just sheet ice and snow.

just drive as normal and slow down as you would on a bike on corners
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[WildGoose]

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I don't think that counts when it's at home it hasn't moved .

[Finglonga]

My car is crap in the snow, Auto, silly wide tyres, no LSD and over 300 horses and it is not going anywhere. So using the other half's car until the snow clears.
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[blurredman]

If you need to turn around, just pull the handbrake and one turn to the right.



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[ajbsmirnoff]

My 5 was fine today when I rescued it from the slight incline it got stuck on a couple of days ago due to ice. Someone had inscribed 'cock' in the frost on the window though.

It can help to switch off the traction control/DSC when moving the car at very low speed on snow - as it [the car] tends to feel a slight slip (duh !) and take the power away making it difficult to pull away, or if you are trying to do donuts in a car park.

Obviously switch it straight back on once you are moving.

Switchable autos are handy letting you pick the gear to drive in, although you do have to put mine into 'sport' to access the manual gear changing. Putting mine into sport drops a gear and gives a more feisty throttle response. Not that handy in snow.

[karoshi]

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[rac3r]