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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: fliptophead on 21 January 2008, 22:39
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Today we got hit by snow... and lots of it.
The ED30, to be frank was not good... not by any close measure... it was dreadful.
I'm well experienced in driving in snow and I would say that it was not exactly competent, compared to other cars I've had ( of a similar type).
I know its got big wheels... and a big engine, but it just lacked basic traction... with or without traction control it was like bambi... or a BMW...!!!!
I had to abandon the car 1/2 mile from home in an industrial estate and walk the rest as I got to a hill it couldn't climb. Its now at home once the roads cleared a little, but its a little disconcerting to say the least.
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Big heavy thing in being rubbish on ice shocker! :tongue:
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Did you try switching esp off and starting off in second (or even third :-) gear?
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Yeah... ESP was the first thing to go... 2nd or 3rd gear was the next tried.
The issues wernt ice... it was the inches of wet snow, which just jammed up in the tires and then they may as well be slicks!
Our roads wern't gritted or ploughed, so pretty much everything but chelsea tractors were having problems.
To be honest, its the best excuse yet to buy an R32 :grin:
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:) We had snow over here in N Ireland recently and I have lots of fun in my R32 :grin:
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Yeah... ESP was the first thing to go... 2nd or 3rd gear was the next tried.
The issues wernt ice... it was the inches of wet snow, which just jammed up in the tires and then they may as well be slicks!
Our roads wern't gritted or ploughed, so pretty much everything but chelsea tractors were having problems.
To be honest, its the best excuse yet to buy an R32 :grin:
Those funny chelsea tractor thingies aren't much cop in snow with road tyres... the first thing you should always ask a friend who's just bought one is where they keep their offroad wheels. :grin: I recon that an R32 will be far better in the snow than 3 tonnes of road-tyred Landy Discovery...
Surely a couple of snowchains will work wonders... or failing that, a nice warm toasty fire and a bottle of scotch (as an alternative to driving at all!)
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Funny post this.
I posted it ages ago. But we had some really heavy rain down here in Cape Town and my mom went with our GTi (she hates driving the 4x4 cos its tiptronic) and I bit of mud... Seriously. It was minor. And my mom said that she ended up wheel spinning the car the whole way home.
I found it funny. She even complains that it seems the car slides a bit in the rain even with ESP on and its not the tyres.
Class car this :grin:
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Yeah... ESP was the first thing to go... 2nd or 3rd gear was the next tried.
The issues wernt ice... it was the inches of wet snow, which just jammed up in the tires and then they may as well be slicks!
Our roads wern't gritted or ploughed, so pretty much everything but chelsea tractors were having problems.
To be honest, its the best excuse yet to buy an R32 :grin:
You know what to do!! :grin: Have a quick word with your local dealer and see what he has in stock...
I can however confirm that the R32 is not only fun in the snow but in the wet too!!! Just watch whoever in whatever get left behind as you pull away with a big smirk on your face :evil:
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Yeah... ESP was the first thing to go... 2nd or 3rd gear was the next tried.
The issues wernt ice... it was the inches of wet snow, which just jammed up in the tires and then they may as well be slicks!
Our roads wern't gritted or ploughed, so pretty much everything but chelsea tractors were having problems.
To be honest, its the best excuse yet to buy an R32 :grin:
there's always an excuse for r32
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Recaros...... :cool: The ONLY excuse :laugh:
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I had my GTI in the Alps at Christmas, and it was also simply dreadful in the snow and ice. Turning ESP or starting in higher gear did not work. Resorted to using snow chains, which are a major pain to get on, and especially off. After the last removal, I had no ESP anyway, as I'd damaged the wiring to the ABS sensor on one wheel which cost a lot to get fixed when I got back.
The solution is winter tyres and/or 4x4 with winter tyres. The regular tyres (mine anyway, Contis) have no lateral tread.
But to maintain the thread, I was surprised how bad it was, I knew rear-wheel drive cars would be bad (and they were) but the GTI was no better in practice.
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To be fair these cars really designed as snow ploughs.
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Obviously you all know that there is one car which would save you alot of hassel in the snow for the obvious reasons but... did you know with the R32 you can also carry out controlled avalanches with the the lovelly V6 roar!! And should it be required, you can also defrost your cat/dog due to the serious amounts of heat the V6 gives off, even hours after it has been turned off!
:evil: :evil:
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Obviously you all know that there is one car which would save you alot of hassel in the snow for the obvious reasons but... did you know with the R32 you can also carry out controlled avalanches with the the lovelly V6 roar!! And should it be required, you can also defrost your cat/dog due to the serious amounts of heat the V6 gives off, even hours after it has been turned off!
:evil: :evil:
lol lol brilliant :laugh:
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
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WINTER TYRES :wink:
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Obviously you all know that there is one car which would save you alot of hassel in the snow for the obvious reasons but... did you know with the R32 you can also carry out controlled avalanches with the the lovelly V6 roar!! And should it be required, you can also defrost your cat/dog due to the serious amounts of heat the V6 gives off, even hours after it has been turned off!
:evil: :evil:
I think someone is still madly deeply in love lol :D
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Obviously you all know that there is one car which would save you alot of hassel in the snow for the obvious reasons but... did you know with the R32 you can also carry out controlled avalanches with the the lovelly V6 roar!! And should it be required, you can also defrost your cat/dog due to the serious amounts of heat the V6 gives off, even hours after it has been turned off!
:evil: :evil:
I think someone is still madly deeply in love lol :D
Hehe! I think you could be right... but i only got back into the R today after not being allowed to drive for 6 weeks, so I really dont blame myself. Damn she has been missed!! :evil:
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Hehe! I think you could be right... but i only got back into the R today after not being allowed to drive for 6 weeks, so I really dont blame myself. Damn she has been missed!! :evil:
I know the feeling, when i got back from holiday (for just 1 week) I took her out for a drive for no reason at all. How she was missed.
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
I don't drive when there is snow. have no winter tyres, plus I do not want salt on my baby either. :smiley:
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
I don't drive when there is snow. have no winter tyres, plus I do not want salt on my baby either. :smiley:
Goes great with a big of vinegar!!
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
I don't drive when there is snow. have no winter tyres, plus I do not want salt on my baby either. :smiley:
Goes great with a big of vinegar!!
I'm Italian olive oil type of guy
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
I don't drive when there is snow. have no winter tyres, plus I do not want salt on my baby either. :smiley:
Goes great with a big of vinegar!!
I'm Italian olive oil type of guy
Balsamic it is :grin:
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Thank God we do not have snow. :smiley:
I am still on summer tyres.
I would have guessed that you were the person most likely to drive in the snow!? :huh:
I don't drive when there is snow. have no winter tyres, plus I do not want salt on my baby either. :smiley:
Goes great with a big of vinegar!!
I'm Italian olive oil type of guy
Balsamic it is :grin:
no, not balsamic, extra virgin olive oil :smiley:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4)
all with one arm.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4)
all with one arm.
:wink:
yeah!!! thats what im talking about... let it snow let it snow let it snow! :evil:
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Only one word!
IMPRESSIVE
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Well not sure if i like in the new white :grin:
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/BENNYBOY30/100_2447.jpg)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SSNluMYSo4)
all with one arm.
:wink:
i think an r32 would win the the snow!! :grin: that looks like soooooo much fun!! :tongue:
check this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J4KdQQIzW4&feature=related
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That is the most pathetic attempt at snow I have ever seen in my life !