My car is brilliant
I've had it for 4 years now, and it's not given me a minute's trouble.

Only downside is that it's a bloody nightmare on the ice and I nearly wrote the bloody thing off in January when the winter weather was at it's worst.

Not to self: if the weather is shit again next winter, keep it on the drive looking lovely, and take the bloody bus to work.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:37, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Rear wheel drive, perchance?

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

I find RWD much easier on ice and snow, as it goes.
seeing as how you can still steer when you spin the wheels.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:43, Reply)

Provided you can actually get it moving in the first place!

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:44, Reply)

aye, weight distribution can be a problem.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:45, Reply)

I'm considering the purchase of four large paving slabs for this winter!

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:45, Reply)

I had some bricks in the back of my car last winter.

( girlinthehole, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:47, Reply)

'tis a good plan.

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:48, Reply)

I was reliably informed*
many years ago that a Volvo 340 with 8 paving slabs in the boot handles exactly like a late 80's 911.

*information may not be reliable
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Front wheel drive, believe it or not
It's a Mazda 3 Sport. 17" tyres don't seem to help it's grip on the ice though.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Understandable.
It's a relatively light car, and if the tyres are wide it'll be rubbish on the snow and ice as it can't dig in.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:51, Reply)

So I should be loading my boot with something heavy?
- the decomposing corpse of my ex-wife, for example?

Wrapped in sturdy tarpaulin obviously - wouldn't want to stain the carpet.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 21 Sep 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Not the boot, if it's FWD.
Strap her to the bonnet.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 21 Sep 2010, 11:11, Reply)