manphibian Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Terrible on ice Went up to the lakes today and went into a carpark that was a bit slopey, with some ice, and i was like bambii Ford Ka's and Corsa were flying past without a care in the world as i floundered around aimlessly for 5 minutes, before having to put dirt and twigs down on the ice to get some traction.... Real cool Looks like i won't be venturing out much over winter then Quote
spursmaddave Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Must have accessory for a Zed this winter.... Winter Tyres? Nah Snow Socks? Maybe Bag of Rock Salt in the Boot? Definitely Did you get the TC kicking in First time I did I thought someone was under the car with a hammer Quote
manphibian Posted December 18, 2011 Author Posted December 18, 2011 Did you get the TC kicking in First time I did I thought someone was under the car with a hammer Yeah, it was absolutely no use whatsoever Quote
Lexx Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Newbies......doesnt matter how many times they read posts about it, they don't believe it till they get stuck floundering around a car park. Quote
Sam Mcgoo Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Don't ya just feel cool? Don't let it put you off driving it though. Once you get moving its not too bad, but getting it moving is the challenge. A couple things that I have found help me out when driving in the Snow/ice in the zed - When on snow/ice no matter how gentle you are with the clutch it seems to develop a bit of wheel spin when you pull away from standstill, leaving the handbrake on to reduce the torque at the wheels helps a fair bit until you get rolling. I never seem to have any trouble getting traction when reversing, so you can reverse to an area of better traction then get a run up for the slippery bit. If you know your gonna be driving in the snow/ice, reduce your tyre pressures a bit. Quote
Rob22 Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Yep it resulted in me staying in work on Thursday night. I was due to finish at 0300 but be oncall till 0800. I walked out of the front door to A&E and looked at the snow falling, only thing it was worth walking to my car for was to get the sleeping bag out of the boot. Really didnt fancy having to race back in for an emergency, id probaby have stacked it and created more work for everyone! It was an uncomfortable night on the office floor. Tho i didnt actually tell the SHOs i was staying, id never have got any sleep! Quote
Craigb Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 I have Autosocks, really ace, no one could get up my street the other day due to black ice, i fitted them to the zed and just toddled up the road no problem, then once was on the clear stuff i removed them and off i went Quote
ijam Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Feel sorry for you Rob, but definitely the sensible approach! I've put winter tyres on this year, so hopefully the Z will remain useable. As for traction pulling away, what I've done in the past in other cars (my Z's an auto) is to pull away in 2nd or 3rd gear. You have to be sensitive on the pedals as the clutch will be taking more strain, but you don't want big revs and power anyway. Not sure what the tradeoff on damage/wear-and-tear is compared to Sam's handbrake suggestion. In any case, your wheels must not spin up as you pull away - as soon as they do you'll have compressed the snow beneath them into hard ice and it's time to jump out and break it up with a shovel. Apologies if I'm teaching grandma to suck eggs, but I've been stuck a lot myself! Ian Quote
tprice Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 might have to look up those autosocks! they sound good Quote
Craigb Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 I would recommend them to anyone, plenty of info can be found here... http://www.roofbox.co.uk/car-snow-socks/ they haven't let me down yet even in the deep stuff Quote
dragon Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Surprised you ventured up to the lakes, after snow overnight? never mind manp those snow socks look a handy piece of kit. Quote
manphibian Posted December 18, 2011 Author Posted December 18, 2011 Surprised you ventured up to the lakes, after snow overnight? never mind manp those snow socks look a handy piece of kit. Just went to the South Lakes Wildlife park No snow there, but the carpark is a bitch Quote
Mega Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 winter tyres + 2nd gear pull away = no worries Quote
AK350Z Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 Surprised you ventured up to the lakes, after snow overnight? never mind manp those snow socks look a handy piece of kit. Just went to the South Lakes Wildlife park No snow there, but the carpark is a bitch Lol, quite cold up here this morning. Turning much milder next week though. Quote
Roo Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 RWD+torque+slippy stuff=expensive shed for winter Quote
Stew Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 If other cars were going past then it wasn't ice you were getting stuck on! Probably just snow compacting. If it was ice nobody would be going anywhere! I drove home this morning on hilly, bumpy, adverse camber country roads this morning that were totally untreated. I was in my Navara but I didn't even have to put it in 4WD, RWD all the way home. Good tyres make all the difference. Quote
Urbine Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 I got my zed last month, I'm absolutely dreading driving in in snow/ice, although luckingly we havn't had any in Cardiff.....yet. Quote
ds2000 Posted December 22, 2011 Posted December 22, 2011 I was having a laugh in mine last weekend with the ice. I've substituted mare for laugh in that sentence Quote
col569 Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 crikey...glad i decided to take the jeep to the hebrides over new year and not the 350z! Quote
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