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What's your winter car? - longsh07 - 04-10-2019
Moley Well we have an X3 , but our winters are more like winter than your's are :kiltsmilie:
But I'm also looking for some thing cheep and nasty and I think it might have to be a diesel for me for winter
Am i right in thinking diesels don't run so well in winter because the stuff starts to go gloopy if it gets too cold
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What's your winter car? - Moley - 04-10-2019
yes that is correct , but I think you just put in a bit of petrol into the tank to stop that from happening , but I could be wrong because I've never had a diesel
What's your winter car? - FirebirdPhil - 04-10-2019
longsh07 Am i right in thinking diesels don't run so well in winter because the stuff starts to go gloopy if it gets too cold
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Maybe 20 years ago lol, the additives are changed year round to suit the temperatures. There is no issue with diesel fuel any more.
What's your winter car? - mplavery - 04-10-2019
This is my work horse
307 HDI XSI ..I love my 307, its so comfortable to drive, loads of space inside,
fully loaded..
leather seats
sat nav(though its pants)
phone
cruise control
voice control
electrochromic mirrors inc power fold
abs
6 air-bags
multi-changer
Not the fastest 2ltr diesels though im going to get it mapped for a few extra horses and slam some coilovers on her soon
![[Image: IMG_0456-1.jpg]](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/mplavery/IMG_0456-1.jpg)
What's your winter car? - Chri5 - 04-10-2019
i have my rx8 for the winter.
should be fun as it cant even hold its own in the wet lol.
i believe new tyres are in order lol
What's your winter car? - nimrodmk3 - 05-10-2019
I used to have a motor bike for the better weather and a scooter for bad weather,my MK3 MR2 is an all year round car parked in a residential car park,the car is awful in snow I thought it was meant to have a LSD but would spin one rear that was on Bridgestone Potenza tyres,I now have Yokos which have not seen snow yet I will let you know the result,good to see you on Sunday,sorry I did not speak to you more maybe next time.
What's your winter car? - longsh07 - 05-10-2019
nimrodmk3 I used to have a motor bike for the better weather and a scooter for bad weather,my MK3 MR2 is an all year round car parked in a residential car park,the car is awful in snow I thought it was meant to have a LSD but would spin one rear that was on Bridgestone Potenza tyres,I now have Yokos which have not seen snow yet I will let you know the result,good to see you on Sunday,sorry I did not speak to you more maybe next time.
That's alright. Sure there will be plenty of opportunity for that.
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What's your winter car? - toxo - 05-10-2019
nimrodmk3 I used to have a motor bike for the better weather and a scooter for bad weather,my MK3 MR2 is an all year round car parked in a residential car park,the car is awful in snow I thought it was meant to have a LSD but would spin one rear that was on Bridgestone Potenza tyres,I now have Yokos which have not seen snow yet I will let you know the result,good to see you on Sunday,sorry I did not speak to you more maybe next time.
If it does have an LSD it will be a torsen one, unlike the MK2 viscous one, so you should really be able to feel it working!!
What's your winter car? - uncle bob - 05-10-2019
The IS300 is my all year round car but if the going gets tuff , i feel my daughter Toyota Aygo would stand a better chance, being fwd and having skinny tyres .
What's your winter car? - matt 'sexus' is200 - 05-10-2019
I've never really had trouble in the snow but then again this is my first time with a rwd lol I had one when I passed my test but unfortunately my trusty (slightly rusty) sierra didn't see the winter courtesy of a little boy in his micra, so could prove interesting, if not then I can always rely on mum and her 2.0 focus saloon
lol