Cunning Snow Pictures

[Cunning Plan]

[Andy]

Mondys go anywhere!! Had no problems in the snow and ice round here with mine.

What's the VW pickup? Never seen that before.

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Andy

Mondys go anywhere!! Had no problems in the snow and ice round here with mine.

Yah its okay, although ABS would be nice!! Locked up too many times

Quoting: Andy

What's the VW pickup? Never seen that before.

Thats a '67 Split Screen Single Cab Pick-up (and it's for sale ) ) Basically a Splitty but a pick-up version. They did a double-cab version too which is uber rare..

[Andy]

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Yah its okay, although ABS would be nice!! Locked up too many times

brakes! You don't use brakes on snow and ice, unless you're doing a Scandinavian flick! I've got ABS on mine but only because it was one of the last mk2, even has rear disc brakes which ain't bad for an LX.

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Thats a '67 Split Screen Single Cab Pick-up (and it's for sale ) ) Basically a Splitty but a pick-up version. They did a double-cab version too which is uber rare..

that should fetch a pretty penny. Amazed how much a split screen goes for over the single screen one.

[art b]

a pic of our street.....with our flag....

[HardRockCamaro]

Spent xmas up in North Wales so popped out on xmas day to grab a photo of the Jeep in the mountains of Snowdonia.  Wasn't too much snow left by that point but some of the roads were very icy.

[Andy]

Just more and more rain here! Starting to get a little fed up of it

EDIT
Just noticed - 801st post, posted from my new Macbook Pro

[Andy]

Sorry to double post, but that Jeep looks so cool! (no pun intended)

Do those big tyres offer more grip on ice than regulars or about the same?

[HardRockCamaro]

Quoting: Andy

posted from my new Macbook Pro

Top man!  


Given that the Jeep is RWD in normal use the back end doesn't seem as bad as it could be in slippery conditions although you still have to be careful.  On that section in the pic I had it in 4wd though as it was all ice and it coped perfectly fine.
I did read that those tyres aren't all that in snow/ice but I don't know if that means they're better or worse than normal road tyres (given that they're c**p anyway).

Whether it's actually good or not, I do feel more confident in it on ice than I did the Caddy, even though that was front wheel drive and coped ok.

Thankfully the Jeep doesn't have ABS as that blows on ice.

[Fieldy]

Great pic Andy, looks lovely. Did that plate come with it?

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Thankfully the Jeep doesn't have ABS as that blows on ice.

I can't turn my ABS off, at the worst of the ice in Kent it made it hard work having the ABS

[HardRockCamaro]

Might be a fuse you can pull out?

[Andy]

I don't understand why ABS is bad on ice, can someone explain? Always been told just never brake lol, engine brake and all that stuff. Would appreciate the education on driving on ice though.

[HardRockCamaro]

The problem is that the ABS works by using wheel speed sensors to detect the wheels locking up.  If it detects a wheel locking up it release the brakes ever so briefly and then reapplies them.  It does this over and over until you stop or take your foot off the pedal.

On snow, gravel and ice the car will stop quicker if you lock the wheels up as the tyres "dig in".  ABS won't let this happen.

They did some tests in the USA I think it was and found that a car equipped with ABS took about 20 or 25% longer to stop than with ABS switched off.

Granted ABS systems have improved but in my experience you're best off without it in snow etc.

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

The problem is that the ABS works by using wheel speed sensors to detect the wheels locking up. If it detects a wheel locking up it release the brakes ever so briefly and then reapplies them. It does this over and over until you stop or take your foot off the pedal.

On snow, gravel and ice the car will stop quicker if you lock the wheels up as the tyres "dig in". ABS won't let this happen.

They did some tests in the USA I think it was and found that a car equipped with ABS took about 20 or 25% longer to stop than with ABS switched off.

Granted ABS systems have improved but in my experience you're best off without it in snow etc.

Well thats interesting...

Guess I will stick to pumping the break manually in my non-ABS Mondeo

[Cunning Plan]

Couple more for you.. Sure you are all real board of seeing my Mondeo by now

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Andy

Sorry to double post, but that Jeep looks so cool! (no pun intended)

BEAST!

[Fieldy]

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Sure you are all real board of seeing my Mondeo by now

Don't worry C.P, I was bored of seeing Mondeos years ago

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Fieldy

Don't worry C.P, I was bored of seeing Mondeos years ago

[art b]

nice pics apart from the fact someone has dumped a mondeo there....

[Andy]

Quoting: art b

nice pics apart from the fact someone has dumped a mondeo there

Looks a minter compared to my battered barge! At least the bumpers are the same colour as the body!

[Fieldy]

Quoting: Andy

Looks a minter compared to my battered barge! At least the bumpers are the same colour as the body!

Regards of colours of body/bumpers or even the state of the wheels, a fact is still a fact....

....You can't polish a turd

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Fieldy

...You can't polish a turd

Yeah yeah, its a daily

[Fieldy]

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Yeah yeah, its a daily

Only joking, I would have one of the newer ones as a daily if I could

[Amey]

Quoting: Fieldy

You can't polish a turd

Yes you can - mythbusters proved it

[art b]

we were doin a bit o spannerin when it snowed...
so in a russian style we had a warm drink.....