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adam b

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Post #26
jon kirby wrote:
Rear wheel drive is one thing, but rear wheel drive with traction control is fookin awful.


Indeed. Try a VW LT 35 LWB with a car trailer and a 406 on the back in the snow. Who ever thought using the brakes as a way of improving traction should be taken out and shot.

Got it stuck in a cul-de-sac on a slight hill. Managed to stop it about a foot away from someones house. Took most of the cul-de-sac to get it moving again = me not a popular man LOL

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Posted 30th Nov 2010 at 03:07
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davewagon

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Yeah Corby's not great, my street is also a complete shadow trap! Days after the snow and frost is gone, it will still be an ice rink!

Front wheel drive for the winter win!

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Posted 30th Nov 2010 at 03:39
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phillipm

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adam b wrote:
Who ever thought using the brakes as a way of improving traction should be taken out and shot.


Bloody stupid idea, who'd brake individual rear wheels for more traction eh?

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Posted 30th Nov 2010 at 04:38
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jimbamboon

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snap, must be a corby thing,no street seems to face south!

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buzzbrightyear

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af1-gti wrote:
Lol +1 about tc when I had my Leon with its bells and whistles I got stuck on a steep hill in snow/ice till I remembered my tcs button


can turn mine off and its not very hilly round here but anywhere that is and is very snowy i can imagine it stalling the engine constantly without a off button.

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Posted 30th Nov 2010 at 05:14
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si_man306

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My beemer's been fantastic in the snow (touch wood!) i leave the tcs on unless it's for little stuff. Just need to be very gentle and not encourage it to come on- if you drive normally and expect it to pick up the peices then i'd imagine it'd be awful.

ABS is very sensitive though, comes on at the slightest hint of loss of traction which is annoying. It's odd as I would have hated TCS in the 306 but with a large, heavy, powerfull car on wide rear tyres it helps with the every-day stuff.

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 18:13
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cwspellowe wrote:
most drivers these days shit a brick in the snow cos they don't know how to drive in it.

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retards, honestly. walking home seeing some absoloute 'tards, trying to park, in a foot of snow with there foot firmly on the floor in first spinning like a mofo.

also girl came into work saying shes had a shit weekend, sister, brother, mother and boyfriend all crashed in the snow... Really you are all that special Laugh my ass off

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 19:26
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si_man306 wrote:
My beemer's been fantastic in the snow (touch wood!) i leave the tcs on unless it's for little stuff. Just need to be very gentle and not encourage it to come on- if you drive normally and expect it to pick up the peices then i'd imagine it'd be awful.

ABS is very sensitive though, comes on at the slightest hint of loss of traction which is annoying. It's odd as I would have hated TCS in the 306 but with a large, heavy, powerfull car on wide rear tyres it helps with the every-day stuff.


to be fair its hardly snowed here LOL

must say this is the first time ABS actually seems ok but with snow and mud tyres on it never kicks in for long just means you can keep steering while braking
Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 20:27
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Post #34
is it true that it applies the brakes??
i just thought it cut power from the engine??

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 23:30
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phillipm

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Depends on the system, most cut power.

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 23:35
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just cuts power on mine i think, feels that way anyway

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 23:40
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welshpug!

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hmm, my ABS light came on today LOL

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Posted 1st Dec 2010 at 23:42
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Mine didn't.

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LOL

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rikky wrote:
hardly a money saving exercise is it, selling the gti6 which i'd get a grand for, or the m3 which i can get 5 figures for Hmm going looking at TVR's tomorrow LOL


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Posted 5th Dec 2010 at 15:36
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If I take the ABS fuse out, will it disable it?

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Posted 7th Dec 2010 at 22:20
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cosmic spanner

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Post #42
IIRC the fuse also covers something else important.

As I said on the previous page, just pull one of the ABS sensor connectors..

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Crap, aye... sorry

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Posted 8th Dec 2010 at 01:45
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