Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "General Topics" > General Volvo and Motoring Discussions

Notices

General Volvo and Motoring Discussions This forum is for messages of a general nature about Volvos that are not covered by other forums and other motoring related matters of interest. Users will need to register to post/reply.

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

Ice and snow driving, what are you techniques?

Views : 1808

Replies : 24

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old Dec 16th, 2017, 11:34   #21
37 RUBY
Master Member
 

Last Online: Feb 15th, 2024 19:41
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Chesterfield
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by id5 View Post

Escorts used to slide well but if I remember rightly one guy had a midget that used to nearly make it across.
..that brings a to my face and reminds me of my youth in a 1256 Chevette on Stomil tyres pretending to be Pennti Airikkla as I powerslid arounds the snow covered back roads. Taught me how to drive it did.
37 RUBY is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to 37 RUBY For This Useful Post:
Old Dec 16th, 2017, 17:18   #22
green van man
Premier Member
 

Last Online: Feb 7th, 2024 11:00
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Ffos y Ffin
Default

Watched a film of Ari Vatenian on the 1000 lakes rally in a Toyota Celica, 120 mph on sheet ice withjust fingertips on the steering wheel, constantly making minor adjustments to keep the car in line.

One of the great pleasures of my younger years was watching him over Epynt after he had moved to ford. 4 off on deer's leap on first round and move on to the bottom of new road to watch him second time around. One of the greats and along with Tony Pond an inspiration to many budding rally drivers.

Paul.
green van man is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to green van man For This Useful Post:
Old Dec 18th, 2017, 10:52   #23
niggly
Senior Member
 

Last Online: Oct 23rd, 2018 16:01
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Hartfield, E Sussex
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by NigelDay View Post
The smooth driving technique reminds me of the concept I saw some years ago regarding economical driving. The 'mindset' is to image you have a dinner plate stuck on the bonnet with a football sitting on it. You then drive in a manner so as to keep the football from rolling off. Yes, its' a crazy idea in practice, but as a mindset to encourage smooth driving, it works wonders for both economy and safety on winter roads.
Years ago I did one of those Driving Experience days at Bruntingthorpe. They had a VW Polo with a shallow bowl on the bonnet with a tennis ball in it. Twisty course laid out with cones. So you did the 'crazy idea' for real. Unbelievably difficult. Football on a plate? You'd never do it, it would be straight off.
They also had a classic Mini with the steering 'reversed', so turn the wheel right it turned left. Jeez that is difficult.
I've got full winters. Braking in non compacted snow I was told brake gently and the snow builds up in front of the tyres, acts to an extent like a chock.
I had a really basic Pug 205 1.8 non turbo diesel for a while. In snow, normal tyres, you could put it in 1st and just lift the clutch, don't touch the throttle peddle. It would chug up hills that all the other cars couldn't tackle. Basically it would drive on tickover.
__________________
2011 C30 1.6 D2 SE Lux lots of toys
2005 MINI Cooper S, breathed on, lots of fun
niggly is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to niggly For This Useful Post:
Old Dec 18th, 2017, 10:59   #24
niggly
Senior Member
 

Last Online: Oct 23rd, 2018 16:01
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Hartfield, E Sussex
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by green van man View Post
4 off on deer's leap on first round and move on to the bottom of new road to watch him second time around. One of the greats and along with Tony Pond an inspiration to many budding rally drivers.
Paul.
Is this 4 off? We called it 'showing some air'.
Pirelli Car and Car Conversions Rally Championship (remember Triple C?) in 1976. Exiting a very dusty quarry near Cheltenham. I'm in the passenger seat, navigating. Big grins.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Big Z - Landscape v1.jpg (211.5 KB, 2 views)
__________________
2011 C30 1.6 D2 SE Lux lots of toys
2005 MINI Cooper S, breathed on, lots of fun
niggly is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to niggly For This Useful Post:
Old Dec 18th, 2017, 19:58   #25
60041
Premier Member
 

Last Online: Today 11:19
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: North Northumberland
Default

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned the technique beloved by the drivers of certain cars of Germanic origin; drive as normal and continue to overtake everybody by travelling at 80mph in the outside lane whilst it is covered in 3 inches of slush.
__________________
2018 V90CC D4, 2022 XC40
1940 Matchless G3, 1980 Moto Guzzi T3
Coming soon:- 1947Rover 14 P2
60041 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 18:11.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.