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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2008, 06:50:23 pm »
What does the Winter tyres setting in the mfd do? you can adjust the mph part but whats that all about??

Yeah I was wondering about this the other day when I was playing with the MFD, anybody know??  :happy2:

Yeah, all that is is the ability to set a speed limiter 'beep' at any speed. It was designed, so that if you fitted winter tyres that were only capable of a lower max speed, you could set the 'beep' to remind you. I use it to remind myself when im going at silly speeds.
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2008, 06:51:15 pm »
I thought I had kerbed both rims on the left hand side of my car because I was really close to the kerb going up a hill and I could hear some major scraping. I was not gonna stop though as I had a major queue of traffic behind me wondering what the nob in the white golf was doing! I quickly stopped at a layby and to my relief it was only the snow scraping against the rim. Phew!  :happy2:
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2008, 06:51:21 pm »
And as someone said above, turning TC off when driving in the snow helps SO MUCH!! Wish I had found out earlier when I was stuck!!
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2008, 06:54:12 pm »
I drove mine with the TC of and it was much better :happy2:

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2008, 07:08:48 pm »
well, i really need a 5 door, but they just dont look as nice  :sad:

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2008, 07:12:07 pm »
I think the S3 sportback looks awesome in white. A small drop, set of 19's, black roof and mirrors and you're rockin'  :happy2: :jumpmove:
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2008, 07:15:59 pm »
I think the S3 sportback looks awesome in white. A small drop, set of 19's, black roof and mirrors and you're rockin'  :happy2: :jumpmove:

well, other issue is 3 doors are 19k+ plus on autotrader, the only 5 door on there is 30k  :sad:

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2008, 07:58:32 pm »
Yeah well there is that I suppose. They will soon be coming down, I reckon you will be able to pick one up for 24-25k in a few months  :happy2:
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2008, 08:14:20 pm »
Manual Gearbox FTW  :P

You can keep your Don't Slip Gradually Gearbox's in this weather!!  :grin:

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2008, 08:18:41 pm »
I wondered when you might mention this Tom when I saw your Facebook status..  :grin: Close call by the sounds of it..  :scared:
I had a similar episode in my old CTR about 5 years ago. Was coming down a hill near me in the snow (as cars in front managed it fine, thought I would be ok  :driver: ). As I got halfway down (only travelling about 3mph) my car just started sliding and that was it, out of my hands. I was heading straight for the junction with the main road  :surprised: and no matter what I did (including trying to mount the curb) it just slid. Ended up sliding sideways onto the main road and coming to a rest and thank fook that exact min there was no traffic.  :innocent:
The car that was approaching further down the road must have wondered what the hell I was doing, as I ended up facing the wrong way on his side of the road..  :grin:

Biggest problem is, cars with wider wheels will always struggle as they have a lot wider surface area on the snow/ice. That's why old sheds with skinny wheels that cut through the snow better make you look like a right tit...  :P
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2008, 08:21:25 pm »
ive been fine these last few days! my W button has served me well!

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2008, 08:23:41 pm »
I drove yesterday on snow and ice, and it was fine, slide it around a bend for fun.  :laugh:

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2008, 10:02:12 pm »
i struggled to get over the bump coming into my drive as im lowered i have to go over it in 1st gear,

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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2008, 03:11:10 pm »
My misses 1.3 Ka made a fool out of my car this morning....it just went straight up the snowy/icy hill with no probs at all  :rolleye:
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Re: Don't ever drive a GTI in the snow!
« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2008, 07:57:05 am »
I have Ultra Grip Performance 225/45 R17 on my GTI. No problems at all... We had 20cm of snow last week and was lot of fun  :laugh: