Snow forcast for the end of Sept, cannot wait to pass everybody slipping and show off the rear Skoda Scout 4x4 badge

Looks like i'm getting my Landrover just in time

Hmm time to get the winter tyres put on a bit early if that's the case.

Do you have a source for your information and does it say where in the UK.

I for one will look forward to embarrassing many 4x4 drivers on normal tyres on the snow with my FWD running winter tyres :p

Edited 13 September, 201015 yr by cheezemonkhai

technique has a lot to do with it, during the worst day of snow last year, I managed to traverse my nearby mountain road on the way to work, going past a new mini, Bmw 5 Series and the finally a Land Rover all stuck in the ditch within a mile of each other on the worst bit. they must of been fuming when I sailed up and past in my lowered Octy with 18 inch low profile tires. lol

Snow in September??

Snow in September??

No chance!

No chance!

I tend to agree, but I've got the tyres anyway, so hey if it looks 50:50 I might as well.

0% probability of settled snow in Manc I would say.

If it snows, and if it reaches the ground and if it is cold enough to want to stay there, trusty rain will be right along to spoil the fun.

LOL

Snow is not unusal in September but tends to be on higher ground and usually fails to accumulate/settle.

As for snow in Manchester in September??

........Ive more chance of having sex with Amanda Holden!! :'( :S

Snow forcast for the end of Sept, cannot wait to pass everybody slipping and show off the rear Skoda Scout 4x4 badge

The Scout does not have any exterior 4x4 badge's, please don't tell me you've stuck one on!?

It's been said that statistically, you're more likely to be involved in snow/ice related accidents if you drive a 4wd vehicle. Owners of such vehicles are very quick to go out and 'test' their vehicles in such conditions, while many drivers of 'ordinary' vehicles are sensible enough to stay at home

Oh, and there won't be any snow at the end of September.

:S Here it is in the daily star yesterday - http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/153545/Weather-Snow-will-hit-UK-in-weeks/

...while many drivers of 'ordinary' vehicles are sensible enough to stay at home.

Driving a Scout and not being "ordinary" is good enough for me

It's been said that statistically, you're more likely to be involved in snow/ice related accidents if you drive a 4wd vehicle. Owners of such vehicles are very quick to go out and 'test' their vehicles in such conditions, while many drivers of 'ordinary' vehicles are sensible enough to stay at home

Oh, and there won't be any snow at the end of September.

Indeed. Statistics show that 100% of people involved in a car accident were in, or near, a car in the moments before the accident.

Statistics also show that 'it has been said' is not a statistically reliable statistical measure.

My own anecdotal evidence makes me think it's true, that's enough to convince me even if it doesn't convince you I've even read on forums about people looking forward to getting their 4x4s out on the road in bad weather.

I was being facetious.

I don't doubt it is true.

I bought my scout because we I a tough time in the snow in 2008 in my RWD car. Well it was not so much tough as down right impossible. I did not crash mind.

I did look forward to testing out the 4WD in the snow in 2009. And I did test it out. And I did not crash.

I did not go out to see how fast i could go, or how many 2WD cars I could overtake. I went out on an essential journey with the sole aim of getting there and back in one bit. I guess the difference is - I could undertake that journey and be more confident of not getting stuck - I was not under the illusion that I would be able to drive like normal.

Statistics are just that - an aggregation of data. They do not apply to a sample of 1 - in the case of this it all comes down to the individual behind the wheel.

okok, it's just a light hearted observation. I've also observed that when there's a story in the rag about a car being stranded on a beach (then flooded by sea water), there's an alarmingly high proportion of 4wd vehicles involved

Nothing wrong in taking essential journeys in bad weather in a suitably equipped vehicle, that's not the point I was having a laugh at.

Edited 14 September, 201015 yr by Dodgy

For a laugh, linkage.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=car+beach+stranded&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= First 2 results in that search are 4wd vehicles

http://deadlinescotland.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/car-stranded-in-sea-as-tide-comes-in/

http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2009/brean-4x4-retrieved-11-05-09.php

:S Here it is in the daily star yesterday - http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/153545/Weather-Snow-will-hit-UK-in-weeks/

LOL. Well that's a reliable source then; isn't it?

Owners of such vehicles are very quick to go out and 'test' their vehicles in such conditions, while many drivers of 'ordinary' vehicles are sensible enough to stay at home

What -

?........

Anyone on here?

Niall

So anyone driven in deep snow on std tyres, how did it cope

Edited 15 September, 201015 yr by Stuart_J

On the plus side - if it does snow, at least I can ring the boss and say "can't come to work, I drive an Octavia and not a Scout" and then go back to bed.. Meanwhile, all those Scout drivers have to go to work.. :p

As the Daily Star is known to have the best journalists in the world, I'm looking for snow chains right now..

So anyone driven in deep snow on std tyres, how did it cope

Generally fine as far as getting going was concerned and proceeding gently. Still looking to get winter shoes this year to make it unstoppable (within reason) and to reduce stopping distances considerably compared to summer rubber. Especially as in the absence of snow it easily is 7 degrees or below most days around here from Nov to Feb - at which point summer rubber starts to harden and winter tyres come into their own on tarmac, before you even start adding snow, slush and ice!

Niall

Yes I must admit that the Daily Star is not true to life sometimes (ww2 bomber found on moon ) sticks in my mind, but at least it gets us chatting about how good the Scouts were in the snow around xmas, I must admit ours was brill as my wifes dad was in hospital during the snow fall and she was running her mam up to the hospital a few times a day, I do have an extra 4x4 badge on the back just to show other people that Skoda make brilliant cars, the standard tyres were OK for me in the snow and ice and I did have a drive around our works car park like on the video and it was fresh snow about 6 inches deep. My main reason for buying the Scout is for towing our caravan on wet muddy grass and I am hoping to try it out this weekend as we are going to the air show at Southport. cheers - Stuart

Round my way it's all the other drivers who stop me from getting about.

Last winter the Council decided just to salt the main road. It's the one that goes along the valley bottom, so unless you live down there, you didn't stand a chance.

It was quite funny watching vehicles just sliding . One chap thought it might be icy, so parked his car at the top of the hill. He got out and the car just slid until it hit an obstacle - another car, which then did the same. Nothing moved for about 3 days.

I only go out for emergencies, it's just surprising that most drivers seem to think that the white slippery stuff won't affect them.

Standard tyres, take care and a 4*4 will get you over most roads (used subaru for the last 25 years, so not many conditions I haven't met and yet to get stuck)