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Author So hows everyones cars bearing up to this weather?
grez12
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8th Jan 10 at 10:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by davcohen
out of interest what is everyone doing in regards to tyre pressure i usually keep mine around 32psi should i lower them?


i normally have rear@30 and front @35 to make the crappy corsa steering lighter

but ive lowered rears to 25psi and fronts to 22psi its really heavy on clear roads but on icy side streets i can drive easyily with no sliding all over like i was @35psi spot on in the snow and ice

hope that helps matey
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car was ok, slid into a kerb, now have to hold steering wheel off centre to go straight.... Also now it is showing up tyre pressure warning light and traction control off light, both of which have switches that refuse to change it. Fuck knows whats wrong, b ut booked into Skoda for monday to get it looked at. Only good thing is a free hire car to abuse and they clean the car for us
Fro
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Originally posted by StuartVRS
car was ok, slid into a kerb, now have to hold steering wheel off centre to go straight.... Also now it is showing up tyre pressure warning light and traction control off light, both of which have switches that refuse to change it. Fuck knows whats wrong, b ut booked into Skoda for monday to get it looked at. Only good thing is a free hire car to abuse and they clean the car for us


Had this for nearly two years

[Edited on 08-01-2010 by fro-dizzle]
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8th Jan 10 at 11:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you just reminded me, my front tyre on the m3 was flat on tuesday night on the way home, must pump it up when i get home

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A combination of no water and cold has almost killed my battery - looks like a trip to Halfrauds.
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Mine keeps f**king stalling itself, does it now and again when it's wet but it's started doing it alot in this cold. When slowing down it just seems to stall, but I noticed last night if I let the clutch back out it fires itself back up other than that it's been okay
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8th Jan 10 at 11:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hand brake is wearing out on the polo
Fro
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Originally posted by AlunJ
Mine keeps f**king stalling itself, does it now and again when it's wet but it's started doing it alot in this cold. When slowing down it just seems to stall, but I noticed last night if I let the clutch back out it fires itself back up other than that it's been okay


If you're letting the clutch out with it still in gear you're effectively bump starting it, so it will come back to life and is probably unrelated to your problem.
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hmmm yeah makes sense! God knows what the problem is no fault codes or anything
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A cracked waterway in the head, most valves bent and a few other things, its not doing to well.
Fro
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hmmm yeah makes sense! God knows what the problem is no fault codes or anything


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8th Jan 10 at 14:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Made it uber dirty - cannot read the plate or anything, apart from that totally fine.
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Mine has been rather good TBF.

Saying that, the misses is out in it at the moment

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Originally posted by johnhara1
Punto is fine, never fails to start in the freezing conditions.

Even on the 13s it hasn't got stuck anywhere or not got up a hill even when much newer cars are struggling i plod along fine.



Mk1? Have you not had the frozen handbrake problem? Nightmare!
Mark.W
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8th Jan 10 at 17:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Tiger
My Toyo Proxes are struggling like fuck in the snow!! They are fair weather tyres though.


My toyos are terrible in the damp & wet weather never mind the snow.Im constantly getting stuck

Toyo tyres = shite all round


[Edited on 08-01-2010 by wooly101uk]
AlunJ
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
hmmm yeah makes sense! God knows what the problem is no fault codes or anything


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yeah lol looked at it today and my throttle body is gunked up again and I have a split and gunked up pipe on the air intake running to the block, don't even know what it's for lol
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mk2 fiesta - fine
e46 bmw - fine
hands - cold
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Originally posted by dannymccann
My standard Astra hasnt skipped a beat
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
My standard Astra hasnt skipped a beat


Apart from the handbrake freezing on but that is solved by leaving it in gear
Nath
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Oh well come to think of it my doors dont always open very easily
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Originally posted by SteveW
The VXR8 is staying on the drive.. not chancing it out there yet.
so for now im walking 2 miles down the road to get a lift from a mate at work


Must be a friggin animal in this weather
chrisritch
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9th Jan 10 at 09:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
306 dturbo hasnt missed a beat ploughs through anything
looking forward to getting the LSD saxo today though
chrisritch
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306 dturbo hasnt missed a beat ploughs through anything
looking forward to getting the LSD saxo today though
Rich H
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Van behaves pretty well in this - turbo noise is pretty loud inside too

Summer tyres become slicks on real thick slushy snow though
Nic Barnes
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im debating currently dragging the corsa out the garage to go give it some abuse in the snow.

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