Geordie Amanda
New member
Well, after a few days driving around in the North East in the Snow I have made a surprising discovery about my Sedici. Well actually it is more about my tyres.
I naturally left the car in Auto 4x4 mode as I was driving for the most part in 4-6 inches of snow and the car performed impeccably. Even when confronted by snow on an ice bed, a mere flick of a switch and the transmission is locked and traction is once again superb……………….but……………
Having watched a blinged up Vento driver, inch down a steep and narrow lane, I saw him get well and truly stuck trying to go up the other side. I naturally pulled up alongside him and asked if I could be of assistance as we were a couple of miles from anywhere. He thanked me, but told me a ‘works’ 4x4 was on its way to collect him. I smiled back at him and gently pulled away feeling sure he would be impressed by my surfeit of grip and surefootedness. Indeed I was so impressed myself………….. except……………….I was in 2 wheel drive!!!! The reason? My Vredestein Snowtrac 2 tyres, they really are superb in snow. So much so, I would say any FWD car with these tyres fitted and a sympathetic driver behind the wheel, would have no trouble at all in medium deep show and moderate inclines. It made me think. Although I have the 4x4 advantage, the grip afforded by these tyres would mean the snow would have to be really deep in order to defeat my car and probably long before the tyres gave up, my car would be ‘beached’ in deep snow.
Just a thought, but if anyone can afford a second set of winter tyres, the Vredestieins are astonishing.
I naturally left the car in Auto 4x4 mode as I was driving for the most part in 4-6 inches of snow and the car performed impeccably. Even when confronted by snow on an ice bed, a mere flick of a switch and the transmission is locked and traction is once again superb……………….but……………
Having watched a blinged up Vento driver, inch down a steep and narrow lane, I saw him get well and truly stuck trying to go up the other side. I naturally pulled up alongside him and asked if I could be of assistance as we were a couple of miles from anywhere. He thanked me, but told me a ‘works’ 4x4 was on its way to collect him. I smiled back at him and gently pulled away feeling sure he would be impressed by my surfeit of grip and surefootedness. Indeed I was so impressed myself………….. except……………….I was in 2 wheel drive!!!! The reason? My Vredestein Snowtrac 2 tyres, they really are superb in snow. So much so, I would say any FWD car with these tyres fitted and a sympathetic driver behind the wheel, would have no trouble at all in medium deep show and moderate inclines. It made me think. Although I have the 4x4 advantage, the grip afforded by these tyres would mean the snow would have to be really deep in order to defeat my car and probably long before the tyres gave up, my car would be ‘beached’ in deep snow.
Just a thought, but if anyone can afford a second set of winter tyres, the Vredestieins are astonishing.