first let some pictures do some talking 
(please excuse the cameraphone):
Snow:
first thing i did was reduce all tyres to 15psi, then using only second gear, let the car descend my rather steep hill on its own accord. ASR was having a happy time flashing at me occasionally and the decent was nice and smooth. All I did next was touch the accelerator, unfortunately this caused the wheels to spin a tiny bit, and that was it, all traction lost and she was now skidding and gaining speed. Trying to avoid crashing into other cars resulted in me crashing into the kerb at some considerable speed .
I parked further down along the hill to inspect damage, and to my utter horror found a 4" long 'chunk' taken out of the edge of my wheels.
Carried on driving after that and noticed that the steering was very heavy and the car was strongly pulling to one side :bang:. so i managed to limp to a wheel alignment place and they managed to get it driving in a straight line again.
Problem now is that the steering is still heavy and it no longer self-centres. It is also quite clunky/grippy, in the sense that you feel it steer in 'notches'. Im assuming that the PAS is damaged, but cant confirm until this snow is gone and garages are functional again.
Stilo:
Driving back home snow blizzard was at its highpoint, and despite all the grit, started to stick and quickly accumulate on the surface. The stilo coped admirably with this where other cars spent their time either sideways, going backwards, or just facing the wrong way.
Coming back up my hill there were lots of stranded cars scattered at the foot that had obviously tried to climb and failed.
Stuck the stilo into first gear and left it to do its business of climbing the hill with no input from me apart from steering. At this point ASR went into hyper mode and was pretty much continuously flashing, however there was no wheelspin or sliding whatsoever and she managed to climb the hill all on her own! I had kids and people standing in amazement cheering a rather smug me on.
So very gutted at the damage done, especially to the wheel which was mint beforehand and may also now be buckled. Im hoping its not going to cost a lot, but ultimately i am VERY proud of my Estella :worship:
(please excuse the cameraphone):
Snow:
first thing i did was reduce all tyres to 15psi, then using only second gear, let the car descend my rather steep hill on its own accord. ASR was having a happy time flashing at me occasionally and the decent was nice and smooth. All I did next was touch the accelerator, unfortunately this caused the wheels to spin a tiny bit, and that was it, all traction lost and she was now skidding and gaining speed
. Trying to avoid crashing into other cars resulted in me crashing into the kerb at some considerable speed . I parked further down along the hill to inspect damage, and to my utter horror found a 4" long 'chunk' taken out of the edge of my wheels
.Carried on driving after that and noticed that the steering was very heavy and the car was strongly pulling to one side :bang:. so i managed to limp to a wheel alignment place and they managed to get it driving in a straight line again.
Problem now is that the steering is still heavy and it no longer self-centres. It is also quite clunky/grippy, in the sense that you feel it steer in 'notches'. Im assuming that the PAS is damaged
, but cant confirm until this snow is gone and garages are functional again.Stilo:
Driving back home snow blizzard was at its highpoint, and despite all the grit, started to stick and quickly accumulate on the surface. The stilo coped admirably with this where other cars spent their time either sideways, going backwards, or just facing the wrong way
.Coming back up my hill there were lots of stranded cars scattered at the foot that had obviously tried to climb and failed.
Stuck the stilo into first gear and left it to do its business of climbing the hill with no input from me apart from steering. At this point ASR went into hyper mode and was pretty much continuously flashing, however there was no wheelspin or sliding whatsoever and she managed to climb the hill all on her own! I had kids and people standing in amazement cheering a rather smug me on
.So very gutted at the damage done, especially to the wheel which was mint beforehand and may also now be buckled. Im hoping its not going to cost a lot, but ultimately i am VERY proud of my Estella :worship:
