General The Cold Weather

[Stanley_Cooper]

Got into my Stilo this morning...(Had it one week now and still loving it!)

And I noticed a message popping up telling me that there maybe ice on the road!!

Anyone else noticed this before! Nice of the car to tell me!!

Stan....

 

[Steven]

That is rather splendid. My Granny has a similar feature.

 

[StiloBoy]

Ever consider reading the owners manual!

 

[Scorg]

it pops up at 4c and below if I remember rightly.

On the note of cold weather. argh! its bloody freezing today, that wind is icy as hell and that frost last night, my car was pure white (considering its a black car), and was a very thick covering at that

 

[serin]

the note of cold weather. argh! its bloody freezing today, that wind is icy as hell and that frost last night, my car was pure white (considering its a black car), and was a very thick covering at that

i know what you mean about the COLD!!, i waent out to move the car, and discover that all the door locks were frozen!! had to get in THROUGH the boot

all the windows were frozen like someone had poured wasted on em, but alsoon the inside! after scraping the ice from the inside, had looked like it had snowed

the car started D im so proud ) went to open the window, cuz i coulntd hear the engine over the heater, to find it frozen!!! and now stuck!,:bang: had to drive the bloomin' thing round till it defrosted!

byw my cars a cinq, im sure stilos are better padded

 

[Scorg]

the large car myth is shattered, that used to happen on my mk2 Rover 200
I used to take the deicer into work with me in case the doors frose shut

 

[Steven]

If you get some Silicon spray and spray it on the door seals they won't freeze shut.

 

[StiloBoy]

It comes on 3 deg C or below, and goes back off when temp goes above 4 deg C.

Tends to be at this time of year and for the next few months, in Scotland anyway, that its always on.

 

[Stu DemonD]

Yep, a standard feature across many cars! Even had cold weather and ice warnings in my Mondeo [and that was a 97 P-Reg....]

 

[Emm]

WOW!! how totally kwel is that!!! haha!! i want one!! Hummm me thinks i will have to track a stilo down at a garage on a cold day and have a little test drive/play

 

[Emm]

i know what you mean about the COLD!!, i waent out to move the car, and discover that all the door locks were frozen!! had to get in THROUGH the boot

all the windows were frozen like someone had poured wasted on em, but alsoon the inside! after scraping the ice from the inside, had looked like it had snowed

the car started D im so proud ) went to open the window, cuz i coulntd hear the engine over the heater, to find it frozen!!! and now stuck!,:bang: had to drive the bloomin' thing round till it defrosted!

byw my cars a cinq, im sure stilos are better padded

haha memorys.. i remember that on our old cinq!

 

[choppertoo]

Nightmare the other morning ..... no gritting had happened whatsoever .... came off the main road and just felt the wheels spin freely for a second ... and then noticed the white sheen on the road .... had to trundle along at 20mph for 4 miles! Would ASR have helped on a skiddy road surface like that? If so looks like I'll have to upgrade sooner rather than later (wanted a 1.8 anyway)

 

[Stu DemonD]

ASR/TC doesn't really help if the road is that icy - once you got momentum and the car goes/slips away, nothing will stop it unless you sling a 5 ton anchor out of the back, lol.

 

[paulmacs]

Nightmare the other morning ..... no gritting had happened whatsoever .... came off the main road and just felt the wheels spin freely for a second ... and then noticed the white sheen on the road .... had to trundle along at 20mph for 4 miles! Would ASR have helped on a skiddy road surface like that? If so looks like I'll have to upgrade sooner rather than later (wanted a 1.8 anyway)

Dont you have ASR on your 1.6 Dynamic? I do!

 

[choppertoo]

Nope just a city button that I never use .... bought it second hand and it was the best car for the money .... is yours a 53 plate as well?

ps I find the car grips the road well anyway without any electronic trickery!

 

[paulmacs]

Nope just a city button that I never use .... bought it second hand and it was the best car for the money .... is yours a 53 plate as well?

ps I find the car grips the road well anyway without any electronic trickery!

Yeah mine is an 2003 1.6 Dynamic - think thats 53 plate?! im from NI so we have different regs. Mine has the city button and ASR button, which is always on... I agree the handling is generally good but i assumed the ASR was as standard.

I bought mine used.

 

[Grim_Evil]

had the same problem yesterday car was froze, so I de iced the screen and other windows, got in the car ok no problem, started etc, but cause the car was iced up door would not shut had to use the central locking button to keep it shut until i got to work. Also mine is a 51 plate and it has city and asr on it

 

[1.8Stilo]

Ive got the ASR on my 1.8 53' plate, just read you guys saying you drive with your ASR on in the snowy(ish) weather; when i was under the impression that i was told not to use ASR in these weather condition so everytime i start her up and the ice warning comes on; i turn the ASR off.

 

[Stu DemonD]

Interesting comment about turning it off? Who told you that?

Not saying it is wrong, just would like a reason

 

[1.8Stilo]

just my mate who got an alfa 147 with it on, he said that it would make me slide all over the place!