This is my first winter with my 2.0 CC. Prior to this I had a 1.1 206. A bit different...
Anyway....should my tyres grip more/less/the same as on my old 206? I know they are alot fatter than on the old one and the engines alot faster...
I really notice that they stick in tram lines on the road...to the point that the steering is `pulled' into the tram line and they seem to slide around on icey roads.
Car has done 15k and I have had one new tyre on the back following a puncture about 1,000 miles ago. Dont know if it had new ones prior to this but the tread looks fine. Do I need new ones or am I just adjusting to the different feel of the CC? Or am I driving it too fast
Fat tyres and snow are a very bad combination. When I had the Impreza (4WD) you'd intuitively think it would be great in the snow and ice. In fact, it was crap. So much so that I got overtaken by diesel Escort vans and 1.2 Novas.
ABS is totally useless in the snow too, to the point where you're probably better off taking the ABS fuse out. Of course, should you then prang the car your insurance company might be a little unimpressed.
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Dont agree abour ABS being useless in the snow, but the fatter the tyres the more trouble you have. As evidenced by my utter failure to get the celica t sport up a hill locally, only to see some poxy little fiesta trundle up quite happily.
Oh, but it is. When they first fitted ABS to Audi Quattros there was an "ABS off" button for use in the snow. If you lock the front wheels in snow, a ridge of snow builds up in front of them, stopping the car. Stopping distances in the snow are greater with ABS than without.
[url=http://www.peugeot206cc.co.uk/newowners?id=442]Ex owner number 442[/url]
i don't think we get the depths of snow over here to make that probable though. And ploughed roads tend to be more ice than snow, which makes ABS very much a good thing
I also know that ABS is bad in the ice and snow. It's so easy for a wheel to lock on the ice that ABS often kicks in and releases the brake, thus providing absolutely no braking at all.
When I first got my CC I was driving to work one morning down my little road. About halfway I saw a Nova coming towards me. Cars were parked down one side so there was only enough room for one car to pass at a time. I put the brakes on in my CC and the ABS kicked in immediately and I just saw myself drifting towards the Nova with nothing i could do. Needless to say, the Nova stopped immediately. Luckily I stopped about a foot before hitting him!
