Snow Question

Hi all, sold my SzR 6 months ago and went back to a gt4, the main reason was its uselessness in the winter!

Anyway, got a nice gt4 now with 340bhp, but still miss the RWD fun! Having seen that TT Autos can be had for decent money these days i was wondering.......

Would a TT auto with traction control work better in the

snow than the manual SzR without traction control that i

had?

I've always heard that autos are even more useless in the snow but maybe thats wrong?

Cheers

MEH.

I drove my uk spec auto in the snow with crap rubber. It was fine aslong as you dont gun it, it will behave as most cars do in the snow. Depends waht your asking it to do?

I mean a GT4 will have more pull in the snow but then a landrover will have more than that?

MEH.

 

I drove my uk spec auto in the snow with crap rubber. It was fine aslong as you dont gun it, it will behave as most cars do in the snow. Depends waht your asking it to do?

 

I mean a GT4 will have more pull in the snow but then a landrover will have more than that?

It wouldnt move out of a car park space at my old apartment which is near enough flat, and it would barely get up the slightest incline! At one road it only got up by touching the rear tyre on the kerb for a good 20 yards to get a bit of speed up, about 10mph!!!

A facelift (it has a snow mode) with an lsd 'might' be better, but for me i'd still not expect much from it if you are faced with any sort of incline.........

Just get some narrow wheels and seasonal tyres for winter usage and it will be fine. It's not because it's a Supra, it's because it's RWD, with very wide tyres and loads of low end torque.

i have the facelift snowmode and it was a nightmare when the snow actually started to settle on the road

Slush and cold it's fine but i still walk/train/skip when it snows

EDIT: they were 265 toyo's so i wasnt expecting much

You don't buy a supra if you want it to be good in the snow, just like you don't buy a supra if you want it to be good on fuel.

It's the driver, not the car

It's the driver, not the car

Aye right, thats what i thought until my old man slagged me off with that one. He couldnt get the car on the bloody driveway last xmas

But you are slightly right i will add

Just get some narrow wheels and seasonal tyres for winter usage and it will be fine. It's not because it's a Supra, it's because it's RWD, with very wide tyres and loads of low end torque.

Agree with this - tyres are the number one thing. People drive Supras here in Finland and Sweden in winter, but not with summer tyres...! Trouble is that no-one in UK would keep a set of winter tyres sitting around on the offchance of having a cold snap, don't know if you can even buy them at all over there.

Fitting PROPER winter tyres will help more than you could ever imagine.

In Germany you get a fine if you have to abandon your car, and it's doubled if you block other road users. For this reason pretty much everyone has a spare set of steel wheels with winter tyres on them.

Imagine what would have happened last winter if we had that sort of law. Exactly: nothing.

Agree with this - tyres are the number one thing. People drive Supras here in Finland and Sweden in winter, but not with summer tyres...! Trouble is that no-one in UK would keep a set of winter tyres sitting around on the offchance of having a cold snap, don't know if you can even buy them at all over there.

You can, but they amount to around 0.5% of total UK tyre sales. For some reason UK drivers think they're exempt, until they get stuck

I'd imagine 4 space savers would work a treat!

You can, but they amount to around 0.5% of total UK tyre sales. For some reason UK drivers think they're exempt, until they get stuck

Very true

I'd imagine 4 space savers would work a treat!

Would have thought that would work well.

I'd imagine 4 space savers would work a treat!

Hey, it's snow joke

(sorry, I had to crowbar it in somehow)

Hey, it's snow joke

That took ages. Next time, flurry up!

So the question is, should i go auto tt instead of my 340bhp gt4? My gt4 does get 24mpg tho round town which is pretty awesome i think! Just love the supra more tho!

So what about the likes of Racelogic TC then? Is it any good or are winter tyres the way forward, or upwards as the problem is :d

Racelogic will certainly help, but adjusting your driving style and buying winter wheels/tyres would probably be a cheaper option. Both would be ideal

Hey, it's snow joke

Who's joking?

Bear in mind i don't think for one second that the use of space savers as snow tyres would transform your car into an ice racer!

Hmmm, so should i get a supra again or what?

My auto TT was absolutely useless in last winter's snow. If I had a manual, I think I'd have been alright. Even in a high gear in MANU mode the wheels just spin, and using the brake to slow the wheels doesn't really do anything.

Stick with the 340bhp GT4, if I was you. Is it really 340bhp?

A simple yes, if your thinking about it then just do it.

Get a Delica, I had no trouble at all in the snow.

Hmmm, so should i get a supra again or what?

Yes, And i happen to know of a nice one for sale

My auto TT was absolutely useless in last winter's snow. If I had a manual, I think I'd have been alright. Even in a high gear in MANU mode the wheels just spin, and using the brake to slow the wheels doesn't really do anything.

 

Stick with the 340bhp GT4, if I was you. Is it really 340bhp?

Yes, well 337 close enough! Blitz access ecu, fmic, apexi boost controller, awesome car put together by last owner!