Winter motoring....I love it, can be just as good as summer motoring, but then again, what summer?

 

but then again, what summer?

Very true haha.

 

Its the same thing every year, so far I havent had any problems but its gettin chilly

 

You shouldn't complain, I've got -5 degrees centrigrade outside. And there's ice on the windows every morning

 

Ah! the joys of summer motoring, photo taken during june of this year, anyone guess where it is?

 

is it Rievaulx in N. Yorks?

 

Big rock lol,

As for -5, it was -2 up here last night, not far behind.

 

Mines misfiring abit when first started up!

oh and some coolant issue :O

 

My 25 drives as well in the Winter as the Summer, no starting issues, starts first time and never misses a beat !!!

No Rust issues, a regular wash to get road girme and salt off does help !!!

Should not get wiper issues if the blades are in good nick, some good things have been said about flat blades, keep your washer fluid half and half too !!!

You should not have any heater issues, a couple of mile down the road and mine is toasty !!!

...and as for steam out the exhuast, join the club !!!

 

in cold weather steam coming out of the exhaust is normal

as for rust just wash it once a week to get all the crap off it wash under the wheel arches aswell as it collects there

heater problems well bummer just make sure the resister is fully connected and no airlocks

 

Anyone guessed yet on the location of my photo through the rain lashed windscreen, might get a free car as a first prize, you never know

 

Mine's done really well far. Doesn't seem at all phased by the weather dispite how crazy it's been down here so far!! We've had insane hail stones and stuff...

The only thing that I am noticing is that my summer tyres are horrible when it's wet... I used mytyres.co.uk to find the best quality tyres that I could and they got 4 or 5 stars for every catagory apart from "driving in wet" which they got the lowest rating for!!! They even grip well in snow and ice, just not water for some reason!! I might invest in some winter tyres to see me through.

Mike

 

Im not experiencing any of the symptoms above, but can GUARANTEEEEEE those type of threads are gonna start appearing

 

My heater resistor has gone.

 

Sorry but lol, hope you get it fixed and I dont jinx too many others:naughty:

 

+1

Door leaks,
Sunroof Leaks,
Windowscreen Leaks,
Spins,
Bumps,
Crashes,
Complaining about the weather,
Complaining about the dark....

The list is endless....BUT THEN....
Celebrating the fact its only 22 sleeps til christmas and 27 til new years....WOOP :merryxmas:

 

same here my heater resistor has gone too so i "borrowed" some ceramic resistors from work and soldered them on in the place of the old ones. make sure you get the figures from the old resistors so you can match (as closely as possible) with the new resistors. or alternatively you can pay about £10-£15 and get yourself a replacement all ready to screw in and go.

and as for the location im guessing its somewhere exotic like yorkshire.

 

Someone on here did/does the packs, dont they?

Easy in out job suits me:O

 

A pointer towards winter driving.

 

im not sure if anyone on here does referbishment of these packs or not but it was a 10-15 min job to solder the new resitors on to the plate. if i would have paid for the resistors then i would have just gone for a straight in out swap like you said.

i was suprised at how easy it was to get to as people where saying you need to remove the glove box and all sorts buts its so quick lol 2 bolts and 2 screws and its out lol

 

does he win your car?? lol

 

A rep maybe?

 

that sign does not seem long enough to have all those letters on it. i was thinking of maybe 6 letters long. good googleing lol

 

I could see the eva in the middle and the x at the end, so that made it easier. Not many places with a v and an x in their name.

Back on topic a bit but one of the things missing off the winter list was accidents. There are always loads at this time of year.

I'm also looking at road tripping into the arctic (again) so am after some good M + S tyres, preferably studded. My car will probably be one of those written off if I do go Not really driven in proper snow so it should be an enlightening experience.

 

I'm also looking at road tripping into the arctic (again) so am after some good M + S tyres, preferably studded. My car will probably be one of those written off if I do go Not really driven in proper snow so it should be an enlightening experience.

There are a couple of very good studdless tyres designed for nordic winters, which allow for good tractions in snow and on ice. They are Nokian Hakkapeliitta R, Continental VikingContact 3 & 5 and Michelin X-Ice xi2. With any of these tyres on the car, you'll be king of the road if you get any snow.

 

I look on the bright side.. Diesels perform better in colder conditions, after the insanely long warmup period the ZR is driving exceptionally well at the moment

 

Unless the diesel freezes solid though eh :lol:

 

So expecting:

Starting issues

Rust issues

wiper issue

and heater issues

Steam from exhaust

Think these will be very popular on here over the next few months

My wipers have already gone, first frosty morning this year managed to use all of my de-icer (halfords stuff i wouldnt recommend) get a mile down the road thought most of the ice had gone so turn on the wipers and the blades are only just hanging on by a thread

 

I'm got my car booked in for a service so that should help alot to combat winter.

Think I need two new front tyres though

 

Already had the starting issue. A little rust developing under the arches. I had loads of steam from my exhaust on the school run today. And as for the heater problem it takes like 30mins or more to de-mist the back window. So only thing I havent had yet is the wipers :lol:

 

Lol my arches are gonna fall off soon besides that the only thing i wish Rovers had were Fords heated front screens as it takes the **** to demist

 

my front tyres are nearing the end of life expectancy. under 3mm left on both.

i've got a fair bit of driving to do over xmas (the annual pilgrimage from nottingham to norwich, back to nottingham, then off to oxford, and finally back to nottingham) and i know i need to get some new tyres soon but i'm wondering if i can get away with waiting until after all those miles and getting as much as i can out of the current tyres, or i'm better advised to get brand new tyres now for the extra grip they'll offer me for what will probably end up being a wet and horrible december.

financially speaking i'd rather wait until after xmas to buy them to help cash flow, but obviously crashing will cost me alot more!

Thoughts / opinions

 

If you do get snow on the roads, driving around on summer tyres with only 3mm worth of thread on them is madness. Summer tires are pants in winter condition, even the cheapest winter tyres grips better.

In the same way, winter tyres offers poor grip during summer, so the best is to have two sets of wheels. One setup of nice alloys with summer tyres for summer use and perhaps a set of steelies or cheap alloys with the smallest rim size that fits equipped with winter tyres for winter.

If there isn't any snow or ice, then keep driving on them. Not sure what the UK law says about minimum thread depth, but in Sweden 1.6mm are the absolute minimum. Less than that and the tyres are illegal. Getting as much out of them is the most economical choise, but not the best out of a security aspect.