If you got a clk dont even bother to go out in the snow.......

[deanrc]

JUST TOOK A TRIP UP MY LOCAL SHOP AND GOT STUCK TWICE , WHEEL SPINNING EVERYWHERE WITH TRACTION OFF , WITH TRACTION ON CAR WOULD NOT REV OR MOVE ANYWHERE.......GREAT FUN IN AN OPEN SPACE BUT UNLESS YOU WANNA GET STUCK SOMEWHERE I HONESTLY WOULDNT BOTHER...:neutral:

 

[PeterCLK]

Here here.
Others will disagree and tell you that driving with a sensitive foot etc it's OK but it's not.
RWD bad
FWD better
4WD the best

I've got my tin hat on.

 

[Michael G 2]

NO NEED TO SHOUT!
That aside you can drive sucessfully in the snow with a CLK, just be very gentle on the throttle and brakes.
Don't floor it.
Weight in the boot Sandbags will help too, winter tryes really are justifiable now.
Get some.

 

[deanrc]

Seriously i have driven in some pretty extreme conditions , done off road racing etc and they do not like the snow one little bit......

 

[SQ_W211]

I beg to differ, I think the traction control does its job excellently as long as you dont thrash it, use gentle throttle and I personally never had any issues.

 

[deanrc]

try moving the car on a up hill grad. thats both icy and thick with snow and all it will want to do is move left and right regardless whether you have traction on or off.....

 

[PeterCLK]

Well come and drive one around here and you will change your mind.
That's if you could get here in the first place.

 

[Mr CLK]

I do have to agree with deanrc that driving the CLK in snow is not easy but I had to drive up a windy road in the snow and it was fun!!

 

[Pontoneer]

Here here.
Others will disagree and tell you that driving with a sensitive foot etc it's OK but it's not.
RWD bad
FWD better
4WD the best

I've got my tin hat on.

FWD bad - weight transfers AWAY from the driving wheels under acceleration = less grip
RWD better - weight transfers TO the driving wheels under acceleration = more grip
4WD best

I was up in the wilds of Aberdeenshire during the snow and my W126 just kept going up hills covered in hard packed snow where FWD cars were floundering or abandoned - and I was towing a trailer !

 

[Michael G 2]

try moving the car on a up hill grad. thats both icy and thick with snow and all it will want to do is move left and right regardless whether you have traction on or off.....

Gentle acceleration before reaching and on the gradient stops this, turn the DSC off to move switch it back on once moving.

 

[deanrc]

yeah exactly , London is hardly effected , try going north or to the outer suburbs and let me know how long you get stuck for .......... take a shovel and a blanket though.

 

[deanrc]

Gentle acceleration before reaching and on the gradient stops this, turn the DSC off to move switch it back on once moving.

oh yeah the idea is good , but if your already parked and trying to move it you have absolutely no chance .....

 

[Michael G 2]

oh yeah the idea is good , but if your already parked and trying to move it you have absolutely no chance .....

I see that would be very tricky. How steep was the gradient?

 

[deanrc]

not massive but enough that the car just wanted to go sidewards , thankfully two blokes held the sides to keep it straight or i would of got in a right mess.........awesome for power sliding though , but you need to get going first !!

 

[Iain the gadget]

Seriously i have driven in some pretty extreme conditions , done off road racing etc and they do not like the snow one little bit......

Off road racing eh!

You'll know about different tyres to suit conditions then? :mrgreen:

 

[deanrc]

Oh yeah of course , sadly i dont have a selection for my merc , if the ones of my race car fitted then it would be no problem , they are colman full off road nobberlys

 

[Iain the gadget]

yeah exactly , London is hardly effected , try going north or to the outer suburbs and let me know how long you get stuck for .......... take a shovel and a blanket though.

And get stuck behind all the other idiots on the wrong tyres and without a clue as to their actual capabilities. Yeah right!:lol:
It's the drivers that get stuck, not the car!

 

[deanrc]

And get stuck behind all the other idiots on the wrong tyres and without a clue as to their actual capabilities. Yeah right!:lol:
It's the drivers that get stuck, not the car!

You cant expect a car to do something that its not designed to do , dont matter how good a driver you are .......

 

[Iain the gadget]

Oh yeah of course , sadly i dont have a selection for my merc , if the ones of my race car fitted then it would be no problem , they are colman full off road nobberlys

Yet you still went out in the snow on the wrong tyres!

Rodney. you plonker:Oops:

 

[plonsdale]

JUST TOOK A TRIP UP MY LOCAL SHOP AND GOT STUCK TWICE , WHEEL SPINNING EVERYWHERE WITH TRACTION OFF , WITH TRACTION ON CAR WOULD NOT REV OR MOVE ANYWHERE.......GREAT FUN IN AN OPEN SPACE BUT UNLESS YOU WANNA GET STUCK SOMEWHERE I HONESTLY WOULDNT BOTHER...:neutral:

I agree, mines been off the road since 21st Dec!