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Dave Baker wrote:
I thought bugger this for a game of soldiers and went back to riding the
bike in. It was interesting to say the least riding a road bike on road
tyres on packed snow but I never fell off and I reckon if you can
manage that then driving a car in the same conditions ought to be piece
of ****. I eventually graduated to cars, a MK1 Escort estate in the
first instance, and managed to get around in deep snow up even fairly
steep hills by the simple expedient of pulling the handbrake half on to
act as a poor man's limited slip diff. That stops one tyre from
spinning madly if it loses grip while the other one drags you up. All
you need is a high gear, not too much throttle and try and maintain
momentum.

Best car I ever had for snow etc was a pre-war Austin 7. Large wheels and
skinny tyres. Good ground clearance. Good weight distribution. Poor brakes
and no power. Ideal for Scottish winter roads. But not the winters - no
heater.

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