snow

The E Class 350 is my first Merc. When I bought the car in the back of my mind I was worried about the snow in winter because of the rear wheel drive. When the first snow hit last week I decided to drive the car with standard tyres and found that they were far from ideal (spinning at every...

Gosh who would have thunk it. My cousin reports that he got stuck on snowy motorways and had to endure 9 hours stationary, 3 hours of crawling and constant moaning from direction of passenger seat (containing my aunt, who is not a patient woman at the best of times) to finish the last 30...

Guys I ended up clearing the ice and snow off my car today but dont know if this was such a good thing or idea as I am worried about scratching her and if I have now by doing this left tiny sratches on the surface of the paintwork. I used my hands to do the majority and the rest from the heat...

I'm thinking about getting a set of snow chains for my rear wheels so I can get up the steep hill that I live on, the council never ever grit our street, the surface is made of concrete so most snow quickly turns to ice, what do other member think ?

Hello Looking at getting some new tyres for some alloys I have aquired. These will be for a S211. I do approx 4K miles a year, Now I've had a quick look and Fulda Falken Vredestine Toyo ^ these seem to be 'branded ok' makes... Then I looked at these (and we put these on the front...

My 1999 c200 2.0l petrol 5sp auto is rubbish in snow. It doesn't have wide tyres, its just crap. And in my opinon ASR is great for greasy roundabouts but just doesn't work for slow speed ice/snow situations. At parking speed the ASR continually locks the spinning wheel, but becasue that is both...

Just wondered if any of you have been caught out in the snow without winters on? How did it cope?

Hi Just wondered whether anyone is using their car in the snow and if so how it's performing? I assume it wouldn't be much good and so ours is tucked away in the garage and the Multipla with winter tyres is being used for everything and that includes a lot of miles across the Yorkshire Moors...

So, last winter I struggled in the snow but got everywhere I needed to (I live at the top of a medium grade hill). I had a FWD car at the time with 225 tyres on the drive wheels. This year I have the E350, with 265/35/18 tyres on the drive wheels. So, I have decided that before any snow...

Not exactly detailing I know, but... I have been pondering over going into the snow foam game. I have a Karcher pressure washer but need everything else. I have been perusing Ebay for a while and there are many many options out there. Too many - I'm a bit confused! I was interested in a...

When snow foaming a car should it hosed first to remove dirt or snow foamed over the dirt in order to let the snow foam lift the dirt?

Hi, I have a 1999 C Class with paint code 143. On the Russia MB Club VIN checker, it states my car as Snow White, but I thought Snow White was Paint Code 153. Any ideas? Do you think there is a bug in the MB Club Russia tool? I hope I haven't ordered the wrong coloured touch up paint...

I really can't wait 'till its gone. Its a real pain doing any work.

Reading this BBC article BBC News - Met Office warns of icy roads after heavy snow I couldn't help but notice the car in the picture. That must be one of the worst examples of not clearing your windscreen of snow I've ever seen.

Snowed overnight putting down about 4-5cm in our village in the Chilterns....however, the council have not gritted the roads or made any attempt to clear them such that nobody can now get in, out or through.....its ridiculous that such a little amount of snow has brought everything to a complete...

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Yesterday I thought stupidly that as I had a car in the garage I could maybe take it out after a week locked away. How wrong I was. To cut a long story short I got stranded 4ft off the end of my own drive and had to be rescued by a Jeep. My car isn't just bad in the snow it is the absolute worst...

Where exactly on these car are you meant to push them when they get stuck in snow, during our recent bad weather my mercedes got stuck every where, trying to push an heavy object you need a solid platform to push against, my boot lid I could feel bending, or movement on its arms my bumpers I...

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I have a 320Cdi Avantagarde Estate (2001) - a great car for every situation apart from....snow. My car has £600 worth of new tyres and continually slides around, is an absolute nightmare on steep hills - has to be a combination of wide, relatively low profile tyres and a huge weight up...