My D3 was stopped in a very slippery packed ice covered pub carpark that had a slight slope. I had one of the rear doors open, while I got my pregnant daughter seated. As she was getting in I noticed my Disco was sliding backwards. I shouted for everyone to get clear and shut the door. There was a very high risk of someone being crushed between the door and another adjacent car by a lethal 2.7 tonnes. I moved the Disco onto the road which was clear of ice. Obviously the potential of what might have happened shook me up quite a bit. My tyres are approximately 6 months old Goodyear Wranglers with a lot of tread on them. But I don't think it would make any difference which tyres were fitted, unless they were studded?
I don't think I should have been able to predict the Disco sliding, but is a lesson I have just learned.
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26th Dec 2010 9:20 am
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Last year at work of of our staff's Ford Focus ended up half way across the car park after sliding on its own, after being parked for some time. And had slid towards my (company) car. Just shows it's not only driving and moving that can be hazardous...
Glad I only had coke to drink and left the booze until I got home!! Run silent, run deep!! HM Submarines Conqueror, Churchill, Renown, Ocelot, Porpoise, Onslaught.
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26th Dec 2010 12:09 pm
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npinks wrote:
I ran back, opening the locks and jumped on the break peddle about 6" from the wall
But surely if it is sliding on ice the wheels won't be turning and using brakes would make no difference???
26th Dec 2010 12:15 pm
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I'd guess the handbrake locks the only rear wheels but pressing the pedal does the front as well?
26th Dec 2010 2:02 pm
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When I was in the Alps last Feb, I parked my D3 with the right hand wheels up a snow bank outside the chalet. I left it there overnght, until we were woken by a knock on the door the following morning. The car had slipped sideways off the snow bank, and was blocking the road
26th Dec 2010 2:13 pm
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Correct, it was my manual FL2, left out of gear and just rear wheel held on handbrake
I presumed by pressing the brake it braked all 4 wheels and gave a little more grip
26th Dec 2010 2:15 pm
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Understood.
26th Dec 2010 2:51 pm
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My other half was carrying out a 3 point turn recently in our D3. Partway through it launched itself backwards sliding with the slight camber of the road. Behind the car was a wooden telegraph pole, I was watching and feared the worst!
She managed to stop the slide by stamping on the brake pedal and flicking the EPB switch. Just shows what can happen!
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26th Dec 2010 4:24 pm
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Back in the '90s when I worked in a different building then I am in now, we all parked along a side wall which sloped away from the building. It had snowed and there was some icing. At break time we went outside to find most of the cars had slid down the slope but thankfully stopped at a flat bit in the lot. One car had just missed a telephone pole. It seems that the sun had melted the snow from atop the ice and the cars went for a ride
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26th Dec 2010 5:14 pm
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In the Fiesta clip where the car is sliding, why would you get out of your car. The car is a cage and will protect you. Bunch of Lemmings. I can see it now, people about to have a crash and jumping clear from their cars. Even better, don't wear your seat belt and the car will eject you.
Good thinking on your part to clear everyone out of the way. Not drinking also gave you a good reaction time. Winter tires without studs will to a point still grip on ice. The Nokian tire has a claw design cut in to each section of the tire to grip the ice. In a data sheet I saw about studded and unstudded Nokian tires the studded had a 9 out of 10 for black ice grip and the unstudded had a 8. Picture shows the cut out blocks with the claw design.
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After last year I have had enough of snow for awhile. Usually I love it but after all of the damage we had last winter I'm not feeling the love now.
