Got an unwelcome confirmation this morning that the DS3's Potenzas are useless in the snow.
It hasn't snowed very much down here, deep in the wilds of Suffolk - only a couple of inches at most - but overnight the Siberian blasts blew the snow off the fields, and drifted it to a depth of 4-5 inches across the farm track that leads to my house.
Over the years I've always managed to get through snow of that depth, in a wide variety of machinery, but not this morning. Tried for over an hour, but kept getting stuck every few yards and having to dig myself out. Absolutely no grip whatsoever. Even the Eagle F1s on the Leon were better than this.
Result? Several cancelled appointments, and an unexpected day at home, digging myself out (no joke when you've got nearly half a mile to clear). At the present rate of progress I'll be shovelling for days, & even then I suspect that the tyres won't cope.
Phoned around this morning for some winter tyres, but everyone seems to be out of stock (surprise, surprise). And apparently you can't fit snow chains to the 17" wheels.
Bugger.
It hasn't snowed very much down here, deep in the wilds of Suffolk - only a couple of inches at most - but overnight the Siberian blasts blew the snow off the fields, and drifted it to a depth of 4-5 inches across the farm track that leads to my house.
Over the years I've always managed to get through snow of that depth, in a wide variety of machinery, but not this morning. Tried for over an hour, but kept getting stuck every few yards and having to dig myself out. Absolutely no grip whatsoever. Even the Eagle F1s on the Leon were better than this.
Result? Several cancelled appointments, and an unexpected day at home, digging myself out (no joke when you've got nearly half a mile to clear). At the present rate of progress I'll be shovelling for days, & even then I suspect that the tyres won't cope.
Phoned around this morning for some winter tyres, but everyone seems to be out of stock (surprise, surprise). And apparently you can't fit snow chains to the 17" wheels.
Bugger.
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