DrSlackBladder
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Will UK owners be fitting winter tyres to their PHEVs?
maby said:never fitted them on anything in my life - don't anticipate starting now
It is amazing. As for high speed aka ICE-only the car will still balance the drive by the rear wheels electrically.Chrispyduck said:I'm hoping that the PHEV off road and ice performance is as good as I have read which means that I should be able to get about ok in winter, unlike my current BMW which is worse than useless.
I take it that the 4 x4 is only active on EV and EV + ICE but not on ICE alone?
dmd said:I would hope that 4WD is active on ice. And snow, mud etc.
I don't have my PHEV yet, so am still a bit ignorant, but in what circusmstance would there be no electric drive at all? Is there such a mode?
No, it will always be active.dmd said:I would hope that 4WD is active on ice. And snow, mud etc.
I don't have my PHEV yet, so am still a bit ignorant, but in what circusmstance would there be no electric drive at all? Is there such a mode?
jaapv said:I live in Holland and I would imagine winter conditions are about the same as the Southeast of the UK.
I would not dream of driving on summer tyres in winter, have been using winter tyres since 1965. Not only snow and ice, which are rather rare nowadays , heavy rain (aqua planing) and general slippery conditions are far better handled by winter tyres, as the rubber is softer at low temperatures,
On top of that I could not drive legally in Germany.
After the initial outlay the cost of use are nil, as one can only wear down one set of tyres at a time.
Which is considerably less than the cost of skidding into something.
My dealer delivered the car on Hankook ones, which turned out to be far better than I expected.
Hi,jaapv said:After the initial outlay the cost of use are nil, as one can only wear down one set of tyres at a time.
Sorry, wrong buttondavid1972 said:I've seen clowns in 4wd getting stuck while people with common sense and a little ability cruise past effortlessly.....without either having winter tyres on.
Hi,jaapv said:Well, it is a bit cheaper than that. I just get the wheels out of the garage and swop them around...
And there was me expecting some interesting PHEV footagejaapv said:Anybody care to try this on summer tyres?
:mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTP9yrATX8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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