A4 winter blues

[stuart38]

hi, all my A4 handles crap in the snow and ice, (like we cant use the car it just wont grip the snow) and its a new car

 

[acano]

Try telling us what you have!

 

[stuart38]

sorry, mmm, A4 2.0 tdi manual

 

[BahnStormer77]

depends a lot on the tyres in ice and snow... problem with regular summer tyres: the harder wearing they are and the better they are on dry/wet roads, the worse they normally are on ice and snow.

Aside from that, Front Wheel Drive and TDI aren't a great combo on ice since there's a lot of torque... especially with the PD turbo diesels since the power arrives in one big torquey lump between 2000-3000 rpm...

edit: doh! 2.0TDI, so it's actually a B7, so common-rail TDI?

 

[Xmay4444]

hi, all my A4 handles crap in the snow and ice, (like we cant use the car it just wont grip the snow) and its a new car

What were you expecting?

 

[stuart38]

thanks very much, i had thought about the tyres last night, cheers,

 

[stuart38]

well, the jag that i had was ok, i did expect the audi to be a bit better in the snow, cheers,

 

[jdp1962]

well, the jag that i had was ok, i did expect the audi to be a bit better in the snow, cheers,

Which model Jaguar did you have?