andycuz
Full member
Hi guys I'm new to this forum.
I have an issue with my car running on winter tyres.
I have a Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi 2009 with Michelin Alpin A4 Winter Tyres in the UK, on Saturday I was driving up my street which is a steady incline not very steep and my car got stuck 3 times in about 4 inches of snow, I tried turning off the ESP and traction control, I even turned round and tried in reverse but it just would not move I just got wheel spin. I tried being very light on the accelerator even tried just easing off the clutch to get it to bite but it just slipped. The tyres would just not bite the snow, I then tried my tyres at 30 psi but made no difference from the 36.
The tyres are almost new with a lot of tread, Ford state that the original tyres should be at 33 psi, but I pumped my winter tyres to 36 psi to try and compensate for some of the wobbly ride winter tyres can give.
I have a Kia Cee'd 1.6 CRDi with the exact same Michelin tyres and when I took this car out just after it got through the snow absolutely fine, no wheel spin or sliding and it doesn't have ESP or traction control. Even goes up steep hills in the snow without any issue. 2 years ago the Kia Cee'd went everywhere on a pair of Kumho KW23 winter tyres better than the Ford Focus did.
Can anyone offer me any advice as I have been able to get everywhere in the Kia with winter tyres but the Focus just gets stuck. Could it be that the pressure in the tyres needs raising higher than 36 psi if the car is slightly heavier, or is it just the fact that the Focus is utter cr@p in snow?
Btw both cars have 205/55/R16 tyres and both have about the same power and torque with the Focus having less, the Focus is slightly heavier by about 10kgs.
I cannot seem to understand how my Kia Cee'd can crunch through the snow and the Ford Focus can't I must be missing something here but seem to have exhausted ideas, the only thing I haven't done is raise the PSI a lot higher to say 38 or even up to 42 to see if this works, problem is now all the snow has gone so I can't test it.
Cheers
Andrew
I have an issue with my car running on winter tyres.
I have a Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi 2009 with Michelin Alpin A4 Winter Tyres in the UK, on Saturday I was driving up my street which is a steady incline not very steep and my car got stuck 3 times in about 4 inches of snow, I tried turning off the ESP and traction control, I even turned round and tried in reverse but it just would not move I just got wheel spin. I tried being very light on the accelerator even tried just easing off the clutch to get it to bite but it just slipped. The tyres would just not bite the snow, I then tried my tyres at 30 psi but made no difference from the 36.
The tyres are almost new with a lot of tread, Ford state that the original tyres should be at 33 psi, but I pumped my winter tyres to 36 psi to try and compensate for some of the wobbly ride winter tyres can give.
I have a Kia Cee'd 1.6 CRDi with the exact same Michelin tyres and when I took this car out just after it got through the snow absolutely fine, no wheel spin or sliding and it doesn't have ESP or traction control. Even goes up steep hills in the snow without any issue. 2 years ago the Kia Cee'd went everywhere on a pair of Kumho KW23 winter tyres better than the Ford Focus did.
Can anyone offer me any advice as I have been able to get everywhere in the Kia with winter tyres but the Focus just gets stuck. Could it be that the pressure in the tyres needs raising higher than 36 psi if the car is slightly heavier, or is it just the fact that the Focus is utter cr@p in snow?
Btw both cars have 205/55/R16 tyres and both have about the same power and torque with the Focus having less, the Focus is slightly heavier by about 10kgs.
I cannot seem to understand how my Kia Cee'd can crunch through the snow and the Ford Focus can't I must be missing something here but seem to have exhausted ideas, the only thing I haven't done is raise the PSI a lot higher to say 38 or even up to 42 to see if this works, problem is now all the snow has gone so I can't test it.
Cheers
Andrew