Driving in the snow!
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Thought since it’s snowed I’d have a little see how she handles to the shop and back. I’ve driven newer sports cars with all the driver aids and found them a nightmare..........the Tuscan is actually really good fun and completely predictable I found. So much so I drive it 35 miles to work this morning.
Without the driver aids (abs, traction control etc) and with some common sense it’s a piece of cake, and the best thing is that there’s a lot less cars on the road so it didn’t take much longer to get to work and you find it quite easy and controllable to get the back out round those little corners 😉
Without the driver aids (abs, traction control etc) and with some common sense it’s a piece of cake, and the best thing is that there’s a lot less cars on the road so it didn’t take much longer to get to work and you find it quite easy and controllable to get the back out round those little corners 😉
Chim450 said:
I used to drive my Tuscan in the snow all the time. I agree that it was pretty easy to drive, but I wouldn’t do it now for two reasons; other road users and chassis corrosion. I’ve just had a body off chassis refurb, it was literally falling apart!
Ahhhh yes, corrosion. Think I’ll jet wash it next week. I did see some real k&@bs driving this morning, normal as I normally see them trying to race me as you do when you drive a Tuscan. However I’ve always taken solice in the fact that the only that keeps up with a Tuscan is another Tuscan 😜 Chim450 said:
I used to drive my Tuscan in the snow all the time. I agree that it was pretty easy to drive, but I wouldn’t do it now for two reasons; other road users and chassis corrosion. I’ve just had a body off chassis refurb, it was literally falling apart!
Ahhhh yes, corrosion. Think I’ll jet wash it next week. I did see some real k&@bs driving this morning, normal as I normally see them trying to race me as you do when you drive a Tuscan. However I’ve always taken solice in the fact that the only that keeps up with a Tuscan is another Tuscan 😜 The problem is that brine on the road will get into any little breaches on the chassis coat. TVR were known for powder coating chassis that had been sat out side badly. So the coating is kind of floating off the metal and the brine is seeping in.
In terms of good ideas, driving these contraptions in this weather, ignoring the lack of driver aids, I’d give it a -4/10... yes that’s minus sign.
For god sake, give it some love. Do you think the dude in 2001 who paid approximately 50k for a Tuscan drove it round in the snow like his everyday.
In terms of good ideas, driving these contraptions in this weather, ignoring the lack of driver aids, I’d give it a -4/10... yes that’s minus sign.
For god sake, give it some love. Do you think the dude in 2001 who paid approximately 50k for a Tuscan drove it round in the snow like his everyday.
Edited by m4tti on Thursday 1st March 22:54
Hunter T said:
Its a British car made for British roads, and yes we occasionally get snow in Britain. I drive mine all weathers..as it was made to do.
Good man 😉I have however been cleaning mine underneath like an OCD cleaning maniac!
I’m wondering though, I know you shouldn’t really galvanise a ‘used’ chassis but I wonder if anyone’s created a new galvanised or even aluminium chassis?
s6boy said:
No reason you shouldn't galvanise a used chassis as long as it's been prepared properly.
Best practice is to only galvanise new steel as you’ll find it’s incredibly difficult, near on impossible to prep the inside of the tubes and clean them up, resulting in the chassis eventually rusting from the inside out, but it’s also one of those. Do you galvanise it knowing that or leave it to eventually rust from the outside as well. Gassing Station | Tuscan | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff