Old video, I know. I just could not resist commenting 🙂 Rear while drive and snow was the norm for many a year here i Norway. I learnt to drive in a Ford Granada estate with RWD. Today one of my cars is a Mazda B2500 pick-up where the RWD is the mode used. If one knows how to drive these cars they are perfectly acceptable on snow with winter tires. Just needs to watch the accelerator vs. conditions/friction, not change gears during turns or climbing steepish hills etc. The Mazda is pre-ABS as well which also demands skill and forward thinking on ice or snow.
It’s all about the tyres isn’t it! Proper rubber = grip. 911 has an advantage in that engine, and therefore weight, is over the rear, driving, wheels. So grip is phenomenal.
@@WhiteRoseDrives Tires are vital! Driving on snow or ice with summer tires is really to ask for an accident. Studless vs. studded is a debate still ongoing tough. A RWD with the motor in front will let go with the rear tires a lot earlier than your Porsche of course. When I was a kid my dad had a Beetle. Great car for winter compared with the other RWD cars with the engine in front. Now I had the misfortune of driving a 80s air cooled rear engine VW Transporter with RWD during military service. Even with that configuration it was a poor vehicle during winter as it lost grip really easily. Fun times going onto the tarmac to spin thought. Until I almost had an incident with a hercules taxing where no hercules was supposed to go. Good times. Thanks for the reply and the enjoyable video.
Old video, I know. I just could not resist commenting 🙂
Rear while drive and snow was the norm for many a year here i Norway. I learnt to drive in a Ford Granada estate with RWD. Today one of my cars is a Mazda B2500 pick-up where the RWD is the mode used. If one knows how to drive these cars they are perfectly acceptable on snow with winter tires. Just needs to watch the accelerator vs. conditions/friction, not change gears during turns or climbing steepish hills etc.
The Mazda is pre-ABS as well which also demands skill and forward thinking on ice or snow.
It’s all about the tyres isn’t it! Proper rubber = grip. 911 has an advantage in that engine, and therefore weight, is over the rear, driving, wheels. So grip is phenomenal.
@@WhiteRoseDrives Tires are vital! Driving on snow or ice with summer tires is really to ask for an accident. Studless vs. studded is a debate still ongoing tough.
A RWD with the motor in front will let go with the rear tires a lot earlier than your Porsche of course. When I was a kid my dad had a Beetle. Great car for winter compared with the other RWD cars with the engine in front. Now I had the misfortune of driving a 80s air cooled rear engine VW Transporter with RWD during military service. Even with that configuration it was a poor vehicle during winter as it lost grip really easily. Fun times going onto the tarmac to spin thought. Until I almost had an incident with a hercules taxing where no hercules was supposed to go. Good times.
Thanks for the reply and the enjoyable video.
Did you have winter tyres fitted?
I did, yes. There’s no way this would’ve been possible without them.
@White Rose Drives Thanks I did wonder :-)
And in the Caterfield…?
Wrapped that up in protective blanket for the winter 😂 I was tempted to keep it on the road just to try snow, but CBA with the winter wheel faff.