A long time ago I went cruising up a steep hill with 4” of snow covering it in my Citroen C2 with snow tyres on. At the bottom was BMW X5 4x4 unable to get up. The look on his face was priceless when I went up without any drama. Since then I’ve alway fitted winter tyres when the temp drops. Great video once again Mat
Winter tires only serve a purpose under certain conditions. Really slippery roads and or steep hills. I have none of those in the Netherlands. I still beat any 2wd with my 4x4 with all seasons, even if they have winter tires.
In Sweden we are taught to reverse fwd cars if we can’t get them up a snowy slope. That gives the car better traction when accelerating since the weight of the car is pushed to the back of the car when accelerating, and to the front when reversing giving better traction on a fwd car.
This is why I am always so frustrated when my friends and loved ones act like they are invincible in the snow because they have AWD even though they are on high efficiency highway tires
I remember back in the day when Audis has the reputation of always having the most cars in the gutter during winter. I think that was from a tow truck driver.
I remember last winter watching a Porsche SUV sliding down a hill with all 4 wheels locked up. The driver clearly didn't know how to deal with the situation. I hasten to add that no-one was hurt when he came to an arboreal stop in a bush.
I cannot believe winter tyres aren't mandatory in the UK. I've been using them for the last 10 years and the difference is incredible. You'd be a fool not to fit them and they basically end up paying for themselves.
@@ashterfadgadget817 I think in the usually mild UK winters, a good all season tyre can be a better choice than a fully siped winter, unless you live somewhere that gets a lot of snow like scotland. For example where I live in Yorkshire it's been below freezing for a week or so, but on monday it's forceast 13 degrees. Full winters start struggling as it warms up and it not unusual for that to happen these days. All seasons cope with the milder spells better, but will easily keep you safe and mobile when it's cold or if it snows.
this is common knowledge, mate. Unless you live in Africa or somewhere where there isn't any snow, you'd know about this. Either that or you're an american
@@ChR0nos_7734 last winter I got stuck in a front wheel car in a little hill climb, if I knew the momentum thing I would have tried something different
Only when you adjust your speed accordingly. Drivers with winter tyres tend to cause more accidents, because they think they can drive faster on winter tyres.
That is (almost) exactly what Tyre Reviews does. He runs different tires on the same track in the same car in different conditions. If you want tire reviews, go to Tyre Reviews.
@@AisuruMirai I put a direct link into this a couple of hours ago. I see it was censored... Any ways you are right, youtube tyrereveiws is the goto site, if you wanna get new tyres.
@@MuriloBauerAYYLMAO yes and no, the ANWB (AA of NL) did a comparison and a couple of AS tyres did really well in both coming in the top 3 of all tyres in all seasons
In the Philippines, the younger generation think rear wheel drive is a better choice for driving uphill. They also think that cars with manual transmission are superior to automatic.😂
@@jango71 Yup, that's what we're doing. IMHO well worth it, in the snow or cold weather everyone struggles and they drive like nothing changed. £60 to swap them, means £120 a year extra
@@jango71 If you aren't going to change tyre according to the weather - why would you choose summer ones? The Met office defines the 'Grass Temperature" as most relevant to motorists - the air temp is measured at 2m high. So in England the average minimum grass temp is less than 4°C (< 2° in Scotland) so we fit summer tyres??!!!
This opens up a whole new category of content for you guys. Please make more videos in snow/winter conditions. I'd be interested to see which transmission is best for snow
@@-NEH- Yeah I think so too. However, the modern automatics are really capable too. Specially when paired with say, snow mode. However, I haven't compared them myself so it'd be interesting to see the results
@@muazqamar I have a modern automatic now, a BMW. Nothing for slippery ice and deep snow I tell you... :-) I had a Saab with a ZF automatic 20 years ago. That thing had "winter" mode, it was pretty decent actually. But manual is manual.
Manual all the way, but second: _torque converter_ automatic. Back in high school I drove a TrailBlazer (I'm American, it was a midsize SUV) and when you put the gear selector in 2nd, the (automatic) transmission would start in 2nd. Very easy to control wheelspin, no "snow mode" necessary.
I feel like Matt just smokes a blunt and goes “you know what would be cool…” and then carwow makes it happen. Honestly feel like carwow could test any vehicle or location on the planet at this point from how much of a following they now have
@Mat: You have to try going up the hill in Reverse (with the FWD car) when it's so steep you can't do it going forwards. This idea has saved me in the past ✌. The idea is that the traction has to be on the wheels that are towards the bottom of the hill where all the weight is transferred.
A few years ago I bought a set of budget winter tyres for my fabia monte carlo and worked so effortlessly in the snow but haven't got a set for my golf R-line and doesn't work in the snow most of the time with premium summer tyres fitted so definitely a good idea
Hi Mark. Would love to see a test done between FWD and RWD BEV’s with snow tyres. I’ll never be able to afford a BEV AWD but reckon the RWD may be all I need?
Stick winter tyres on and put a concrete slab or two into the boot of the RWD and you’re good for winter. I lived in South Germany for a long time and that’s what we all did with our BMW or Mercs
There's a TH-camr tyre reviews that does all of this. In one of his videos he tests a front wheel drive with all season on the front and summer tyres on the rear which I've actually seen on a van recently. It's entertaining and absolutely lethal.
Can you test a theory I’ve had for awhile with my FWD/winters? If you start facing downhill, you *should* be able to reverse up a steep hill (since you’ll have more weight over the driven wheels) Not sure though, so it’d be interesting to see
For anyone asking about the ad with all weather tyres-I had a hire car in France 3 years ago, had requested winter but car came with the all weather. No issue all week because it didn't snow, on the day before we left it snowed very heavily and I decided to get bring the car out to try the snow chains that came with it(I'd bever used before), the all weather's seemed fine, UNTiL, it came to hill starts, they were no good, the car could accelerate for a while but once the hills became steeper the car would spin and and every occasion the car slid backwards. There's no way I'd ever drive again on ice or snow without anything other than winter tyres, on any type of vehicle
Another disadvantage for the A1 is it has dual clutch transmission. When pulling away it basically dumps the clutch and makes it almost impossible to control wheel spin on slippery surfaces. The Q7 has a torque converter which is much smoother at applying power.
Weird that they'd put an extra-expensive and compromise-laden transmission type into such a low-power vehicle. What, are they trying to shave a few tenths off the A1's Nurburgring time?
Impressive and good teaching material. I no longer change to winter tires because I no longer need my primary car on the two or three days when there is snow. When I did need them, they got me home, whereas my summer tires left me as the bottom of a gentle slope. Yes, winter tires work. My all season tires on front wheel drive VWs aren't bad either. This is Belgium. There are very few people considered as essential workers. Not like the Walmart shelf stocker who died on icey roads because of fear of being fired.
10 years back I was lucky enough to go skiing with my son in Châtel, France. Beautiful. We hired a Skoda Fabia from Geneva airport. It is the only time I have driven on winter tyres. Once out of the city on the quieter roads I started going a bit quicker and then a bit more. Up and up. In the end I was going considerably quicker than I would drive in my own car on all year tyres. NOT ONCE did the car lose traction. When the road was clear both ways I did a few emergency stops. Never lost traction once. I understand how/why winter tyres work and to this day am still astounded at the improvement in grip.
So I have an AWD Audi a3 hatchback and I’ve been driving without winters and I just got some out on today and i already felt a crazy difference I’m not slipping at all where without them I was basically doing a burnout at every red light. original wanted a gti but needed awd and watching this makes me feel like I made the right choice for sure. Awd plus winters will give you almost no problem 👍👍
Just a thought…..Should try all season tyres as it is more logical to buy on uk road and cheaper than 2 set of tyres. I use cross climate 2 and they are very good.😊
I'm in Canada and have driven small FWD cars my whole life (Escort, Yaris, Golf, Jetta) and have never had a problem in our harsh winters. Funny enough, whenever you see vehicles that ran off the road in a snowstorm it's a pickup truck or SUV a large majority of the time. Size definitely does not equal better bad weather driving unless winter tires are thrown into the equation. Hell, even my work truck which is a fully loaded 18-wheeler has a LOT more trouble on icy roads than my little Jetta. Just my opinion but FWD's are amazingly underrated.
If you have poor traction in snow you dont want to push pedal in the floor and all wheels spinning. This just does not work at all. Ideally you want manual car and very gently lift up clutch with low revs and feel that traction. (Yes i am from Finland and over 20 year snow driving experience with RWD cars).
True if there is e.g. 20 cm of snow on the road, because the narrow tire cuts the snow more easily. On the other hand, on a plowed road, you would think that a wider tire would work better, because more of the tire hits the road and thus gives more surface area (friction) to pull / push the car forward.
@@McÐädithe reason wider tires are better on the road is due to subtleties of how tires grip the road at the microscopic level, and how it deforms when applying grip. A narrower tire will have about the same contact patch size ("surface area"), it'll just be longer and narrower.
Hey Matt, next time try the front-wheel car climb in reverse you will be surprised how far you will go. It really works well, it is the same reason why Porsche has a great grip when accelerating from 0. Hopefully, you gonna read this 🙏🏻😊
My 320d got stranded last year in the snow. I’ve just replaced all the tyres for winter ones so I’m looking forward to seeing the difference if it snows this year. The tyres already feel grippier on greasy or wet roads
I'll admit that as a first time quattro owner... some 12 years ago, my young and stupid brain also thought AWD didn't need winter tires. And while it really doesn't to get going, especially if you have a manual gearbox and some skill, where it fails spectacularly is where every type of drive will fail on snow and ice - stopping. The very first time i tried an emergency braking and my adrenaline shot through the roof because of the close call i had, was the only time i experienced that kind of panic. Got into the first tire shop i could find, got 4 brand new winter tires and was on my happy way. Ever since then, despite driving only quattro Audis, i always have a nice set of 19" summer tires from April till the end of October and 17" winter tires from November till the end of March.
My AWD RAV4 Prime did great in snow with the stock tires it came with, although those might have been all season tires. For real snow and ice, Michelin X-Ice tires have worked well for me. Had a Sheriff chase me up the snowy hill to my house in my AWD HIghlander with new X-Ice snowtires after I drove past him as he was closing the road. I pointed out that since he followed me up, it must have been safe. He gave me a lecture about he's in a special vehicle and has had special training. I bit my tongue and avoided telling him I had AWD and brand new snow tires, and I learned to drive driving a Plymouth Duster with summer tires up snow covered hills in Fairbanks Alaska...
In the Netherlands winter tires aren't compulsory, even for hire cars. So I hired a car once and it had summer tires and it was snowing. Most terrifying drive of my life.
Combination of light weight and the most suitable tyres makes all the difference! Hence why I drive a light 4x4 car and run all season tyres on it. My Fiat Panda 4x4 runs hankook kinergy 4s tyres ot's like a mountain goat over the rough loose stuff and wintery snowy, icey conditions, very confident in wet weather and perfectly fine in summer! Ditch those summer tyres which only work effectively for like 2 weeks of dry weather in our UK summer ☀️ 🤔😲⚠️👍
My 2014 Q3 150TD Quattro came with 235/55R17 summers. Tried Audi WInterpackage - Wheels and Dunlop 215/65/16 but as we see little snow in my part of UK I then sourced some OEM Q3 Audi 16" wheels from Germany [seen on a German base spec in a carpark] and fitted 215/65 R16 Bridgestone A005 Weather Control EVO All Season. Great grip in all conditions I face and better ride than the 235/55R17 summers. PS - never sure how the quattro wanted to split power before slippage and jiggerpokery takes over until the latest MOT showed 60 % rear bias
I run on snow tyres year round. 4WD, diff lock, LSD sure helps. The best 2WD snow car I've ever had was a SAAB 96, for both traction and stability. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
Basically winter tyres give you the start/stop traction, awd/esp keeps you pointing in the right direction, both working together are (obviously) the best. Also important is a car with good weight distribution so you don’t pirouette under braking.
Sometimes when you are stuck with FWD, doing a front to back balance start does the trick. Learned to do that the hard way in an epic winter with tons of snow.
Honestly this is pretty impressive. Ive always used summer tyres because the UK rarely ever gets this kind of snow, However I have never had an issue in snow because I always drive nice and easy. Im probably a fool but I know what works for me. Im sorry for annoying all the drivers that are behind me but I know my Tyres, I know my car, and I know im fairly safe doing what I do. I wouldnt try slamming my brakes on a steep hill though!
Can we appreciate the Germans at Audi for participating in this quite crash-prone activity and the German at Carwow to drive in the car that doesn't stop going downhill. They may not have a sense of humour, but they also don't have a sense of danger ...
I use Michelin cross climate tyres in winter - for the uk where it is p**sing down with rain 99% of the time these are a great compromise and perform really well in snow and ice, while not adversely impacting your mpg and increase in dB!
When running a car with front wheel drive on a slippery surface, you have the possibility to move the wheels from side to side to alter the weight distribution and maybe gain some traction.
When I had my A6 allroad BiTdi I bought a second set of second hand wheels with winter tyres from Germany - Winter wheel and tyres are checkbox items on a new car order but hire car companies often separate the wheels from the car when they move it on so lots available. I think I paid 1100 Eoros including shipping for genuine Audi allroad winter wheels with tyres that had 6 or 7mm or tread. I'd swap the wheels in October or November and back again in March / April. They were really good the few times I used them in snow - but also they are REALLY good in cold wet conditions - stopping distances shorter etc. Stuck Winters on my Maserati Levante S end of 2019 as we were heading to Tigne to ski over Xmas and I've not taken them off. Used them in anger on snow there and they were fantastic - although I do think the worsen quattro 4 wheel drive of the allroad was better than the 'haled' like computer controlled 4wd of the Maserati. The winter tyres really don't wear that much faster if you drive like an adult most of the time... Granted they have a lower speed rating but not really an issue in the UK.
Even tho these videos have been around for decades I’m glad new ones are still being made bc people STILL think AWD matters in the winter and completely ignore winter tires. So many salesmen will give you the “awd is great for the snow” line, and ok to an extent that is true, but it’s absolutely negligible compared to winter tires
Traction off the line is important, but the reason we go with winter tires is the braking and turning performance. We also get about 200 of snow a year and our road is ice for at least 3 months so those tires get plenty of use. Cheers from Canada.
These Snow drag races shows us how important winter tyres are!
No shit Sherlock.
In the UK we don't need anything more than all season tyres unless you drive in the areas that still see reasonable snowfall.
Put mine on every year. They do make a big difference.
I’m in Aus so I’ve never even seen winter tires like the ones in the UK.
@@bigbalooga0455 even in Indonesia also.
A long time ago I went cruising up a steep hill with 4” of snow covering it in my Citroen C2 with snow tyres on. At the bottom was BMW X5 4x4 unable to get up. The look on his face was priceless when I went up without any drama. Since then I’ve alway fitted winter tyres when the temp drops. Great video once again Mat
Winter tires only serve a purpose under certain conditions. Really slippery roads and or steep hills. I have none of those in the Netherlands. I still beat any 2wd with my 4x4 with all seasons, even if they have winter tires.
Daniel is always "new German presenter" in all drag races
Yanni called in sick to work!
😂
Until they will get new new presenter
Brand new 😂😂
New but he's there for more than a month lmao
I would love to see a comparison between FWD with winter tyres and awd with all-season tyres.
th-cam.com/video/bRYHlb61_9Q/w-d-xo.html
Same
similiar, perhaps awd could win
One of the UK tire reviewers did that and the awd was better. I think it was tyre reviews?
@@paradox5556 For acceleration yes. For stopping with is the most important part. Nope winter tyres allow you to stop faster by large margin.
In Sweden we are taught to reverse fwd cars if we can’t get them up a snowy slope. That gives the car better traction when accelerating since the weight of the car is pushed to the back of the car when accelerating, and to the front when reversing giving better traction on a fwd car.
Agree.
Interesting!
@@purwantiallan5089 why do you have so much comments everywhere?
@@troll2637 y not. His time his hands 😅
@@Asoka-great fair point.
This is why I am always so frustrated when my friends and loved ones act like they are invincible in the snow because they have AWD even though they are on high efficiency highway tires
I remember back in the day when Audis has the reputation of always having the most cars in the gutter during winter. I think that was from a tow truck driver.
Q7 also weighs like two times in comparison, so there's that
@@SamsomiteMight That should be an advantage on snowy terrain.
I remember last winter watching a Porsche SUV sliding down a hill with all 4 wheels locked up. The driver clearly didn't know how to deal with the situation. I hasten to add that no-one was hurt when he came to an arboreal stop in a bush.
Ask them how AWD helps braking.
Try going uphill in reverse next time in the FWD car. That usually does the trick here in snowy Switzerland!
Yep. Even Emma Verde tried that experiment before.
@@purwantiallan5089 why do you have so much comments everywhere?
what? I thought you had enough money to warn up your roads in winter over there? 😅😅😅
@@daviddavidsonn3578 probably not in the countryside/rural areas, like japan
@@daviddavidsonn3578 or their snow is just too crazy sometimes
We need a 2WD winter tyres vs 4wd all seasons test!
You can find anything about tires on this channel! th-cam.com/video/a7E3GTpgvjs/w-d-xo.html
@@IIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIl Thanks! I wanna see them test it in that testing area they were in in the future.
th-cam.com/video/bRYHlb61_9Q/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/bRYHlb61_9Q/w-d-xo.html You can check this link. They are testing exactly as you say.
sry what ? you mean studded vs non studded ?
I am so early that Matt hasn't changed the thumbnail and title of the video yet
Right here with you
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i hate when carwow changes the thumbnail and title. i am a jew
Yes sir
@@SilverScarletSpider did anyone ask?
I cannot believe winter tyres aren't mandatory in the UK. I've been using them for the last 10 years and the difference is incredible. You'd be a fool not to fit them and they basically end up paying for themselves.
mate i can't believe it either they rather just wait the snow to melt..... :D
But unless you're in Scotland or North England we might only get a few days each year where there is snow on the roads
I think if all run of the mill cars at least came with all season tyres as standard it would solve many issues in winter
Winter tyres aren’t just for snow. They are much better in lower temperatures, especially when it’s wet.
@@ashterfadgadget817 I think in the usually mild UK winters, a good all season tyre can be a better choice than a fully siped winter, unless you live somewhere that gets a lot of snow like scotland. For example where I live in Yorkshire it's been below freezing for a week or so, but on monday it's forceast 13 degrees. Full winters start struggling as it warms up and it not unusual for that to happen these days. All seasons cope with the milder spells better, but will easily keep you safe and mobile when it's cold or if it snows.
Mat Watson giving us answers to questions we didn’t know we needed the answer to.
Mat, please do a snowy experiment between SX4 WRC on Dirt tires with Lancer Group B Rally Car on Snow tires.
Except it has already been done a million times on Tyre Reviews
I needed all these trials, I had an experience with stucking in snow!
this is common knowledge, mate. Unless you live in Africa or somewhere where there isn't any snow, you'd know about this. Either that or you're an american
@@ChR0nos_7734 last winter I got stuck in a front wheel car in a little hill climb, if I knew the momentum thing I would have tried something different
Doesn't matter what season it is, appropriate tyres = safety.
Only when you adjust your speed accordingly. Drivers with winter tyres tend to cause more accidents, because they think they can drive faster on winter tyres.
I would honestly like to see a comparison drag race like this with rear wheel drive cars and Summer/Winter/4Seasons tires.
th-cam.com/users/tyrereviews
That is (almost) exactly what Tyre Reviews does. He runs different tires on the same track in the same car in different conditions. If you want tire reviews, go to Tyre Reviews.
@@AisuruMirai I put a direct link into this a couple of hours ago. I see it was censored...
Any ways you are right, youtube tyrereveiws is the goto site, if you wanna get new tyres.
@@AisuruMirai
I know it has been done, but not with Mat Watson's impeccable style...😉
I would like to see Xdrive vs Quattro vs 4Matic on this snow track with cars in same class and similar power and same tyres🤩
Yeah me too
Maybe two different Audis also, Torsen/Haldex
Can you test all-season tires next? Wondering how much of a difference they make compared to winter/summer.
Big difference
all season tires = no season tires
@@MuriloBauerAYYLMAO yes and no, the ANWB (AA of NL) did a comparison and a couple of AS tyres did really well in both coming in the top 3 of all tyres in all seasons
@@MuriloBauerAYYLMAO Michelin cross climate 2s disagree with you bud
@@MuriloBauerAYYLMAO BS , high quality all season are the thing .
Hankook 4s set the tone , still is probably best 4s tire.
In the Philippines, the younger generation think rear wheel drive is a better choice for driving uphill. They also think that cars with manual transmission are superior to automatic.😂
I love these Winter Tyre drag races!
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Your programmed to.
What about experiments between Snow and Dirt tyres between 2 Lancer Evos?
That 6.9 in the gentle joke was just perfect 🤣
Race 1 starts 2:51 summer tyres on SQ7
Race 2 starts 3:44 summer tyres on SQ7
Race 3 starts 5:10 winter tyres on SQ7
Race 4 starts 6:11 winter tyres on SQ7
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@@makkie8593 yes
@@DSCMBOBULTD may the Lord bless you for doing a good work 👍🏾
I'd love to see the Haldex version fo Quattro vs the Torsen version of Quattro in one of these tests! Say a Q3 vs a Q5 to see the difference!
This guy makes for Mat Watson comedy gold. 🤣 Please have him back more often.
Mat Watson is now being Mat Wow.
@@purwantiallan5089 why do you have so much comments everywhere?
@@troll2637 bots
@@troll2637 why do you have so much comments everywhere?
My wife has the same SQ7 V8 and we just put winter Michelins on it. Even without snow in UK, performance in
But you have to change them twice per year, and store a set the whole year. It is a personal choice.
@@jango71 Yup, that's what we're doing. IMHO well worth it, in the snow or cold weather everyone struggles and they drive like nothing changed. £60 to swap them, means £120 a year extra
@@sebbie2e In Germany it is compulsory, in France and Spain not at all.
@@jango71 If you aren't going to change tyre according to the weather - why would you choose summer ones? The Met office defines the 'Grass Temperature" as most relevant to motorists - the air temp is measured at 2m high. So in England the average minimum grass temp is less than 4°C (< 2° in Scotland) so we fit summer tyres??!!!
Brilliant, shows the difference between summer and winter tyres! 😍❤
Yep. Winter tyres always prevail unsurprisingly.
Audi boys getting a sense of what it’s like to have the disadvantage this time, comparing them to BMWs with summer tires isn’t so fun anymore.
Yes, that's the point of the video
This opens up a whole new category of content for you guys. Please make more videos in snow/winter conditions.
I'd be interested to see which transmission is best for snow
Easy:
Manual.
@@-NEH- Yeah I think so too. However, the modern automatics are really capable too. Specially when paired with say, snow mode. However, I haven't compared them myself so it'd be interesting to see the results
@@muazqamar I have a modern automatic now, a BMW. Nothing for slippery ice and deep snow I tell you... :-) I had a Saab with a ZF automatic 20 years ago. That thing had "winter" mode, it was pretty decent actually. But manual is manual.
@@-NEH- Saab are amazing. Thanks for your reply
Manual all the way, but second: _torque converter_ automatic.
Back in high school I drove a TrailBlazer (I'm American, it was a midsize SUV) and when you put the gear selector in 2nd, the (automatic) transmission would start in 2nd. Very easy to control wheelspin, no "snow mode" necessary.
Would be cool to see a RWD/FWD on snow tires vs a AWD on all seasons to see see which is better
I swear Mat comes up with these crazy races when he's "on the ice" 😜
Do this also on dry asphalt.
I feel like Matt just smokes a blunt and goes “you know what would be cool…” and then carwow makes it happen. Honestly feel like carwow could test any vehicle or location on the planet at this point from how much of a following they now have
hey, is that thing a scam??? 'Congratulations!
You won a prize quickly message me on telegram to claim.'
@@iamkhtray some bot scammers..
@@somerandomfella aha!!!! i knew it! cheers ,mate!!!
Really like Daniel, let's see more of him please as I love German's with a sense of humour!
@Mat: You have to try going up the hill in Reverse (with the FWD car) when it's so steep you can't do it going forwards. This idea has saved me in the past ✌.
The idea is that the traction has to be on the wheels that are towards the bottom of the hill where all the weight is transferred.
A few years ago I bought a set of budget winter tyres for my fabia monte carlo and worked so effortlessly in the snow but haven't got a set for my golf R-line and doesn't work in the snow most of the time with premium summer tyres fitted so definitely a good idea
Hi Mark. Would love to see a test done between FWD and RWD BEV’s with snow tyres. I’ll never be able to afford a BEV AWD but reckon the RWD may be all I need?
Stick winter tyres on and put a concrete slab or two into the boot of the RWD and you’re good for winter. I lived in South Germany for a long time and that’s what we all did with our BMW or Mercs
There's a TH-camr tyre reviews that does all of this. In one of his videos he tests a front wheel drive with all season on the front and summer tyres on the rear which I've actually seen on a van recently. It's entertaining and absolutely lethal.
Can you test a theory I’ve had for awhile with my FWD/winters? If you start facing downhill, you *should* be able to reverse up a steep hill (since you’ll have more weight over the driven wheels)
Not sure though, so it’d be interesting to see
Yeah that’s actually a thing. It works
@@tobik2627 thank you!
What you should have learned form the demonstration is its all about traction/grip. Remember, the first race the V8 weighs a lot more.
It's not a theory but common knowledge for anyone driving in winters.
@@tobik2627 yeah it has worked for me. I got stuck in a work van and had to reverse up the hill.
Calling that a crash is quite generous 😅love the snow videos though!
Mat thank you so much for this insane video!
I'm starting to think you're a bot. Same comments over and over again.
@@vibingwithvinyl it is..
Every f#cking video the same...c'mon carwow program your bot better..
For anyone asking about the ad with all weather tyres-I had a hire car in France 3 years ago, had requested winter but car came with the all weather. No issue all week because it didn't snow, on the day before we left it snowed very heavily and I decided to get bring the car out to try the snow chains that came with it(I'd bever used before), the all weather's seemed fine, UNTiL, it came to hill starts, they were no good, the car could accelerate for a while but once the hills became steeper the car would spin and and every occasion the car slid backwards. There's no way I'd ever drive again on ice or snow without anything other than winter tyres, on any type of vehicle
Another disadvantage for the A1 is it has dual clutch transmission. When pulling away it basically dumps the clutch and makes it almost impossible to control wheel spin on slippery surfaces. The Q7 has a torque converter which is much smoother at applying power.
Weird that they'd put an extra-expensive and compromise-laden transmission type into such a low-power vehicle. What, are they trying to shave a few tenths off the A1's Nurburgring time?
@@nthgth No. It’s because they’re compact and very efficient, with minimal losses.
@@egocd then I wonder why Honda and Toyota don't use them in their small (or large) cars.
@@egocd for that matter, is Audi not interested in increased efficiency and minimal losses for the Q7?
@@nthgth They’re also unreliable. That’s why Honda and Toyota don’t use them. They’re also not suitable for big heavy cars due to clutch wear.
The german started like Clarkson: "Speeeeed and POWEEEER!!!"
Carwow reviews, drag races and all the videos never fails to entertain us!
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@@rasherbasher8203 👍👍
Audi + winter tyres = a winning combination!
My A4 Avants were like tanks!
We want more Snow drag races with hypercars and SUVs!
Do we. It's not really entertaining more informative... carwow bot🤔
What about Maserati Gran TurismoS both on Snow and Dirt drag race?
Impressive and good teaching material. I no longer change to winter tires because I no longer need my primary car on the two or three days when there is snow. When I did need them, they got me home, whereas my summer tires left me as the bottom of a gentle slope. Yes, winter tires work. My all season tires on front wheel drive VWs aren't bad either. This is Belgium. There are very few people considered as essential workers. Not like the Walmart shelf stocker who died on icey roads because of fear of being fired.
For people that like this video I'd highly recommend Tyre Reviews' channel!
10 years back I was lucky enough to go skiing with my son in Châtel, France. Beautiful.
We hired a Skoda Fabia from Geneva airport. It is the only time I have driven on winter tyres. Once out of the city on the quieter roads I started going a bit quicker and then a bit more. Up and up. In the end I was going considerably quicker than I would drive in my own car on all year tyres. NOT ONCE did the car lose traction. When the road was clear both ways I did a few emergency stops. Never lost traction once.
I understand how/why winter tyres work and to this day am still astounded at the improvement in grip.
The A1 is a super tidy looking hatch. Really smart wheels too.
Yeah but £30.000? Pass
I think the £21'000 base model parked next to mats £30'000 example would be an eye opener.
@@brianiswrong yeah, the poor person speck with the steelies is a looker for sure lol
So I have an AWD Audi a3 hatchback and I’ve been driving without winters and I just got some out on today and i already felt a crazy difference I’m not slipping at all where without them I was basically doing a burnout at every red light. original wanted a gti but needed awd and watching this makes me feel like I made the right choice for sure. Awd plus winters will give you almost no problem 👍👍
So sad they never made an S1 of this generation would have been epic proportions and power!
They made a 200bhp version which is not far off the old S1
RS1 with an NA V10 would be nice
@@harric9864 yeah the old S1 just looks weird. The new shape would be the perfect fit for a S1 as it’s already so aggressive looking!
@@canadianaviator i dont think the v10 will fit but the inline 5 will do
half of the v10 is good enough for the tiny a1
@@canadianaviator where tf would they put it?😂
I have a FWD and didnt know with tee tires mattered this much, thank u VERY MUCH Matt and Mr.German Matt
Daniel is a great addition to the channel, well done
Just a thought…..Should try all season tyres as it is more logical to buy on uk road and cheaper than 2 set of tyres. I use cross climate 2 and they are very good.😊
Wish we could see this more.
Amazing to see Daniel with you guys! He is by far the best german "Carguy" out there :)
Car Ranger & JP: Am i a joke to you?
I'd like to see this same competition between the Range Rover and the Land Cruiser used in the off-road challenge.
I'm surprised seeing such new types of videos which I never thought, kudos to Carwow!!!
I like that little A1 !! 😎👌🏼
What a surprise to see Daniel Hohmeyer in your video. That's a plus!
difference between winter and all season tyres would also be interesting :D
I'm in Canada and have driven small FWD cars my whole life (Escort, Yaris, Golf, Jetta) and have never had a problem in our harsh winters. Funny enough, whenever you see vehicles that ran off the road in a snowstorm it's a pickup truck or SUV a large majority of the time. Size definitely does not equal better bad weather driving unless winter tires are thrown into the equation. Hell, even my work truck which is a fully loaded 18-wheeler has a LOT more trouble on icy roads than my little Jetta. Just my opinion but FWD's are amazingly underrated.
If you have poor traction in snow you dont want to push pedal in the floor and all wheels spinning. This just does not work at all.
Ideally you want manual car and very gently lift up clutch with low revs and feel that traction. (Yes i am from Finland and over 20 year snow driving experience with RWD cars).
"Careless Whisper" and that eyebrow wiggle will haunt my dreams tonight. XD
Narrower tyres tend to work really well in the snow in comparison to wider tyres.
True if there is e.g. 20 cm of snow on the road, because the narrow tire cuts the snow more easily. On the other hand, on a plowed road, you would think that a wider tire would work better, because more of the tire hits the road and thus gives more surface area (friction) to pull / push the car forward.
@@McÐädithe reason wider tires are better on the road is due to subtleties of how tires grip the road at the microscopic level, and how it deforms when applying grip. A narrower tire will have about the same contact patch size ("surface area"), it'll just be longer and narrower.
Love my A1, gonna have to put some winter tires on it this year and test it out 😂
Both you Mat and Daniel are brilliant presenters. Very entertaining. Well done!
I have fwd with winters on and does great in Colorado.
Hey Matt, next time try the front-wheel car climb in reverse you will be surprised how far you will go. It really works well, it is the same reason why Porsche has a great grip when accelerating from 0. Hopefully, you gonna read this 🙏🏻😊
Porsche even has capabilities to drive on those snowy roads.
@@purwantiallan5089 Man you have a problem
this is the top gear of youtube, comedy included
We need the same car with FWD winter vs AWD summer tyres
Danke Carwow, für die Gewissheit, dass Winterreifen sinnvoll sind!
Danke auch dir Daniel, du Hast Deutschland hervorragend repräsentiert :).
My 320d got stranded last year in the snow. I’ve just replaced all the tyres for winter ones so I’m looking forward to seeing the difference if it snows this year. The tyres already feel grippier on greasy or wet roads
It’ll be wayward rather than lethal 😂 (330e with winter tyres)
I'll admit that as a first time quattro owner... some 12 years ago, my young and stupid brain also thought AWD didn't need winter tires. And while it really doesn't to get going, especially if you have a manual gearbox and some skill, where it fails spectacularly is where every type of drive will fail on snow and ice - stopping. The very first time i tried an emergency braking and my adrenaline shot through the roof because of the close call i had, was the only time i experienced that kind of panic. Got into the first tire shop i could find, got 4 brand new winter tires and was on my happy way. Ever since then, despite driving only quattro Audis, i always have a nice set of 19" summer tires from April till the end of October and 17" winter tires from November till the end of March.
3:42 6.9 mpg what a coincidence 🤔
My AWD RAV4 Prime did great in snow with the stock tires it came with, although those might have been all season tires. For real snow and ice, Michelin X-Ice tires have worked well for me. Had a Sheriff chase me up the snowy hill to my house in my AWD HIghlander with new X-Ice snowtires after I drove past him as he was closing the road. I pointed out that since he followed me up, it must have been safe. He gave me a lecture about he's in a special vehicle and has had special training. I bit my tongue and avoided telling him I had AWD and brand new snow tires, and I learned to drive driving a Plymouth Duster with summer tires up snow covered hills in Fairbanks Alaska...
In the Netherlands winter tires aren't compulsory, even for hire cars. So I hired a car once and it had summer tires and it was snowing. Most terrifying drive of my life.
This is a very good video showcasing the importance of tires. I have never seen snow.
Combination of light weight and the most suitable tyres makes all the difference!
Hence why I drive a light 4x4 car and run all season tyres on it.
My Fiat Panda 4x4 runs hankook kinergy 4s tyres ot's like a mountain goat over the rough loose stuff and wintery snowy, icey conditions, very confident in wet weather and perfectly fine in summer!
Ditch those summer tyres which only work effectively for like 2 weeks of dry weather in our UK summer ☀️ 🤔😲⚠️👍
My 2014 Q3 150TD Quattro came with 235/55R17 summers. Tried Audi WInterpackage - Wheels and Dunlop 215/65/16 but as we see little snow in my part of UK I then sourced some OEM Q3 Audi 16" wheels from Germany [seen on a German base spec in a carpark] and fitted 215/65 R16 Bridgestone A005 Weather Control EVO All Season. Great grip in all conditions I face and better ride than the 235/55R17 summers. PS - never sure how the quattro wanted to split power before slippage and jiggerpokery takes over until the latest MOT showed 60 % rear bias
I run on snow tyres year round. 4WD, diff lock, LSD sure helps.
The best 2WD snow car I've ever had was a SAAB 96, for both traction and stability.
Jack, the Japan Alps Brit
Great video! I would recommend doing another video with Chris from Arma RC cars, that race with the formula 1 car was wicked!
"I have 4WD so why would i need winter tyres?" It doesn't matter if the tyres have no grip. There is people who don't understand this simple thing...
The little A1 is so adorable 🥺
@3:41 That 6.9 mpg is just the cherry on the cake
So glad I ordered some verdestein snows for my R32 turbo. It's gonna be crazy with all this power AWD and snow!
Basically winter tyres give you the start/stop traction, awd/esp keeps you pointing in the right direction, both working together are (obviously) the best. Also important is a car with good weight distribution so you don’t pirouette under braking.
Why does that SQ7 look awesome on those winter tire rims 🔥
Cause it is, awesome.
Daniel is a great addition to the channel.
Sometimes when you are stuck with FWD, doing a front to back balance start does the trick. Learned to do that the hard way in an epic winter with tons of snow.
Very interesting this new format 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The translation "I want the donut" was hilarious! 😂He just said "oh yeah"
Honestly this is pretty impressive. Ive always used summer tyres because the UK rarely ever gets this kind of snow, However I have never had an issue in snow because I always drive nice and easy. Im probably a fool but I know what works for me. Im sorry for annoying all the drivers that are behind me but I know my Tyres, I know my car, and I know im fairly safe doing what I do. I wouldnt try slamming my brakes on a steep hill though!
Can we appreciate the Germans at Audi for participating in this quite crash-prone activity and the German at Carwow to drive in the car that doesn't stop going downhill.
They may not have a sense of humour, but they also don't have a sense of danger ...
I use Michelin cross climate tyres in winter - for the uk where it is p**sing down with rain 99% of the time these are a great compromise and perform really well in snow and ice, while not adversely impacting your mpg and increase in dB!
When running a car with front wheel drive on a slippery surface, you have the possibility to move the wheels from side to side to alter the weight distribution and maybe gain some traction.
DAMNNNNN MATT IS DRIPPED TF OUT, BURBERRY NO BLACKBERRY
When I had my A6 allroad BiTdi I bought a second set of second hand wheels with winter tyres from Germany - Winter wheel and tyres are checkbox items on a new car order but hire car companies often separate the wheels from the car when they move it on so lots available. I think I paid 1100 Eoros including shipping for genuine Audi allroad winter wheels with tyres that had 6 or 7mm or tread. I'd swap the wheels in October or November and back again in March / April. They were really good the few times I used them in snow - but also they are REALLY good in cold wet conditions - stopping distances shorter etc. Stuck Winters on my Maserati Levante S end of 2019 as we were heading to Tigne to ski over Xmas and I've not taken them off. Used them in anger on snow there and they were fantastic - although I do think the worsen quattro 4 wheel drive of the allroad was better than the 'haled' like computer controlled 4wd of the Maserati. The winter tyres really don't wear that much faster if you drive like an adult most of the time... Granted they have a lower speed rating but not really an issue in the UK.
Winter tyre Vs Micheline Cross Climate will be interesting 🔥🔥
I use Michelin Cross Climate+ an all-season tyre, used it for the last 5 years, expensive but better than many winter tyres.
Even tho these videos have been around for decades I’m glad new ones are still being made bc people STILL think AWD matters in the winter and completely ignore winter tires. So many salesmen will give you the “awd is great for the snow” line, and ok to an extent that is true, but it’s absolutely negligible compared to winter tires
You did this year's ago with mk2 Ford Kuga's, Why didnt he try accelerating when sliding downthe hill ?????
Interesting test! Well done guys!
Traction off the line is important, but the reason we go with winter tires is the braking and turning performance. We also get about 200 of snow a year and our road is ice for at least 3 months so those tires get plenty of use.
Cheers from Canada.
The German guy’s English is better than most people I meet day to day.
Great comparison! Please repeat with other brands as well: Audi vs. BMW vs. Mercedes,…
Great for the winter months.