Scottish Elises

Still looking at joining the lotus crew but now I'm a bit worried about the whole light car rear wheel drive set up when the snow rears it head in a few weeks

Anyone want to put my mind at rest as it would need to get me to work regardless

It's no problem as long as you remember you are driving a light car with fat tyres that has no ABS*/traction control and has 4 wheel drive and drive accordingly.

Please note I have crashed everything I have ever owned from cars to pushbikes I learned the hard way


*unless you have got an S2

With all this global warming snow is a thing of the past. This makes all year Lotus driving a real practicality.

I owned a Disco for the last couple of years and it barely saw slush never mind snow, this is obviously why the 4*4 market is crashing . This summer I have left my heating on with the windows open so I reckon we can look forward to another very mild winter.

I remember driving our Type 72 in the snow and it was fine but as mentioned how often do you really see snow these days ?

quite a lot up our way !!!!

MonTheFish wrote:quite a lot up our way !!!!

Ah north of Aberdeen here and we got nothing this year at all.

They work fine in the snow,... although mine did struggle in anything deeper than about 3-4"

I used mine all year round, without any probs.

Dominic wrote:They work fine in the snow,... although mine did struggle in anything deeper than about 3-4"

I used mine all year round, without any probs.

Used mine all year round until last year - snow is not as scary as you would expect as long as you take it real easy.

TBH I reckon icy patches are more of a problem as they can catch you unaware - but that is no different than any other car and standing water has caught out quite a few Lotus owners, especially on motorways.

As with any car as long as you drive to the conditions you should be ok ( no warranty given or implied with this statement!!)

The thing to remember with an Elise is they go from a fine handling quick car to one of the slowest vehicles out there when the conditions turn against you.

Through necessity I drove my VX in the worst snow we had in East Kilbride last winter and I managed to drive into our street (which never gets ploughed) when front-wheel drive "sensible" cars were being abandoned.

Different tyres may help.....
Don't use Yoko 48's/toyo R888's.......they make life more difficult!

posted before but can't remember where...

exige in the snow on 48s (granted there are tram lines, but all tyres are sh*te actually on snow)


they work in all weathers. you'll be fine

Snow is absolutely fine if you obey all of the usual rules - as high a gear as possible, gentle with throttle/brake/steering inputs. Standing water is just the same.

If you're concerned, you can change your tyres, Toyo Proxes T1-Rs are good for clearing water as are A039s in S2 sizes. Keep clear of the semi-slicks like Meatball says, i.e. the R888s or the A048s