Beware of bonnet avalanche!

[Deleted member 2439]

A word of caution about cars with a thick layer of snow on the bonnet. Closing the charge port on the ZS EV can be enough to dislodge this accumulation- resulting in the snow cascading forward & making your hands cold & wet! The voice of experience ?

 

[Adi6phil]

Good tip

 

[Dave S]

I still find it weird to see either the snow NOT melting on the bonnet, or the rain NOT evaporating off.

 

[Mgkev]

Snow? What snow?

 

[Adi6phil]

It slides off the roof before the bonnet

 

[Deleted member 2439]

It slides off the roof before the bonnet

It was the action of closing the charge port which triggered it, nothing to do with the roof .....

 

[Dave S]

@Mgkev Watch out!! The weather forecast tonight warned of snow in South & South East England.

Diddums!! You poor wee lambs!!

 

[Adi6phil]

It was the action of closing the charge port which triggered it, nothing to do with the roof .....

I was answering dave s about the snow not melting on the bonnet .sorry

 

[Deleted member 2439]

I was answering dave s about the snow not melting on the bonnet .sorry

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[jamesie]

Bit like the boot lid of the Tesla Model 3 causing an avalanche into the bootspace.....great bit of design!

 

[Deleted member 2439]

Bit like the boot lid of the Tesla Model 3 causing an avalanche into the bootspace.....great bit of design!

The most recent shape Citroen C5 was exactly the same. A beautiful complex curved rear windscreen which took all the water from the boot lid & emptied it into the boot ?

 

[AbuG]

How well does it drive in the snow on the factory tyres?
I'm guessing engine breaking/regen should come in handy.

 

[Stuart74]

I’ve been driving through the snow and ice Edinburgh to Glasgow for about 6 days of very cold conditions. It’s a bit slippery but ok.don’t use cruise control as the car just try’s to pull away and slides a lot. I’ve been leaving in eco mode and feathering the accelerator and lifting for regen not using the break. Quite good but feels very different from ICE car.

 

[Marcad]

For the Luton area forecast we are looking at rain and snow between 03:00 and 09:00 with the heaviest deposits between 05 and 09, with the rain forecast with the snow not expecting it to settle.
For Inverness between midnight and 06 expect light rain currently a nice balmy minus 3. I love being a southern softy

 

[Mgkev]

Yeah we had snow here two years ago. 2 mm and our world stopped !