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Yup, definitely talking out of his arse...

Both manual and auto are fantastic in the snow, even tho the manual does smell a bit when slipped

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Last edited by parallax33 on 25th Aug 2012 7:35 am. Edited 5 times in total

Can only speak for the manual FL2 but no bother in snow:



I'm just parked there - she drove out nicely. About a foot deep - at points I was ploughing with the bumper!

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Tell this manager that he is correct and that you have probably made a huge mistake getting the auto version.
This way you have an excuse NOT to be able to get to work when the snow gets heavy. After all, you don't want to be the only person there.

AiiEEX wrote:

Tell this manager that he is correct and that you have probably made a huge mistake getting the auto version.
This way you have an excuse NOT to be able to get to work when the snow gets heavy. After all, you don't want to be the only person there.

Smart thinking

athelstan wrote:

MartynB wrote:

I would not have attempted the tow with a manual

For all the Pontifract cakes in pontifica why not. Still there's nowt sa weird as Yorksha folk in a 4x4.

because I still have my dear departed dad's voice ringing in my head from 40 years ago " you burn the clutch out and you will change it !" in a tricky situation it's a lot better for me to have both hands on the wheel and not worry about slipping the clutch still each to his own 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

My auto with Wintracs fitted was unstoppable in the heavy winters we had a couple of years ago - even better than my D3. I went out of my way to try and get it stuck but it was having none of it - absolutely superb.

MartynB wrote:

you burn the clutch out and you will change it !"

Not that old motoring chestnut again

It is in the same vain as the debate over on which side of the road is it safest to drive - RHS or LHS. There is no clear winner

If you are a heavy footed clot with little or no sensitivity for the "biting" aka take off point you will damage the clutch prematurely; on the other hand a sentient driver will enjoy tens of thousands of miles of trouble free manual gear change motoring over all types of terrain surfaces - with or without a towed unit

There is only one environment where it can reasonably be claimed that an Auto box is "superior" to a Manual box and that is on densely conjested urban roads. With the average speed across London now down to 8mph., the stop go slow slow stop with a manual gear change creates additional driver fatigue. And so from a comfort perspective (reduced stress) the auto change is desirable

Indeed it is no coincidence that that other comfort aid - the cruise control - was introduced. Driving hundreds of miles daily across repetitive prairie landscapes without lifting your right foot every now and again created discomfort levels that the driver sought to erradicate. And so the industry responded with the cruise control. Some legislative bodies sought to ban the device on the grounds of safety - and indeed they were right to do so (not that it would burn out like a clutch and suffer premature failure resulting in the halting of the vehicle) but in the wrong hands such a device could cause a fatal crash that would not just halt the vehicle, rather, scrap the vehicle and it's occupants for ever

For myself, despite the pros and cons, I enjoy the use of both Cruise Control and a Manual Gear change. Because both enhance my driving experience, as well as save me money. In fuel expenditure

The word "manager" says it all........anyone with that title these days usually has an Audi, slicked hair and an aptitude for knowing very little about anything but believe every word of their own drivel.

Tell him to get back in his manual Avensis and procreate elsewhere.

An Auto induces less wheel-spin naturally and is therefore better (but only marginally)........ fact!

James

Hi I have a freelander 2 xs td4 2011 & it snowed a couple of days ago by me. I went to go out in the jeep but got stuck on the flat & was spinning. It was only light snow. It felt like the jeep was trying to control my driving & not me I tried knocking the traction off & switching to mud ruts, snow, sand etc but nothing worked I was stuck. I have normal road tyres but I have heard many people saying that theirs is great in the snow with road tyres so what am I doing wrong?
Does anyone have any advice what I can do e.g tyres.....
Thanks

Also my fl2 is manual 6 speed

Which tyres do you have? although it still sounds surprising that this happened on light snow. '08 Freelander 2 HSE in Stornoway Grey

Premium, Climate and Clear View packs.

if you have a LANDROVER FL2 what made you go out in the JEEP

my guess is freezing conditions and light covering of snow, made balck ice and only studded tyres will have helped

what sort of tread depth you have will play a role too, but putting in to GGS, with reduce wheel spin, and been lighter on the foot helps, but you still need to get the revs high enough for the car to lock up and engage 4x4

I had similar last year, parked on compacted snow which was iced over, car wouldn't move until i got the revs up and its full 4x4 system came into force and then moved ok

Last edited by npinks on 12th Dec 2012 2:31 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Sounds like either;

black ice as NPinks has said.

Too heavy footed. In snow you don't need the throttle to get the car moving, all done with the clutch  Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
Family's: 2009 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Auto, Stornoway

Yorkshire - God's County

I have Pirelli tyres on there 18" they came standard with the fl2.
I don't understand how my fl2 wouldn't budge from one spot I was on grass outside my house & the wheels kept spinning & spinning it had only just started snowing so it wasn't deep snow.
Has this happend to anyone else ?
I wanted to know if the problem was with my tyres or.....

Maybe filled the tread with mud from the grass, then tyres became slicks and no grip

Or bogged down in a rut on wet grass