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Rangerider Member Since: 19 Feb 2009 Location: Sussex Posts: 181 |
I woke up today to find my road is a different beast!
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20th Dec 2009 8:30 am |
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AndyC Member Since: 30 Nov 2007 Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining! Posts: 4165 |
Only turn off the DRC in deep snow if you need to get free otherwise it should always be on.
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20th Dec 2009 9:13 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
go to a local garden center/ builders merchant and buy your own rock salt. its cheap enough At work
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20th Dec 2009 9:59 am |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
Cheap it's was £6 a bag at my local builders
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20th Dec 2009 10:10 am |
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MVS Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Back under my favourite rock Posts: 267 |
Slightly cheaper at B&Q then but I bet they have sold out by now. I bought mine on Wed and Thurs Night |
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20th Dec 2009 10:33 am |
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rmbillington Member Since: 28 Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 511 |
I've driven through housing estates, which have gone like this.
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20th Dec 2009 10:40 am |
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AndyT Member Since: 28 Dec 2008 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 447 |
I've been trying to research whether an All Terrain tyre would offer any real benefit in icy conditions. I'm sure they'll make a big difference in snow but would the grip be better than M/S tyres on ice? I had a scary moment last year on thin compacted frozen snow. On a downhill narrow road, I could not stop but fortunately didn't need to. HDC saved the day. Would AT tyres have allowed me to brake and stop? |
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20th Dec 2009 10:48 am |
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Dave Member Since: 04 Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere Near You Posts: 2666 |
Been driving mine on ice covered roads today without any problems. The FL2 in GGS mode is a mean beast.
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20th Dec 2009 4:28 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
Its a much cheaper way to protect your cars body work than those expensive polishes you keep buying At work At home "I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race |
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20th Dec 2009 4:52 pm |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
And it stops the mrs from whining she can't go up the drive because she might slip Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis |
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20th Dec 2009 5:04 pm |
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athelstan Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: Reality Posts: 2658 |
If you've had the FL2 10mths and are asking the silly questions re the DSC and TRP then Sir I suggest either you spend 10hrs reading for once the Owners Manual, or give the FL2 to someone with more gumption than yourself |
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20th Dec 2009 6:40 pm |
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iangam Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Norfolk UK Posts: 146 |
Naturally that was the first thing i did before I left the showroom, they wanted to go home but I had to read the handbook first. My advise would be use the snow setting, you must keepp traction wherever possible so use gears to slow you down and brake very early and very slowly, If you road is on a gradient probably best to think about if you really need to go out as losing traction will be likely. Any four wheel drive is as good as your wifes BMW if it can not get traction. Tyres are everything when it comes to poor driving conditions weather it be snow or mud, the wrong tyres will struggle and most factory four wheel drives have summer tyres. |
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20th Dec 2009 6:56 pm |
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AndyT Member Since: 28 Dec 2008 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 447 |
You're a hero Aberdeen's not the hilliest place on the planet. The past few days I've been out rescuing friends and have descended 1 in 5 hills coated with compacted snow/ice. At times, I couldn't have stopped if required - ABS working overtime on all wheels. My question still remains - Would Grabber AT2s be a significant improvement over the Wranglers I currently have? Coming back up one such tricky hill, I breezed past an apparently stranded Defender That seemed very strange but it made more sense when I saw the woman behind the wheel as I passed |
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20th Dec 2009 7:19 pm |
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Rangerider Member Since: 19 Feb 2009 Location: Sussex Posts: 181 |
[quote="athelstan]
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20th Dec 2009 7:30 pm |
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