had my new gs e 8 weeks now,cant believe how good shes in the snow,we had 10 inches last night/this morning,last night by 9pm there was 7 inches,as i went to pick a neighbour up from tesco, stranded astra driver which is up a steep hill,she didnt flinch,was hoping to go down power station hill,long and steep hill last night but police closed it off,and wouldnt let me go down,but done it 6am this morning,2nd gear,hdc,all the way.no problem sorry my mistake,....mainly in 2nd gear,1st gear with hdc on the bends,

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They are very good 4x4.

Glad to see your enjoying yours

I thought HDC only worked in first, or is that only on manuals ? Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

Used mine today in the 10 inches Rhondda snow with no problems whatsoever, had great fun mainly to get people into work.To get out of my street I have to get pass 2 steep hills, it done it no problem, on my return tonight I had to use HDC to get back down these steep hills,which was excellent, dealt with it no problem.

Brave man tackling Power Station Hill

HDC does only work in 1st gear. Lago Grey 2.2 s td4..e

Boxer wrote:

I thought HDC only worked in first, or is that only on manuals ?

HDC works in whatever gear it likes on an auto in D or R but 1st only if using command shift

my mistake, i used hdc in first on the down hill bends,but mainly went down power station hill in 2nd gear

works in 2nd on manual too, when in mud and ruts mode, quite annoying really as it just cuts in At work
At home

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my wife has td4 hse, i can only say it is awesome in the snow and ice.

i am in germany and we have loads just now.

it goes better than my defender! although i wouldnt admit that on another forum

HDC - FL2 MANUAL GEARBOX

LR state that HDC:
1: Should only be used in first or reverse gear.
2: HDC is automatically selected by some TRP's (G/G/S+M/R) - (see CG's comment re "Mud-Ruts".)
3: In a situation in "2" above HDC can be manually deselected - press HDC switch.
4: HDC may be engaged manually at any time but not at speeds in excess of 50kph.
5: Re "4" HDC then remains active at all times if it has been manually selected in a TR Programme.
6: When active, descent speed can be increased by the use of the accelerator to the maximum predetermined speed of the selected gear (first or reverse), however, the use of the Cruise Control+ switch is recommended as this delivers controlled and predetermined (0.5kph) increments in speed, as is, the CC- switch to decrease speed with more finesse.
7: Depressing the clutch at any time will prevent the HDC from controlling the speed of descent.
8: If the brake pedal is depressed HDC will be overridden and the brakes function normally. When the brake pedal is released HDC will resume control of the decent.

HDC - HeDaresCan