That might be me this afternoon! except the Candy white will be a tad camo against the white stuff. For some obscure reason the Fuhrers running club has booked a weekend away in Harrogate so Iwill be tootling off up the M62 there this afternoon.

Now I like Harrogate well enough but Manchester is free from snow at the moment and even though I have winter boots on 'Snowy' it does seem a little foolhardy in deliberately driving into an area where there have been issues shall we say :wonder:

Going up to Harrogate today.The Monsters first day out ,with 4 adults and 2 dogs. You'll be fine! Just watch out for the old Dears in their frozen up Fiestas .

Good first snow trip in Betty. No grit on our roads yet but Betty coped fine. Had to go to the local Farmers Co-Op for fuel.

Met a BT van trying to climb a small slope but with great difficulty. Almost felt sorry for him but felt it was not the time to stop and extol the virtues of a Yeti to him - even BT men have their limits.

Major snow up here in Northumberland and the Yeti was brilliant. Very composed and solid. I am still driving carefully, summer tyres so I am not too smug about having a 4WD, but I absolutely would not have been able to get to the end of the road in my last car, I made it comfortably to work in the Yeti. I had the A1 north of Morpeth to myself which was very weird. Taking a sharp left or right brought the occasional shimmy but I did them at slow speeds and the car soon corrected itself. I have even done a run collecting the staff in so that we can keep going as I am the only one with a car that can cope in this weather.

One point, and I know I will have to read the manual for this but the snow is coming down big time at the moment and I don't want to get wet fetching it. I had to go down a steep bank at one stage. I pressed the off-road button and readied myself for going gently down the bank, I also have hill hold but I think that is for going up hill. Anyway, I digress, I reached the bank, the green car started to flash on the dash and the car started to roll a bit too quickly. This did not seem right so I pressed the brake quite heavily. I stopped, let the brake off and I then rolled downwards in a very controlled fashion, clearly the car was in control at this point. This was great but as I reached the bottom of the hill the control seemed to disengage and I picked up speed again. Is this correct? I would have expected the car to reach the bottom of the decline, grind to a halt and the hill control disengage when I touched either the accelerator or the brake. This is nearly brilliant but it would help if I understood it a little more.

Anyway - 4WD Yeti in the snow and ice on Dunlop summer tyres - TOP BANANA (would be happier with winter or all season tyres but can not justify a second set)

Major snow up here in Northumberland and the Yeti was brilliant. Very composed and solid. I am still driving carefully, summer tyres so I am not too smug about having a 4WD, but I absolutely would not have been able to get to the end of the road in my last car, I made it comfortably to work in the Yeti. I had the A1 north of Morpeth to myself which was very weird. Taking a sharp left or right brought the occasional shimmy but I did them at slow speeds and the car soon corrected itself. I have even done a run collecting the staff in so that we can keep going as I am the only one with a car that can cope in this weather.

One point, and I know I will have to read the manual for this but the snow is coming down big time at the moment and I don't want to get wet fetching it. I had to go down a steep bank at one stage. I pressed the off-road button and readied myself for going gently down the bank, I also have hill hold but I think that is for going up hill. Anyway, I digress, I reached the bank, the green car started to flash on the dash and the car started to roll a bit too quickly. This did not seem right so I pressed the brake quite heavily. I stopped, let the brake off and I then rolled downwards in a very controlled fashion, clearly the car was in control at this point. This was great but as I reached the bottom of the hill the control seemed to disengage and I picked up speed again. Is this correct? I would have expected the car to reach the bottom of the decline, grind to a halt and the hill control disengage when I touched either the accelerator or the brake. This is nearly brilliant but it would help if I understood it a little more.

Anyway - 4WD Yeti in the snow and ice on Dunlop summer tyres - TOP BANANA (would be happier with winter or all season tyres but can not justify a second set)

You set the speed of descent with the brake or throttle pedal. IF you want to go quicker, tap the throttle (its response is softened with the OR button engaged) and apply the brake to slow down. Its better to brake and start off slower than go hooning off and hit the brake from experience

You set the speed of descent with the brake or throttle pedal. IF you want to go quicker, tap the throttle (its response is softened with the OR button engaged) and apply the brake to slow down. Its better to brake and start off slower than go hooning off and hit the brake from experience

Thanks for that. That would make sense for issue at the top of the hill and how I then corrected it. What about the moment at the bottom when it picked up speed? Any thoughts on that? Does it automatically disengage once you get past a certain angle of descent?

I would have thought so as it only comes on when it a certain angle.

Mike

Thanks for that. That would make sense for issue at the top of the hill and how I then corrected it. What about the moment at the bottom when it picked up speed? Any thoughts on that? Does it automatically disengage once you get past a certain angle of descent?

Hi,

yes only active on a slope, from the handbook;

ï‚· the downhill gradient is at least 10% (when driving over sleepers the limit can

briefly drop to 8%),

Regards,

TP

Thanks for the replies on that. I'll keep my foot near to the brake once I get close to the base of the hill then. My face must have looked a picture. Calm assurance one moment, panic the next. When it works it is very good though. Keep safe everyone.

The "downhill descent" can be set either by feet off everything or, more positive, a quick touch of the brake pedal. Speed is controlled by the accelerator and the brake. At the bottom of the hill, just accelerate away normally. There is no special operation just a very handy bit of control in this weather.

Nice white roads all around here, and I've just received a text for me to log on to the system for duty with

4x4 Response Wales.

Just done a quick delivery for someone and took this on the way DOWN the hill. (about 1 : 10)

As I don't have the HDC it was stick in first and everything off. It maintains a nice steady 10kph according to the maxidot.

Edited 26 November, 201015 yr by Llanigraham

Just done a quick delivery for someone and took this on the way DOWN the hill. (about 1 : 10)

As I don't have the HDC it was stick in first and everything off. It maintains a nice steady 10kph according to the maxidot.

Hi Graham,

something like that but a fraction wider and a bit of a banked verge both sides, that I 180'd an stalled Pat on last winter in a slow speed Hill Decent. Reason I switched to winters; didn't want to try that again in a hurry.

Regards,

TP

Didn't touch the brakes till I got to the bottom, considering there is a 25' deep ravine on the right!!

Surprised that holding it in first it was actually sloer than the Freelander in HDC, and felt very controllable. Where the lights "end" is a right hand bend.

Edited 26 November, 201015 yr by Llanigraham

Just done a quick delivery for someone and took this on the way DOWN the hill. (about 1 : 10)

I trust Mother and Baby are doing well... ... ...

None of the White fluffy stuff here, so still waiting to go out to play :(