Well I've been around cars and technology for long enough now not to be too easily impressed but ive just driven home in the snow and have to say, the combination of the haldex system and the winter tyres seems to empower the Yeti with amazing abilities in terms of traction. I've even been for a drive around the local (empty and snow covered) country lanes and pulling away hard from the off just shows how much grip the setup can generate. I'm simply amazed.

Is it best to keep esp button on or turned off on 4x4 in snow am thinking 4x4 might be disabled if esp turned off as i think the esp is used to pick up wheel spin to engage 4x4 only had my yeti a few weeks and still working out best settings coped well in 2 inches of snow on standard tyres

Ran my previous monster in heavy snow with ASR on and Off-road engaged, worked very well with winters. Not driven this one in snow yet, although she's currently buried in it out on the drive

TP

Well I've been around cars and technology for long enough now not to be too easily impressed but ive just driven home in the snow and have to say, the combination of the haldex system and the winter tyres seems to empower the Yeti with amazing abilities in terms of traction. I've even been for a drive around the local (empty and snow covered) country lanes and pulling away hard from the off just shows how much grip the setup can generate. I'm simply amazed.

Just come back from swmbo and my favourite Currey inn and like you tried out the yeti with a sharp pull away and a little braking, on the road home there are two sharp corners which are snow coved (no gritters again) and I am impurest with the Goodyear all season tyres stopped well, pulled away with very little slip and cornering was perfect .

I am very happy with the yeti 4x4 and the Goodyear tyres set up, and at long last justified changing from the 1.2 to the 110 4x4 to swmbo , now just have to teach swmbo to drive in the snow tomorrow :wonder:

ESP can't be turned off. Do you mean the TCS?

Personally I leave everything turned on. Computers react quicker than brains!!

Just come back from swmbo and my favourite Currey inn and like you tried out the yeti with a sharp pull away and a little braking, on the road home there are two sharp corners which are snow coved (no gritters again) and I am impurest with the Goodyear all season tyres stopped well, pulled away with very little slip and cornering was perfect .

I am very happy with the yeti 4x4 and the Goodyear tyres set up, and at long last justified changing from the 1.2 to the 110 4x4 to swmbo , now just have to teach swmbo to drive in the snow tomorrow :wonder:

We chickened out; due to go for a meal at a small pub out on the Wolds but thought better of it and stayed in for a baked potato

TP

Only a very short drive out when the snow was settled at half an inch-traction was a revelation and braking surprisingly good-managed a small deliberate skid with good control. Now the snow is 2 inches but Cotes du Rhone means I will try again in the morning. Conti winter contacts are worlds away from any previous tyres. I will go out with confidence.

Will you miserable "people" stop talking about booze!! :'(

I'm stuck here at work all bloody night and not looking forward to my drive home at 0530ish, especially as the 1" or snow we had has now started freezing. It was bad enough driving in this evening; what normally takes about an hour took me an extra 45 minutes.

Will you miserable "people" stop talking about booze!! :'(

I'm stuck here at work all bloody night and not looking forward to my drive home at 0530ish, especially as the 1" or snow we had has now started freezing. It was bad enough driving in this evening; what normally takes about an hour took me an extra 45 minutes.

Sorry Graham it was a loverly Currey washed down with a SMALL Cobra beer.

Have you got your roast beef sandwiches with you. Hope this is not the wrong sort of snow for trains to run in.

I will get my coat and close the door on the way out

Kevin,

foxtrot oscar!!

No trains as engineering work either side of me.

I am about to dim the lights and read Section Zzzz of the Rule Book.

Kevin,

foxtrot oscar!!

No trains as engineering work either side of me.

I am about to dim the lights and read Section Zzzz of the Rule Book.

You could have stayed at home and done that homework in your bed, o well think my bed is calling now got to get up at 0800 to go clay pigeon shooting, snow and off road should be fun

Just got back home from Coulsdon. First time driven in falling snow in the Yeti. I took the long way back as the main drag is flat. Lots of lovely steep hills where no cars had dared to drive up or down lots of use of hill descent. Offroad button on all the time. Stopped on way up steep hills to let other drivers go down. Pulled away with aplomb. I did manage to get all 4 spinning briefly when I put my foot to the floor! But it regained traction on the snow very quickly. In places it has been pushed to the side of the road and was at a guess 10-12" deep, but most of it I would say was 4-6" max.

Really impressed yet again. Will post a video tomorrow of part of the drive.

4x4 and winter tyres rule. Passed several stranded cars.

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Didn't fancy trying Succombes Hill then?

C'mon guys - give us poor 'no show Snow,' Lake District Yeti owners a break with all this white stuff talk - it's just not fair! We didn't even have a frost this morning - I don't know what the hell is going on with this weather.

The closest my son got was ice climbing on Skew Gill just below Scafel.

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We're going to drive up Hard Knott Pass to see if there's anything up there in a bit - even at a height of 393m I won't hold my breath for snow on the road!

Didn't fancy trying Succombes Hill then?

I would have done, but some idiot crashed there soon after the snow started and the road was closed. Otherwise I would have been game. But some of the other hills I did were pretty close in terms of steepness :lol:

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Just for you Sandy a white 110 4x4 resting in the snow;

TP

Just for you Sandy a white 110 4x4 resting in the snow;

TP

Where? :lol:

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First time out in a Yeti in deep snow last night. The missus needed documents dropping off at workmate house out in the stix. I still have 17 inch summer tyres on (prob worst possible option i know) but was really impressed. Took it steady with off road button on and ASR on. I tested brakes with emergency stops with buttons on and off and can see that winter tyres are ESSENTIAL. That said i had no problem with traction and passed many a stranded car with wheels spinning on the slightest gradient. The most impressive thing was when arriving at the house we need to climb a quater of a mile up a 1 in 4 which we did without any slipping or struggle whatsover. My wifes workmate was stunned as were we as all the residents on the road could not leave their houses. I decended the hill using hill decent (i think cos i'm not positive how this works.....can anyone advise in laymans words). Brimming with new found confidence we took the hardest route home through Cannock forest in awful conditions. Conclusion the Yeti is awsome and i will be bying some 16 inch steels with winter tyres when my wallet allows as an investment for future fun.

Just been for a bimble around town-main routes slushy with clean ruts. The Yeti did some community service squishing the snowy bits as things are gently thawing @2c.

Minor residential streets are a mixture of shiny compacted snow and fresh snow between 4" and 6" deep.

With Wintercontact 205/55 830's on 16" ex Seat Altea alloys the Yeti was confidence inspiring.

Despite deliberate provocation where space permitted I could not make it misbehave. Obviously I kept to sensible speeds but not only traction but braking and cornering were accomplished with ease.

I tried the off road button for getting on and off the drive-6" of fresh snow and direct onto a well gritted main road. One entrance is quite markedly sloped and the other defeated me and visitors last year.There is no way of taking a run up and no way of ensuring a straight on approach.

The Yeti dealt with it with contemptuous ease.

I've never owned a 4wd or winter tyres before and hardly driven any.

Conclusion a Yeti 4x4 on winters is an almost idiot proof answer to anything I'm ever likely to encounter.

Perhaps you could nip over a have a quiet word with my neighbour, John?

Audi RS4 Avant - slight rise out of his security gated parking area:

• Technique: 4k revs, all wheels spinning.
• Outcome: No progress
• Solution: Push latest totty out of car in high heeled Louboutins to dig snow from around 20" summer rubber bands (Well what snow was left after he'd friction evaporated most of it)
• Outcome: Still no progress @ 4k revs
• Solution: Dispatch totty to house for Saxa Salt
• Outcome: Still no progress
• Solution: Another neighbour takes wheel c.1500 revs car glides effortlessly out....

I dread to think of the resultant carnage if he'd decided to use the 911....

'Should've gone to Skoda for a Yeti'

Kept us amused for 15 minutes....

By his car choice and competence I guess he's a Banker-or something which rhymes

Worse, even - Mortgage Broker - regular in The Guardian money pages for his company's 3.2% 'arrangement fee', high pressure insurance handcuffing and intimidating sales techniques.

We initially thought he was a drug dealer by his lifestyle!

The good news is that he gets tradesmen in to do absolutely everything, his place is immaculate and he doesn't entertain - so there are some positives!

I've just been out for a 40 mile play around my area. Never went far from home, but had a good play on the North Surrey Hills. Absolutely awesome.

Ended up dragging a mini convertible onto a road with better grip as he has got stuck on a slight incline It was tough, all of my wheels were spinning as there wasn't a great deal of traction...but they gripped enough to pull it up the slight incline.

I have Ice Grippers for my shoes. I was slipping and sliding around trying to stay upright before I put them on. They are like having snow chains on your feet. Just bit into the ice & snow so I could walk around normally. Utterly brilliant.

Let me be the first to say, RH, you are well equipped!!!

For the winter.lol

Worse, even - Mortgage Broker - regular in The Guardian money pages for his company's 3.2% 'arrangement fee', high pressure insurance handcuffing and intimidating sales techniques.

We initially thought he was a drug dealer by his lifestyle!

The good news is that he gets tradesmen in to do absolutely everything, his place is immaculate and he doesn't entertain - so there are some positives!

So he is a proper W*nker!!