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Driving in 4wd
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The thing is, when you get to a piece of road with no ice, do you have to disengage the 4wd only to engage it again a minute later?
How far can you drive on normal roads with the 4wd engaged, or can't you do it at all.
l am guessing corners are more of an issue. My friend who lives in High Peak leaves her gen 3 in 4wd all the time in bad weather and as far as l know it's somehow survived.
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It is sadly a limitation of this type of 4wd system. And really one of the of the big benefits of something like a Land Rover Defender/Range Rover/Discovery for such conditions.lightning wrote: ln the ice and snow l have often found the need to select 4wd on our Gen 4 Jimny.
The thing is, when you get to a piece of road with no ice, do you have to disengage the 4wd only to engage it again a minute later?
How far can you drive on normal roads with the 4wd engaged, or can't you do it at all.
l am guessing corners are more of an issue. My friend who lives in High Peak leaves her gen 3 in 4wd all the time in bad weather and as far as l know it's somehow survived.
That said you should be able to gauge if you need to put it in 2wd or not. Lower speeds and gentle bends for shorter distances should be fine in 4wd. It would be longer distances, higher speeds and tighter corners that the problem or transmission wind up would occur. But do remember not to leave it in 4wd.
However if you are not confident to gauge this, then don't use 4wd on dry paved surfaces.
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One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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They might have a flash badge dosnt mean they the same degree of intelligence as youGroundworker wrote: I think you're wrong about breaking in snow and ice, I was driving my Isuzu Dmax to work the other morning on black ice on a notorious local 'road', tip toeing along using the gearbox to brake and had an Audi A6 up my backside the whole time, so they can obviously stop on a sixpence on black ice!!
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Doesn't help when Land Rover make so much about their terrain response, dial in ice and snow and away you go. I went to a Land Rover experience day with a mate who has an Evoque. Ground was frozen solid so downhill sections were like a four man bobsleigh, tried a number of times, dialling in various settings with similar results, my mate was unimpressed as he was under the impression that this electronic wizardry overcame anything, hard to create grip when you have none.
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l find that flashing the hazards for a few seconds makes them back off a bit. l think it somehow temporarily re engages the driver's brains
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Was an interesting lesson, not that I learned from it, she definitely profited from her lack of testosterone, every guy in the place was spinning round whilst she calmly drove through the carnage. Reminded me of the Olympic ice skating races where three of them wipe out and a guy from the Solomon islands, glides through on his first time on ice, and wins.
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If you want to improve your driving ability on snow and ice I would suggest the following. Find an empty car park covered in snow and in 2wd drive in circles. Now do it in 4wd and notice the difference. The extra grip at the front wheels will enable you to tighten your turning circle and go faster but it will not improve your braking. Many 4wd cars have died because the driver forgot, if they ere ever told, that extra grip did not equal better braking because we have had 4wb (b equals braking) for many years.
We can give you loads of advice but ultimately it comes down to going out and practising.
One last point, if, when you go from 4wd to 2wd you hear or feel a thump, that was a degree of axle wind up and it was the system telling you so ie you should have changed out earlier.
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