Hi - New to Site - After some advice please!

[BigBlack]

Coming out of the farm we have a 15% decsent down a narrow country lane... nice solid dry stone walls either side, tight turns, and no gritters or ploughs have been near.

Each morning has been a butt clenching 4L crawl down.... 1st gear, feet no where near the pedels. Plenty of evidance of cars hitting the walls on the way down, including a 306, Astra... and X5 all at the bottom with bits broken and bent!!! :doh

When I get to the bottom I've normally got a little transmission wind-up from the tight turns and various road conditions, just put it back into 2WD and reverse a little to 'loosen' things up!

Had a scary moment last night though, coming to Halifax from Keighly on the MAIN ROAD, going downhill... only ticking over in 2nd gear about 10mph and found the back of the car swinging round to slide me sideways on the black ice.... luckly road was nice and wide... rammed car into 1st gear and 4wd and the tyres got traction again! After it had done it a couple of times actually quite liked the 'challenge' of getting it to go back straight :lol Unlike the GF who was in the passenger seat shaking like a sh!tin dog and smoking fags non stop!!! :lol:lol:lol

 

[lacroupade]

Coming out of the farm we have a 15% decsent down a narrow country lane... nice solid dry stone walls either side, tight turns, and no gritters or ploughs have been near.

Each morning has been a butt clenching 4L crawl down.... 1st gear, feet no where near the pedels. Plenty of evidance of cars hitting the walls on the way down, including a 306, Astra... and X5 all at the bottom with bits broken and bent!!! :doh

When I get to the bottom I've normally got a little transmission wind-up from the tight turns and various road conditions, just put it back into 2WD and reverse a little to 'loosen' things up!

Had a scary moment last night though, coming to Halifax from Keighly on the MAIN ROAD, going downhill... only ticking over in 2nd gear about 10mph and found the back of the car swinging round to slide me sideways on the black ice.... luckly road was nice and wide... rammed car into 1st gear and 4wd and the tyres got traction again! After it had done it a couple of times actually quite liked the 'challenge' of getting it to go back straight :lol Unlike the GF who was in the passenger seat shaking like a sh!tin dog and smoking fags non stop!!! :lol:lol:lol

My kids are like that!! No idea why!

So tonight on the way back to Wales I stopped off at Cardiff Gate services - they were shut because the whole place was under 6-8 inches of snow, most of it untouched apart from a couple of lorry tracks....probably three acres of virgin snow across a huge car and lorry park, all nicely floodlit.....so there I was at 10pm this evening powersliding from one end to the other until it looked like a disaster zone.....what bloody fun!!!:clap:clap and nobody to moan at me (well not counting four dogs in the back but they had nothing to say!)....

 

[JoM]

Your all nuts!!! :lol

However, all you loonies may be able to answer another question i have now got since reading all your scary stories! Whats this no feet on the pedals business in 1st gear and 4wheel drive - does the 4wheel drive regulate your speed in 1st instead of using the brakes? I have quite a steep decent in and out to where i keep my horse - the terrano took off with me like it was possessed going in - (i was in 2w as hadnt built myself up to using the stick) I pumping the brakes like mad - it was just making a lovely crunch and grinding sound and continued doing as it pleased - which was mostly sideways and faster, taking me with it (i will admit i was chanting a naughty word starting with F over and over again, and that didnt help either!) :nenau

I think my driving licence should say 'summer only' in the small print!!!

 

[jims-terrano]

In 4L in 1st gear it will just crawl and wont speed up, the hardest thing is to site there not putting your feet on the pedals. When we say crawl it really is a crawl.

Jim T

 

[zippy656]

Your all nuts!!! :lol

Some more than others.

I love to cut about peoples quotes, so much fun

 

[JoM]

This link to a picture of a car i have found on the web (and not from China! :lol) looks like the front of mine. Is it a mark III??

http://cdn.motors.co.uk/d/used-photos/25081/400x/0/0/X681RJO.jpg

I will have to get braver and try the 'no feet' thing!

 

[BigBlack]

Yep, thats a MK3 :thumbs

The no feet thing is because as soon as you start to slide peoples automatic instinct is to slam your foot down hard on the brakes and press the clutch..... generally this will just help you to slide faster in which ever way the car chooses!!!!

In 4L 1st gear you could litterally get out and walk faster, the car wont stall but will gently tick over down any hill with the engine and gears breaking for you, even if you slip alittle you don't hit the brakes or clutch as the traction of all 4 wheels will bite into the road again. :thumbs

 

[danielj]

Have found that in 4wd low in 1st gear without touching accellerator it will crawl away slowly up or down steep ice or mud. Like big black I must have about a 15% gradient road to my house. Only way I could get up or down in the snow and ice was the 4wd low crawl. Got a little slippage on one or other wheel on occasion but other wheels just kept turning along slowly. As soon as I would touch the accerrerator though it would slip as the wheels tried to grab but couldn't. Likewise if I touched the brake. Without touching the accellerator or brake its like the engine is making the wheels roll along on top of the surface. You can see this effect in mud where wheels start to dig in to try to get grip if you use the accellerator but tend to roll more than dig when crawling along.

 

[NedKelly]

When i'm towing my caravan (twin axle - >1600Kg) it will quite happily tug uphill in 1st gear (in 2h) at about walking pace without me touching the pedals.
Awesome.

 

[zippy656]

When i'm towing my caravan (twin axle - >1600Kg) it will quite happily tug uphill in 1st gear (in 2h) at about walking pace without me touching the pedals.
Awesome.

do it in 4wd low... really pi$$es of drivers behind!.. LOL
not really i had to do it when my MAF played up..


top speed is only 25 mph ish..