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Snow trouble. - 2/15/2007 4:09:59 PM
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Cheska
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I have a 2006 LR3 V6. I'm experiencing alot of trouble in the snow. I live on a unpaved private road and recently had a pretty bad snow storm. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced any problems? I've selected the snow option and even tryed to put it on low and in third. Nothing really seems to work, I keep getting stuck and sliding a whole lot. The rock crawl option seemed to get me out of a little jam... does anybody have any advice? Thank you.
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RE: Snow trouble. - 2/18/2007 7:22:31 PM
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trini defender
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What kind of hill, and how much snow is there? Also the stock tyres the LR3 come with arn't great for snow because they are very flat with no siping. It's not the car, its the tyres and surface wich cause the problem. My opinion is to get some all-season or winter tyres.
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RE: Snow trouble. - 2/21/2007 1:32:55 PM
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Jantiz
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Cheska, if you live in a place where you can expect those conditions on the road, it would be wise to invest on a good set of snow rated tires. As correctly stated before by Trini, the stock tires on the LR3 are designed mostly for dry, well packed surfaces, not of any real use on snow/mud. Also, remember that if you expect to drive in a situation where some tire spin is expected or even desired such as in deep sand, mud or deep snow, you should turn off the DSC on your dash controls. Leaving the DSC on would only work AGAINST you in those surfaces. Always remember to turn it BACK on when returning to a hard surface for your safety.
One last tip, the Snow/Ice setting is primarily for slippery conditions when you need smoother take offs which is why it forces your transmission to start in 3rd gear. This takes considerable power away from your wheels which is perfect on ice but terrible if your stuck in an snow filled rut. Use mud/rut settings for that instead with low range selected. Hope this helps out!
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RE: Snow trouble. - 2/23/2007 6:27:57 PM
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Tink
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Um, if you are getting snow tires, you may want to get mud.snow rated tires. imyo.
good luck!
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