For my future reference what tyres are these, please?
I have 2001 Disco II TD5 and have never had any problems in snow with either the standard original Michelin road tyres or the current BFG AT's. I have to say I've never used HDC on the local longish 1:6 single track descent...just 1st or 2nd high box and the occasional light touch of brakes. On the ascent , similarly no problems (2nd high) and only the very little bit of TC cutting in. I am very lucky that the lane has little traffic which helps tremendously. It is a 1:6 down , bend at the bottom and 1:6 immediately up. As an aside........I do remember a good few years back driving to work in my first car with ABS (Merc 200TE) and discovering that ABS downhill on RWD with road tyres was definately an acquired skill! Required a roll of Andrex to be kept in the glovebox as well. Fortunately, the TWO snowplough/gritters descending my approaching ascent noticed me and stopped on the passing place/bend at the bottom!
I'm also interested in the suggestion later in the thread that the CDL mod may be worth making. I certainly initially thought the Disco II was very poor at pulling the horse trailer out of the hilly muddy field when I first got it. The Disco I with CDL was virtually unstoppable. As you say, you have to keep the bugger moving BUT once you've got that locked into the brain and get over the counter intuitiveness of giving MORE gas when the wheels start spinning and the TC cuts in the electronics are , IMHO, actually very effective. Now, this heavy footed approach is pretty difficult to do on roads where you have to share with others, I agree! Has anyone actually done the conversion and can compare the same vehicle on same tyres in same conditions using TC/CDL? If you fit the CDL do you disable the TC in some way or do they fight one another?
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