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Savvy
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Auto - Snow Button
« on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 9:56am » |
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Used it for the first time this morning and worked very well
BUT what exactly does it do in term in gearing and engine revving etc?
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mr._floppy
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #1 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 11:53am » |
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In the Snow position it starts off in 2nd gear rather than 1st gear.
It helps stop wheelspin is the theory.
You can try it today 
It's snowing in the Home Counties, so it's a BIIIIIIGGGGGGGG story. 
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #2 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 12:07pm » |
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on Feb 2nd, 2009, 9:56am, Savvy wrote:Used it for the first time this morning and worked very well
BUT what exactly does it do in term in gearing and engine revving etc? |
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In real terms ? it lights up the pretty orange light in the snowflake button 
Things would be much better if you had manual control over 1-2-3 instead of just 1-2
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #3 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 12:30pm » |
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Must admit i didnt use it this morning, forgot i had it  but seriously do u keep it pressed all the time while driving in these conditions or just to start??
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #4 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 12:32pm » |
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Too much strain on gearbox and engine if you tried to start off in 3rd which is why 3nd gear is the highest gear it can cope with... Just think about how fast you can actually go to in 2nd gear on a scorpio !
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #5 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 1:25pm » |
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I have had to leave the Scorp down the road, just won't make it up my hill.
It now has the abs and traction control light on permanently 
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #6 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 1:50pm » |
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How about the old trick of reversing up hill??
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #7 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 2:02pm » |
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i was going to try that, but took my shovel and i got her back!
not sure if i've cooked the traction control though lights are still on
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #8 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 2:19pm » |
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Most likely clear when you get going at a " normal" speed hopefully. can't see why the lights should just stay on . Higher the gear the more traction so Reverse is a very LOW gear and would not help in that situation. Used to use reverse in the days of yore when cars did not have enough pwer to go up some of the steeper hills so you used reverse and drove up slowly. low gear , high revs .. Ask Simmo or Gozz!  as I have never had to do this myself (TIC).....
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #9 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 3:42pm » |
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on Feb 2nd, 2009, 2:19pm, Snoopy wrote:| .. Ask Simmo or Gozz! as I have never had to do this myself (TIC)..... |
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #10 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 4:08pm » |
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Surely the point of reversing up is so u are pulling not pushing
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #11 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 6:44pm » |
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Nope, I used to have a front wheel drive Mk3 Escort that i had to reverse up a steep hill in the Borders to get over it in the snow, wouldnt go up head first 
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #12 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 6:58pm » |
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Wrong again 
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #13 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 7:17pm » |
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any hairy moment in the scorpios today anyone?
apart from my antics trying to get up a hill, she was very well behaved.
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Re: Auto - Snow Button
« Reply #14 on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 7:30pm » |
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not one seconds problem with snow no slipping sliding hairy moments or any thingelse -------------------- mind you i did go out in my multipla cab today front wheel drive manual box ---------- discretion being the better part of valour SCORPS STILL SITTING WHERE I LEFT IT SATURDAY NIGHT
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