I live on a hill surrounded by hills. These hills are rarely salted or treated in any way. I'm planning to swap over to winter tyres this weekend but am wandering whether traction control is best switched off on potentially icy roads?
I had a Jag with a reasonably crude TC system which would grab a brake if it sensed any slip making a bad situation (slight slip on ice) a whole lot worse and unpredictable. It would automatically grab a brake without warning in one instance sending 17ft of car very sideways across the road....
Many thanks for your thoughts
987C.1 Traction Control Off on Icy Roads?
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Re: 987C.1 Traction Control Off on Icy Roads?
I don't know.
Going up a steep slippery mountain road a couple of weeks ago in the 997, with slight wheel slip the power was being reduced considerably, I felt it would have been better with PSM off. When I had a Cayman it had sports crono which is a half way step to reducing PSM and was much better.
Winter tyres are the real answer.
Nick
Going up a steep slippery mountain road a couple of weeks ago in the 997, with slight wheel slip the power was being reduced considerably, I felt it would have been better with PSM off. When I had a Cayman it had sports crono which is a half way step to reducing PSM and was much better.
Winter tyres are the real answer.
Nick