well the snow has finally hit here in the south west Ireland

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P38_Ireland

P38_Ireland

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well its here, it started about 20 mins ago and its coming thick and fast. its kind of worrying as i live on the side of a mountain and in the middle of nowhere secluded from civilization! the worst thing is i ordered snow chains today :confused: wont be here for at least a week!!!

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so what say you? will my general grabbers see me through?

if it all goes completely "pete tong" is it worth firing up the V8?
 
Don't I know it !!!!
Went up to Donegal today (Lifford) to sort yet another immobilised P38 out. Late finish and it was throwing it down. Took me nearly 2 hours from Lifford to Omagh, got home just after 02.00.
Wish I had gone in the Rangie instead of the Colt!!

Nothing around Dublin (M1/M50 etc.) or here, just feckin cold.
 
I doubt you'll need snow chains in a Range Rover, especially with grabbers on! Sure it'll be fine.

We had really quite heavy snow last year, and the missus' 206 only got stuck once, on a very steep hill which had been polished nicely by all the 4x4's!

But a Range Rover should be able to cope with anything as long as it has decent tyres.

Forgive me if I'm teaching you (or anyone else reading!) to suck eggs, but assuming the car is an auto for a snowy decent I'd stick it in 1st gear (and low range if really steep/slippy) and let it work its way down - no throttle, no brakes. If you do need to stop, apply and feather the brakes very lightly.

For ascents in the snow, try 2nd gear (again, low range if really steep/slippy) and gentle throttle application.

You'll be fine!
 
MikeV8SE said:
o for a snowy decent I'd stick it in 1st gear (and low range if really steep/slippy) and let it work its way down - no throttle, no brakes. If you do need to stop, apply and feather the brakes very lightly.

For ascents in the snow, try 2nd gear (again, low range if really steep/slippy) and gentle throttle application.

You'll be fine!
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no there good tips, the hill to my house is about 30-40 degrees pitch with 2 hairpin bends with serious cambers so advice is greatly appreciated.
 
I have the same At2's at 255/55/18, and never had any problems last winter without having to resort to snow chains, not even when some of the roads i had to take was covered in 30-40cm of snow
 
MikeV8SE said:
I doubt you'll need snow chains in a Range Rover, especially with grabbers on! Sure it'll be fine.

We had really quite heavy snow last year, and the missus' 206 only got stuck once, on a very steep hill which had been polished nicely by all the 4x4's!

But a Range Rover should be able to cope with anything as long as it has decent tyres.

Forgive me if I'm teaching you (or anyone else reading!) to suck eggs, but assuming the car is an auto for a snowy decent I'd stick it in 1st gear (and low range if really steep/slippy) and let it work its way down - no throttle, no brakes. If you do need to stop, apply and feather the brakes very lightly.

For ascents in the snow, try 2nd gear (again, low range if really steep/slippy) and gentle throttle application.

You'll be fine!
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and for all the really dumb ones, if its auto, just follow the pretty pictures on your 'H' gate (thats the gearstick surround)

:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:
 
gavbriggs said:
and for all the really dumb ones, if its auto, just follow the pretty pictures on your 'H' gate (thats the gearstick surround)

:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:
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Do you not agree with my advice?! Haha! ;)

But yes, on a P38 it's an H-gate so go to the low range side for steep ascents or descents, in a Classic move the little lever form "H" to "L"!!
 
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