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tony2 · Nov 25, 2012

Could you pull the fuses for TC and ABS if the conditions were bad enough, then replace them later ?

StuckAgainSteve · Nov 25, 2012

tony2 said:
Could you pull the fuses for TC and ABS if the conditions were bad enough, then replace them later ?

The P38 hasn't got stupid "cut power" TC, I don't see why you'd want to defeat it.

Bix · Nov 25, 2012

StuckAgainSteve said:
The P38 hasn't got stupid "cut power" TC, I don't see why you'd want to defeat it.

The mix of TC and ABS has caused me to lose all drive when going up an icy hill because it spazzed out due to the loss of traction and stuck on the brakes. Yet going up the same hill in a Hilux Surf was no bother as the places where TC put the brakes on in my RR, the Surf just span a bit until the next bit of grippy tarmac. Although I will raise my hands as I noticed shortly after that my tyres had become illegal, so that probably wasn't helping. But the only way around the issue was to treat my RR like a softroader and throw speed at the problem.

StuckAgainSteve · Nov 25, 2012

Bix said:
The mix of TC and ABS has caused me to lose all drive when going up an icy hill because it spazzed out due to the loss of traction and stuck on the brakes. Yet going up the same hill in a Hilux Surf was no bother as the places where TC put the brakes on in my RR, the Surf just span a bit until the next bit of grippy tarmac. Although I will raise my hands as I noticed shortly after that my tyres had become illegal, so that probably wasn't helping. But the only way around the issue was to treat my RR like a softroader and throw speed at the problem.

Can't blame the car for duff tyres! I tried my very best to get stuck last year in the deepest snow I could find, drove up and down stupidly steep hills - the thing was just unstoppable!

sas1810 · Nov 26, 2012

StuckAgainSteve said:
Can't blame the car for duff tyres! I tried my very best to get stuck last year in the deepest snow I could find, drove up and down stupidly steep hills - the thing was just unstoppable!

i want the snow so i can try my Grabber AT2's

Datatek · Nov 26, 2012

StuckAgainSteve said:
Can't blame the car for duff tyres! I tried my very best to get stuck last year in the deepest snow I could find, drove up and down stupidly steep hills - the thing was just unstoppable!

As I said, the traction is amazing, but with TC and ABS there is no easy way of judging the grip levels, TC does nothing when you are slowing down and ABS is a liability in snow. In my other 4 x 4's it was easy to judge grip levels by judicious use of the throttle or brakes, totaly impossible in the P38. With the Galloper I removed the ABS and it would stop quicker in pretty much all conditions.

freemonkey · Nov 26, 2012

no tc on my dt spec p38 and 4 chunky mud's fitted should do the trick works well in the muddy forest

2.0_hippo · Nov 26, 2012

just take it easy in the snow and you wont have any slipping around

Deasy · Nov 26, 2012

And remember getting going is ok, but trying to stop the best part of 3tonne in the snow can be fun. Leave yourself plenty if time for a nice controlled stop, last thing you want to do is hit the brakes

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