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Hebden

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Driving a CVT in snow
« on: February 22, 2018, 09:02:49 PM »
Does the automatic gearbox handle it all? Is it just slow and steady as she goes? All tips welcome. Thanks

culzean

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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2018, 09:33:47 PM »
CVT is good in snow, slow and steady will take up drive smoothly and use highest ratio it can.
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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2018, 09:35:23 PM »
Although I haven't tried the deep stuff, 1-2" is no problem.

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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2018, 06:05:59 AM »
I don't know about CVT but a conventional auto is good in the snow as it goes into a higher gear as soon as there is any slip. That was how the winter traction worked on both my Cavalier and S40. It started in a high ratio and kept in the high ratio.

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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2018, 06:44:09 AM »
In deep snow (10-15cms) I had to disable traction control to get up a 0.5km fairly steep hill. I was the second car up.  Otherwise with TC on, if you got stuck, it would not rev as TC stopped both driving wheels spinning - which was teh only way to get up. (Hump back bridge plus sharp corner ay bottom of hill meant gaining any speed before teh climb was impossible.

Took me three attempts to work out how to do it..

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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2018, 07:42:46 AM »
In deep snow (10-15cms) I had to disable traction control to get up a 0.5km fairly steep hill. I was the second car up.  Otherwise with TC on, if you got stuck, it would not rev as TC stopped both driving wheels spinning - which was teh only way to get up. (Hump back bridge plus sharp corner ay bottom of hill meant gaining any speed before teh climb was impossible.

Took me three attempts to work out how to do it..

It is pretty common to disable traction control in snow  and mud,  even with winter tyres.  I always try to leave it on because it is all tied in with Vehicle Stability Assist and it helps control skids but sometimes it is the last resort to press the 'off' button.
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Re: Driving a CVT in snow
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2018, 08:40:13 AM »
The cars I had didn't have wheel sensors. They just sensed the engine revs and changed up naturally.

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