Wilshire@sh.itjust.works to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoCoach bus drifts down an icy hill.imgur.comvideomessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down17
arrow-up1358arrow-down1videoCoach bus drifts down an icy hill.imgur.comWilshire@sh.itjust.works to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·21 days agoYep. Stay off the brakes, use the lowest gear you have available. Even most automatic transmissions let you select “L” for these situations. When I drive my manual in icy conditions, I generally stay a gear lower than I normally would as a rule. Much easier to recover. On my newer PHEV vehicle, there’s an icy driving mode and an L option (even though it’s a CVT, it can mimic a high-torque low gear).
Yep. Stay off the brakes, use the lowest gear you have available. Even most automatic transmissions let you select “L” for these situations.
When I drive my manual in icy conditions, I generally stay a gear lower than I normally would as a rule. Much easier to recover.
On my newer PHEV vehicle, there’s an icy driving mode and an L option (even though it’s a CVT, it can mimic a high-torque low gear).