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Did you have to turn off the DSC and TCS in the snow? Or did you leave them on?

2007-10-19 03:52:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation Safety

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I never had a front wheel drive. no problem in snow just put a couple of bags of sand in the trunk, stud all 4 tires and go. BTW I live in Canada and we have snow. have fun.

2007-10-19 04:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Ken M 2 · 0 0

never had a car with dsc or tcs but when i was a kid my mom had a 1973 ford ltd country squire station wagon which had the 400 cubic inch V8 motor in it and weighed 8000 pounds empty, needless to say we never needed snow tires. one time in a blizzard we had to stop on this big hill as cars were sliding all over the road and we waited until they all stopped sliding my mom dropped into low one and stepped on the gas and we made it all the way to the top without spinning a wheel afters tarting out from a dead stand still sat the steepest part of the hill.


my personal experiance with a car i had in a blizzard was a 1985 chevy caprice with a 305 cubic inch V8 with a 4 barrel rochester carb on it and a posi traction rear end. i drove through about a foot and a half of snow to get to work with no problems at all


and no i am not the other guy who mentioned the 73 ford ltd country squire wagon

2007-10-19 04:20:48 · answer #2 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 0 1

ESP stands for Electronic Stability Platform. What it does is if it senses that the vehicle is sliding or over/under steering, it will brake individual wheels to help bring the car back to its intended path. Traction control is just that, it cuts down on the wheel spin to allow for better traction. While Benz vehicles have a lot of electronics to give you better traction, the traction you do have is still dependent on 4 little pieces of rubber ( the tire contact patch ) on the road. If you equip your Benz with proper winter tires, your car's grip on the road just increased dramatically during the colder and more slippery winter months.

2016-05-23 17:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

being I've driven mainly RWD vehicles in snow (I'm a native New Yorker). None of my cars ever had DSC or TCS, The best car I ever owned as far as snow drivable was my 1976 Camaro 4 speed with Positraction; that car just couldn't be slowed by snow..I wish I still had it! Thanks for asking.

Good luck!

2007-10-19 04:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by Kiffin # 1 6 · 1 1

Forget about snow, this puppy could do donuts on sticky asphalt. We had a 1973 Ford Country Squire station wagon, 400 engine, single barrel carb that could beat Trans Am's in the 1/4 mile. If you weren't careful, the back end would drive around you at any speed.

2007-10-19 04:11:46 · answer #5 · answered by Lab 7 · 1 1

Yeah, it was fun. Back in high school I had a '91 mustang 4cyl, RWD, we'd go to parking lots and drive around doing donuts.

2007-10-19 04:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by anissa 2 · 1 1

drove in the 60 before all this stuff was created.
do not use the dsc unless you are in a emergency condition you will destroy your trnas.

2007-10-19 04:56:00 · answer #7 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0 1

I ANSWERED A SIMILAR QUESTION CONCERNING THIS AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LEAVE THEM BOTH ON.

THEY WORK GREAT ON DRY ROADS SO I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD WORK AS WELL IN THE SNOW OR ON AN ICY ROAD.

2007-10-19 06:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

yes , many brands ..
and i prefer rear wheel drive to front wheel drive..
front wheel drive is for people that can't drive
the same goes for traction control..

2007-10-19 03:57:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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