ESP off and stay on the gas in the deep stuff!!!!

 

OK but my V10 is a diesel.

 

Here's a good lesson on Touareg Snow Technique!

http://www.youtube.com/v/xHL6ZO6IdP...=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param

Check out the snowplow passes.

 

How not to drive in deep snow:

 

How not to drive in deep snow:

YouTube - Stuck in the Snow

Oh no!! It has reared it's ugly head again!!! Still a funny situation everytime it is brought up though.

 

-good snow tires
-don't lock your diffs
-esp off
-stay on the throttle...you lose momentum in a hurry!

 

-don't lock your diffs

Why not? Isn't that what they are for in slick conditions?

And what is the max depth snow you go in and start up from without getting stuck?

 

See, I told you so!!! Poor RJ never gets any respect here.

Next thing you know, one of these bums will be posting about knocking a log down the parking area in Ouray....

Dead Horse



Rick

 

If you're not 100% sure how and why to use your lockers, don't bother with them. Trust me on this one.

A little experience and practice driving in snow is worth way more than cool gadgets and options on your 4x4. I was lucky and grew up in Colorado, so a lot of experience comes by default. If you're unsure, try an empty parking lot with some light snowfall. 20+" of snow isn't a great time to learn unless it's an emergency. The Touareg is an outstanding vehicle (properly quipped) in the snow, but the driver counts the most.

Good tires are the ABSOLUTE best next thing to knowledge and experience. All-season 'performance' tires aren't.

Lots of people are good winter drivers until they do a custom paint job on the car in the next lane. If you're questioning yourself and don't have to drive, please don't drive.

Lastly, turn the ESP off. Somehow man survived before VW and many other car companies invented all this nanny electronic crap to keep people on the road. It sucks in the snow.

 

So you turn off the ESP for deep snow. What's the definition of "deep snow"? Greater than 12". What about a light snow in the 2" to 6" category, do ya turn off the ESP then also? What about roads that have hard packed snow? We got 18 plus inches of the white chit today!! Man, spring can't come soon enough!!! BTW, the Treg eats up that white chit like it wasn't even there!

Dave

 

I'm here in DC also and the Treg wasn't doing so hot today. Behind my apt. building accumulations we're probably around 3 feet deep from the wind. It was pretty much acting like a sideways snowplow. All 4 tires kept slipping at the same time and it just kept going sideways. Ugh.

 

What do you have on it for tires? Tires make all the difference. Plus if it was a heavy wet snow like you get back there 3 ft of said snow will be hard for anything to get through other then track vehicals.

Reason we say ESP off in deep stuff like you just got back east is it will work against you in that it will kill your momentum when you most need it. Hard pack snow you can keep it on and it will be welcomed in that situation.

 

My Touareg did well until I buried it up to the oil pan in the deep snow (21 inches). I guess I should have made the plunge and got the air suspension :-(. Any road that was plowed I was able to easily make it through, however. I was able to pull my car out of the last snow drift in front of my house with ESP on after shoveling some snow from around the tires and from in front of the truck. The ESP on actually seemed to do better than the ESP off because the truck put the power into the wheels that were getting traction instead of spinning the wheels that were just throwing snow.

 

Plain & simple, it's the tires. That, & low range for a few conditions (climbing up & down the glacial morains left by VDOT) got me through the worst of Fri. PM and Sat. AM. The volunteer coordinator @ FO Hospital still doesn't quite belive that "a Volkswagen could get thru all of that", even after the humble T-rex delivered 3 health professionals & handled a pair of lab runs.

 

With or without air suspension?

 

Speaking of driving in this deep stuff, I now need a new belly pan, anybody know the part number and about how much a new one will cost me?

 

www.1stvwparts.com check there.

 

We got 22 inches here in Pittsburgh, got myself beached at the end of the driveway. ! Didnt take much digging to get her down. Wish i had some better tires, but all in all the T-Reg has been doing well. We are expecting another 6-8 tuesday so I expect some more testing of its will to stay UN-Stuck.

 

Well, with another round of heavy snow on it's way I'd see if tire chains or cables available at an auto store. Short of getting a new set of tires they'll get you around in a pinch.