EeEk
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This thread is not about HDC......
Heres davethebb in his disco1 auto with no HDC and no trick diffs sitting at the top of a tricky very steep gravel track/muddy slope....he selects low and 2nd as suggested, drives over the edge....davethebb has been given top advice by internet experts not to use the brakes and just to use engine braking.....the engine speed starts to rise...the downhill speed starts to rise....faster...it'll be fine....they said no brakes......over a bump into a rut...bit of a crossaxle .....a couple of wheels go light and lose grip which means davethebb basically now has no engine braking at all...hes away...faster faster ....usually a slide sideways...crash....upside down and it all happens about as quick as you read it.
What might have helped davethebb.....other than a lecture on the wonders of HDC
Heres davethebb in his disco1 auto with no HDC and no trick diffs sitting at the top of a tricky very steep gravel track/muddy slope....he selects low and 2nd as suggested, drives over the edge....davethebb has been given top advice by internet experts not to use the brakes and just to use engine braking.....the engine speed starts to rise...the downhill speed starts to rise....faster...it'll be fine....they said no brakes......over a bump into a rut...bit of a crossaxle .....a couple of wheels go light and lose grip which means davethebb basically now has no engine braking at all...hes away...faster faster ....usually a slide sideways...crash....upside down and it all happens about as quick as you read it.
What might have helped davethebb.....other than a lecture on the wonders of HDC