Snow driving with DSG Cars

[Sayam]

Since that's the view out of my house this morning, I wonder if some of our more experienced members have any tips for driving in the snow with a DSG car that is front wheel drive.

I'll start - I usually put the gearbox into manual mode and use the engine braking effect from the lower gears to go downhill.

 

[Rick @ Unicorn Motor Dev.]

Get in, select Race mode, drift.

Albeit quattro...

Rick

 

[SootySport]

Do as you are doing now. The Creep on auto boxes is good for starting off with minimum wheel slip. Overall, just caressing the stop/go pedals on the slippiest roads gets you about.

 

[fangio]

Treat the steering wheel, brake and throttle as if they were made of eggshells, I was given this advice when taking my test in the army in 1958 and it stood me in good stead through many winters as an artic driver.

 

[raffhussain]

Sayam i had a similar view and i enjoyed my drive into work this morning in my S3 8P3. Like rick said a bit a drift

Mines is an auto and i use manual mode when travelling down hill with min braking .

 

[Mujnu]

Do you live in a house or a mansion? Lol

 

[S.]

With haldex controller...full throttle

 

[desertstorm]

Hardly classifies as snow, will probably be gone tomorrow.

 

[Ironborn]

Wow different worlds, it's been lovely and sunny down here in bristol

 

[Sayam]

Thanks lads

@desertstorm it's gone already but first thing this morning (before that pic was taken) it was over 1 foot deep in some places!

@Ironborn yup, weather was meant to be cold but sunny in the dirty south, up north it's been pretty terrible.

@Mujnu lol it's a nice big house Alhamdulillah but it's a house deffo not a mansion haha

 

[Mujnu]

It just started snowing now in Birmingham, I guess it's moving down. And yes right mr fresh prince