Snow and ascending / descending hills

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

Mines an Auto V6 3 litre it literally Pushes you along when you start sliding.
I have already made my mind up to head for the gap & go off road to avoid any cars/pedestrians etc
Same as IainB as well we are literally talking walking speed here.

I'm sure you're both much more competent drivers than me, the comment was really about the amount of people here who seem unable to drive at all in the snow. I don't have huge amounts of experience with it but do know that just pinning the throttle and hoping that you'll move with that is usually not a good plan.

Originally Posted by BBx

What is Cadence breaking?

BB x

Cadence braking is a technique where you are fairly rapidly and deliberately pumping the brakes to cause the wheels to lock and unlock, this is supposed to be allow you to still maintain some steering control. However it's almost entirely redundant in a modern car as ABS do it quicker and more effectively than a human can manage. I think your car is new enough that you've probably got ABS although I don't know for certain - when you stamp on the brakes hard do you sometimes feel a slight stutter in the pedal and loud clunks or similar from the brakes? If you do then ABS is almost certainly present.