Driving in 4wd

ln the ice and snow l have often found the need to select 4wd on our Gen 4 Jimny.
The thing is, when you get to a piece of road with no ice, do you have to disengage the 4wd only to engage it again a minute later?
How far can you drive on normal roads with the 4wd engaged, or can't you do it at all.
l am guessing corners are more of an issue. My friend who lives in High Peak leaves her gen 3 in 4wd all the time in bad weather and as far as l know it's somehow survived.
 

You should go back to 2wd as soon as you are off the slippery surface. That is why they have designed it so you can switch quickly and easily whilst on the move.

lightning wrote: ln the ice and snow l have often found the need to select 4wd on our Gen 4 Jimny.
The thing is, when you get to a piece of road with no ice, do you have to disengage the 4wd only to engage it again a minute later?
How far can you drive on normal roads with the 4wd engaged, or can't you do it at all.
l am guessing corners are more of an issue. My friend who lives in High Peak leaves her gen 3 in 4wd all the time in bad weather and as far as l know it's somehow survived.

 

It is sadly a limitation of this type of 4wd system. And really one of the of the big benefits of something like a Land Rover Defender/Range Rover/Discovery for such conditions.

That said you should be able to gauge if you need to put it in 2wd or not. Lower speeds and gentle bends for shorter distances should be fine in 4wd. It would be longer distances, higher speeds and tighter corners that the problem or transmission wind up would occur. But do remember not to leave it in 4wd.

However if you are not confident to gauge this, then don't use 4wd on dry paved surfaces.

Don't forget that you don't have any more grip in 4x4 than you would in 4x2. What you have is more traction which means you can't stop any faster even though you can get going quicker. But if you are driving that fast in snow and ice that you need more traction then you are going to have problems. When it's that bad outside I look at 4x4 as a reserve, so for example if I have to climb a meaningful gradient on packed snow, not as a means of travelling at dry tarmac speed.

I think you're wrong about breaking in snow and ice, I was driving my Isuzu Dmax to work the other morning on black ice on a notorious local 'road', tip toeing along using the gearbox to brake and had an Audi A6 up my backside the whole time, so they can obviously stop on a sixpence on black ice!!

Groundworker wrote: I think you're wrong about breaking in snow and ice, I was driving my Isuzu Dmax to work the other morning on black ice on a notorious local 'road', tip toeing along using the gearbox to brake and had an Audi A6 up my backside the whole time, so they can obviously stop on a sixpence on black ice!!

They might have a flash badge dosnt mean they the same degree of intelligence as you

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