Snow and the Cayenne

[Laurence Gibbs]

Just curious as to what settings people drive on when out on our snow covered roads. Having perused the manual there is much mentioned about the off road settings but the manual seems to mention nothing of snow and ice.
Does everyone stay on the road settings? and do they find that's all you need?
Coming from a switch-able four wheel drive this automatic lark is all rather new and wondrous to me.

 

[MarkK]

In my 06MY "S" i drive it in normal auto,on winter tyres,car sorts everything out for you[]

 

[colski1961]

yes, let the car take care of it, been on snow (light and deep), ice and the car handled it without issue. You can hear the traction control dealing with it as you drive but having come from a Range Rover pretty impressed so far

 

[964RS]

ORIGINAL: colski1961

yes, let the car take care of it, been on snow (light and deep), ice and the car handled it without issue. You can hear the traction control dealing with it as you drive but having come from a Range Rover pretty impressed so far

Which is the better Colin - Range Rover or Cayenne?

 

[Tony M]

I find that most of the time the Auto setting sorts everything out, but if one needs extra traction, the centre differential lock setting helps, plus you get the low range setting for more gentle acceleration.

I may be wrong, but I believe that the differential lock is achieved by applying the brake electronically to the wheel that is slipping and used too much you can wear out or scorch the Brake discs.

 

[majorporsche]

Not if your Cayenne is a 2004 Manual S, then it does not use braking to limit slip. I think all manuals would be thus ?

 

[pboldmonts]

Agree with MarkK. I have a lot of untreated roads with compacted snow and ice around where I live. Had no issue leaving it in auto mode. Also think winter tyres are not an option, they are essential on such roads. They are one of the first options for me on any car in future.

 

[tiskev]

Thats the only formula
Winter tyres
Leave settings alone
Lock it up if absolutely necessary in deep snow.
These comments apply to an original 4.5 auto
Later models may well be quite different

 

[Laurence Gibbs]

Thanks for all the replies. Took the car out on some very rural untreated roads last Sunday , left everything in auto mode and all went well. []

 

[colski1961]

well pro's and cons for each. RR Sport was a good car let down by some dodgy components - had 3 breakdowns in 2 years of ownership, not what I would have expected from a brand new vehicle. Off road and snow were easily taken care of if you used the right settings and it seemed to hadnle pretty much any surface you threw at it. However the latest version (2012) only has a 3 ltr V6 diesel and it's underpowered (we had the V8).
Cayenne doesn't have the looks of the RRS but, I'm hoping has the quality and reliability that was lacking in the Sport, power from the 3ltr engine is great and the road holding (so far) has been excellent - plus the Cayenne will hold it's value whereas if I'd bought another RRS I'd already be looking at a £10K loss in depreciation!
Ask me again in 18 months when it's time to change again

 

[Spider1V]

Hi Folkes...


Just to remind you to disengage the diff's the moment you get back onto the road/ come out of snow/ get traction. Like most vehicles with diffs, they are there to help prevent slipping, however engaging diffs on road will cause wind up in t/box and may get expensive!

Spider1V