A TIP FOR 4X4S WITH AUTOMATIC GEARBOXES

If you perhaps have an older 4x4 that doesn’t have HDC or DAC – or you haven’t activated these features on your vehicle, please keep the following in mind when you come across steep descents:

Shift your vehicle back to first gear, low range and not “D”. Keep your foot on the brake pedal and begin the descent as slowly as possible. You can always ease off the brake if you’re going too slowly, but if you have picked up too much speed, it’s almost impossible to slow down again. Another trick you can easily learn is to drive an automatic vehicle with both feet, so that you press the brake with your left foot and the accelerator with your right foot, just like racing drivers. In such a way you can switch much faster between braking and acceleration, and vice versa.