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So, never having had a 4wd vehicle before I'm trying to fully understand how and when to use 4wd.
I was out driving last night and got to a backroad that was pretty muddy / icy / just spring time snow melt slush-yness so I shifted into 4-HI when I got to the road. When leaving on that same backroad it basically went:
Gross muddy road -> Pavement for about 2 miles -> Slightly muddy super steep driveway
I left it in 4-HI for that short trip the whole time because I figured it was just down the road.
Then I came across stuff like this thread online while doing my research:
http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/4-wheel-drive-1131178.html
as well as seeing that driving on pavement with 4-HI / 4-Lo is a no-no.
But I'm sort of at a loss with a few questions:
I feel like this subject is way overly complicated than it really is but I want to understand when to use it to my advantage.
I was out driving last night and got to a backroad that was pretty muddy / icy / just spring time snow melt slush-yness so I shifted into 4-HI when I got to the road. When leaving on that same backroad it basically went:
Gross muddy road -> Pavement for about 2 miles -> Slightly muddy super steep driveway
I left it in 4-HI for that short trip the whole time because I figured it was just down the road.
Then I came across stuff like this thread online while doing my research:
http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/4-wheel-drive-1131178.html
as well as seeing that driving on pavement with 4-HI / 4-Lo is a no-no.
But I'm sort of at a loss with a few questions:
- Should I have shifted out of 4-HI to 2WD then back to 4-HI or 4-LO at the next driveway?
- Do I need to depress the clutch on my standard whilst shifting into 4-HI / N / 4-LO?
- What about highway driving whilst snowing? It's still pavement... but it's unsafe. What if there's a light coating and I'd rather have 4WD on? I'm at a loss for situations like these considering rear wheel drive is typically the worst in snow.
- Surely I haven't done anything bad in that short 2 miles average suburan driving down the road conditions, correct?
I feel like this subject is way overly complicated than it really is but I want to understand when to use it to my advantage.