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Old 03-01-14, 10:09 PM
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I always wonder, if someone can help me understand, if you put the car ect. On snow driving how does this work, does it become 4 wheel drive ? How about power switch? I guess I'm trying to understand how the car changes from power/snow / ecomonmy driving.
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I'm sure this has been discussed before. Of you are familiar with the search function it can be very useful.

To my knowledge, the snow function retards throttle response as well as changing the shifting so it will never shift lower than 2nd gear. In basic terms it shifts as it normally would, but without ever shifting into first. =No 1st gear in this mode.

In power mode, the computer lets the revolutions per minute (rpm) go much higher than it normally would. Higher revs = more up = more ooh-ahh I'm going fast woopedy effing do.

Hope that helped a little. I could very well be mistaken about that information. In that case, the search bar is your best bet.

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shift pattern and engagement changes and in '98-00 cars heavily reduced throttle response and some VSC changes.
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No 4WD on these babies. Snow mode will reduce the chances of spinning the tires loose on slippery conditions.

I'm not even sure if that would help much though, my LS is absolutely aweful in the snow. Get a GX470 on the side to solve that problem.
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Thank you all, I was always wonder how these function response and work and how it change the gear.
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