It prevents your from over-accelerating. It also puts the car in 50:50 drive distribution until 15mph.I drove on snow and ice today. It was solid. I am curious, though, just what the "SNOW" mode does. The Owner's Manual has no details about it. For example, does it keep some power to the front wheels? What about shifting? Should I stay in snow mode all the time, just in case I hit some ice, or only when in bad conditions?
It also puts the car in 50:50 drive distribution until 15mph.
I read that on here! I wish it were true.Can you show me something from Infiniti that confirms this? I suspect not. I've looked for it, and can't find it. It is a very common misconception and one that I'm certain is perpetuated by salespeople and/or techs who don't really understand what they're saying.
As far as I know (and I should know), all snow mode does is retard throttle response, especially at low speeds. Gives you slower acceleration so you are less likely to spin your tires. You can do the same thing yourself by being light on the gas pedal.
I describe it to clients this way: When I learned to drive in New Hampshire, I had a manual shift car. We would sometimes in slippery/icy conditions start in 2nd gear when starting from a stop on a hill. This tended to prevent initial wheel spin and gave a smoother, more grippy start. That's what snow mode feels like.
I would not bother leaving it in snow mode all the time.
Had snow last week and besides the Steering lockup issue i had,I'm just curious if anyone has driven their Q50 AWD in any winter conditions yet? Snow ect... If so, in your opinion how did it handle? Would love to hear about it!![]()
Yep. So bizarre right? Kept on hearing those cracking type noises.One weird thing is the back window was completey capped in ice and while using the rear defrost it sounds as if the window is going to break, even though it was just thawing, has anyone else had that issue>?![]()
Here it is, it's from infiniti, but the link don't work anymoreCan you show me something from Infiniti that confirms this? I suspect not. I've looked for it, and can't find it. It is a very common misconception and one that I'm certain is perpetuated by salespeople and/or techs who don't really understand what they're saying.
As far as I know (and I should know), all snow mode does is retard throttle response, especially at low speeds. Gives you slower acceleration so you are less likely to spin your tires. You can do the same thing yourself by being light on the gas pedal.
I describe it to clients this way: When I learned to drive in New Hampshire, I had a manual shift car. We would sometimes in slippery/icy conditions start in 2nd gear when starting from a stop on a hill. This tended to prevent initial wheel spin and gave a smoother, more grippy start. That's what snow mode feels like.
I would not bother leaving it in snow mode all the time.
Not to hijack this thread, but yes I did experience the same cracking sound when rear defroster is turned on with ice/frost on rear windshield. Definitely did not sound normal and hopefully its not a problem when it gets really cold up here (<20deg F).One weird thing is the back window was completey capped in ice and while using the rear defrost it sounds as if the window is going to break, even though it was just thawing, has anyone else had that issue>?![]()
I'm not trying to be funny, or in any way criticizing(in case there was a typo there). What the heck is a moose test?Has anyone experienced steering wheel to become stiff (with DAS) while either doing a moose test or trying to counter-steer a drift? Today was icy and I gave it some gas while turning right, so read end broke loose a little (awd), but wheel became very stiff and harder to counter-steer. Same happened in dry conditions when I tried to "avoid" an obstacle, sharp left, then sharp right - steering wheel became stiff.