[Tiger]

We have finally had rain in our area. Yesterday as I came up on a muddy area in a field I failed to disengage the VSA. I made it through the mud with a lot of noise in the back end. The next mud area I didengaged the VSA and my Ridgeline went through the mud in fine shape.

So far I have been through some pretty muddy areas where I work and my Ridgeline does a great job.

23 days and 3529 miles later my Ridgeline just get's more enjoyable each day.


Tiger

 

[shovelhd]

23 days and 3529 miles later my Ridgeline just get's more enjoyable each day.

I'll second that This truck is just plain fun to drive.

I played with the VSA in snow during a test drive of the dealer's demo truck. It was wierd to stomp the gas and have the truck make all those crazy noises, and just keep moving without wheelspin.

 

[nwdiver]

What does the noise sound like? I could have sworn the other day that I heard the tires chirp as I "tested" the RL's grip and acceleration on a steep freeway on-ramp but then with VSA on, the tires shouldn't chirp--maybe it was the VSA I was hearing?

 

[Tiger]

I guess a "clunk" is close enough and you could feel it as well.

Tiger

 

[maybearidge]

I have heard a little chirp on a hot day when stepping on it around a corner....but not much

 

[bellteck]

How is the truck to drive in the snow? Does it feel sluggish or blast through without a problem? And also braking, does it slide a lot in the snow when braking?

Have not heard the glorius clunk yet but im sure I will in time. Good to know its a normal clunk though.

 

[swampler]

I have heard a little chirp on a hot day when stepping on it around a corner....but not much

That makes me feel better...I thought I heard a chirp too. Thought maybe I was going crazy.

 

[Dnucci]

It snowed a couple days after I bought mine. I thought it handle the slippery stuff very well. While in an open parking lot I stomped the gas and slammed the breaks - no appreciable sliding either test.

 

[mayfielh]

I went out into a big grassy/muddy field just to play and have to agree the VSA makes it incredibly difficult to spin the wheels.

So to enhance the fun factor I shut it off. I could spin left then right, I left a 40' drag strip burn off. It was fun

Next I figured I would see what the VTM-4 felt like so down into 1st she went and that was almost as much fun as no VSA. I wasn't spinning but I was doing 25 mph in some pretty nasty stuff and I felt like nothing could have stopped me.

As a side note it took me 45 minutes with a pressure washer to get all of the mud and grass off of the under side of the RL, it turns out the running board braces are like a Mach 5 razor they shave everything as you drive by.

 

[bellteck]

Wow .. sounds like fun. I'll have to wait 6+ months now to play in the snow. Dosent the VTM-4 dis-engage at 8mph or 18mph? I thought I read that somewhere but I could be wrong.


At any rate I would have loved to see video of that !!

 

[mayfielh]

They claim you shouldn't go above 18 mph but mine never shut-off or at least the Orange light never went off.

 

[shovelhd]

What does the noise sound like?

Have you had a car with ABS before? It's the same sound, kind of a stacatto groaning sound. The more you mash the gas, the more noise it makes. Give it a try in some mud.

 

[bellteck]

They claim you shouldn't go above 18 mph but mine never shut-off or at least the Orange light never went off.

well that's good to know

 

[shingles]

Wow .. sounds like fun. I'll have to wait 6+ months now to play in the snow. Dosent the VTM-4 dis-engage at 8mph or 18mph? I thought I read that somewhere but I could be wrong.


At any rate I would have loved to see video of that !!

VTM-4 is always there, the lock is what disengages.

 

[bellteck]

oops .. thanks for the correction. Thats what I meant to say.