Going to Tahoe for the Snow for the first time

[JCL]

Originally Posted by JLW

I recommend never turning off DSC when moving. Particularly for an inexperienced winter driver, stability control is very valuable.

I did not recommend he not use DSC. When stopped or moving around in slow/step areas it will get you stuck. Second, how about this, your brakes will smoke just like a burning clutch if your are shifting drive/reverse and do not realize DSC is working against you. Around 40K miles (in 2002) I did this and had my brakes replaced for free. Ever done it?

Must be my mistake, I read "#1 step was to turn off DSC when stopped or not moving down a fairly clear highway/road". If you are moving down a snow covered road I think it should be on.

Turning off DSC does not turn off traction control (DTC), so you still have brake intervention with the button pushed or not. If you are hitting the gas enough to smoke the brakes you can do it with or without DSC on. You can't turn off DTC, there is just a higher threshold for brake intervention.

If you burned out your brakes from rocking it back and forth, it isn't a DTC or DSC problem, you just don't have the right tires.

Yes, I have used DSC and DTC extensively in snow. Yes, I have been able to smell hot brakes. No, I have never burned up my brakes, I knew to stop prior to that.