Handled Upstate New York ice-rink roads like nothing

[JohnCondren1933]

Well Friday I had my 1st Upstate New York drive through mountain roads, in fog, on a skating rink of ice - and didnt even realise I was driving on a sheet of ice from the fog.

These pics are the last miles broke through the fog & realized I was driving an ice rink,
& I was going the speed limit down some quite steep grades & never felt a thing, not a hint of fishtailing as the regenerative braking just slowed the wheels down gradually enough to keep grip.

At the hotel I saw NY had declared a state of emergency telling drivers to avoid being on the road between 6p-12a Friday - well whadaya know thats just when I was driving.

Uphill on the ice my Honda CRV would've matched the Maverick, but down these grades on an icerink with 300 lbs in the back? Not as well, Ive done it and CRV is good but "wagged" a couple times.
More to do with limitations of having only mechanical brakes, no regenerative braking

This is when a hybrid makes its case for towing - torque converter transmission will do nothing for you, unlike hybrid regenerative braking, so slow a descent on a steep grade on an icy road hauling a load.

I got out & had trouble carrying my bag walking across the ice, wearing steeltoe boots.

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[dhaskit]

I’m glad to hear the report that the Maverick did well on the ice in New York.
But no thanks. It was almost 80 degrees here today and I was loving it.

But look. No waiting at that Bob Evans restaurant in the background.

Glad you made it safe and sound, my friend.

 

[JCP]

Great to hear you made it safe to your destination! Just curious, what tires are on your Maverick?

 

[MaverickDragon]

JohnCondren1933
Thanks for your post. I recently purchased a '25 XL AWD Hybrid.
I've yet to get my Mav out on the frozen stuff (mild winter here so far), so I'm glad to hear it went well for you.
Are you running the stock Conti tires, or did you switch to a set of winter shoes?

 

[JohnCondren1933]

Just the OEM Continentals it came with.
Yeah I know, from the way people talk about tires there's no way these basic Contis should be this good, I tend to buy low of the midrange tires so maybe I don't know what performance tires sre reallt like,
I might have seen more of their limits if the steep roads were also switchback curved, these were pretty straight mostly.

Maverick drivetrain & suspension really punches surprisingly above its weight, I think a lot of it is dividends from all the time & $$$ spent developing the Bronco to take on Wrangler, all of this tuning, braking, shift-mapping metrology data finding it's way to mappings for the lower off-road trims.

Great to hear you made it safe to your destination! Just curious, what tires are on your Maverick?

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