DAC - how to use it ?

[r4ndll Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close r4ndll]

low range 1st in the auto will control your decent quite well.
occasional left foot braking may be required on really steep stuff.

Fred

Yep, Just be aware it will take about 1/2 second to engage. That's the cheek clenching moment. There are very few hills that low 1st won't slow you down. A few touches of the brake will keep it under control.

I generally control the descent speed changing between 1st, 2nd and 3rd. (That's in my 08 gxl diesel auto)

Yup - this works for me. Prob not as well as the manual but fine in my 08 D4D Auto.

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

I have recently tried it on a very muddy downhill for the first time and it works great, maybe because it releases quicker than my foot.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

[maulbeagle Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close maulbeagle]

apparently it operates several times per second so would be surprised if your foot was quicker !
thanks for the feedback, yours is a V6 auto from memory ?

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

DAC made my daughter cry the first time. I had it on but forgot and it came on briefly during decent and scared the crap out of her.

Don't take the kids anymore

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Funny, my one and only use of DAC I thought it was too fast...

Yup, Low 1 and driving through the brakes

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Yea what D4D said, and while your at it get rid of that power assisted steering and brakes, rip out the motors on those pussy electric windows and MAN THA F UP.

Now where's my black and white TV...

Good luck when the ABS overheats and it disables half way down a hill :roll:

[GUV Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GUV]

Good luck when the ABS overheats and it disables half way down a hill :roll:

Is this another guess or something you have experienced?

[barajak Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close barajak]

Is this another guess or something you have experienced?

Not a guess. it is a good thing for beginners on short descents but use it to descend a mountain you will boil your brakes and then you will know what it is like to pucker up. Yes it has happened, on a club trip we had a driver believe that salesmen know better than experienced drivers. He then needed two vehicles attached to his vehicle to lower him the rest of the way off the mountain. It is not required anyway, if you are in Low 1 with a little careful brake application you can go almost anywhere.

[GUV Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GUV]

Thanks for that barajak, it is nice to see a full response rather than a shoot from the hip style answer that was given earlier.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

No experience with the Prado overheating because I don't use DAC but a Disco... Controlled descent soon became brown trouser panic speedy run. Could be a Disco thing but I think it is helpful but not the be all and end all of driving control. I reckon I warped my 120 discs using TC when I should have really had diff locks. Maybe not but my wobbly discs started that weekend.

[Ian Reid Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Reid]

Having tried my DAC and thought it not worthy i think the only use for my switch will be a spot to fit another future option.
I got SWMBO to use it on the weekend as she is not overly experienced off road she also didnt like it, her reaction was to turn "the bloody thing off" as she put it.
Like Barajak said low gear and controlled breaking seems a much preferred option


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[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Thanks for that barajak, it is nice to see a full response rather than a shoot from the hip style answer that was given earlier.

Mate I don't know what your problem is. I posted fact, how about you contribute to the forum instead of 'shooting from the hip' with barbs.

[Rusty62 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rusty62]

Used the DAC once and way too fast. But it does work backing down my mates very steep driveway low range and in neutral. Feet up in the air and car descending under control. Great show off bit but that's all.

Rusty.

[GUV Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GUV]

No problem at all, you might not have intended to come across as insulting but just to refresh here.

OP

My question is, how to actually use the system ?

Contribution

Keep it turned off and learn to use your gears and left foot braking.

OP wasn't after a driving lesson.

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

OP wasn't after a driving lesson.

I beg to differ. The question was how do you use DAC, I replied don't and offered an alternate and safer method of descending hills.

Why don't you fill us in on your driving experience with DAC, rather than being obnoxious.