Build a carport man!

 

That is the best idea! but I live in a condo. No can do.

 

start an hour before driving to make it nice and toasty

of course you will waste lots of gas - get a ticket from canada gestapo - and probably it will be stolen from drive by liberal criminals out on no bail

 

Utilizing the app is there any distance concern for remote start? My understanding is that you could remote start from anywhere that you have a data connection.

 

As long as the defender and your phone have an internet connection remote starting works.

 

Given the structural makeup of the Defender's windshield, for removal of ice and snow I'd lean toward something like this.

 

I put Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV winter tires on the Defender. (4 plus the spare) Ran the same winter tires on our LR3 & LR4 and they are excellent.

As noted above, use the heated windshield to melt the ice & snow on the windshield.

I have had good luck with this snow brush not scratching the paint: https://www.homedepot.com/p/True-Tem...3612/205467929

I have used Trico Ice winter wiper blades before but have not bought a set for the Defender yet. Also carry a tow strap and shackles. And a pair of old ski gloves in case I need to change a flat tire in winter.

 

I live at 7,000', some people go to a gym everyday, my wife and I ski every day, except weekends. It is our before lunch activity. So, yeah, we deal with a bit-o-snow from time to time. First off, get 'REAL' snow tires. Something akin to Nokian Hakka's or their Rotiva line, should you want a more aggressive looking tire (What I used on the 97 Defender). Then choose your parking spot wisely. Not so much that you will have issues getting out. No, it is the meathead in the lifted whatever with super big supposedly great off-road tires. Who the proceeds to spin all four wheels and slides sideways into your car, rather ruining you day. Actually watched this drama play out every year without fail, thankfully never my car. So what is cool to bring. Yes something to brush off snow. I have an aged dust broom with natural bristles that never seem to scratch the pain. An ice scraper for the windows, its plastic and way down the Rockwell scale in hardness from glass. I also have a diminutive collapsing snow shovel, for, well you can guess, shoveling snow. I carry a small bag of sand, for ice. I have this really cool recovery kit Land Rover gave me as a gift a couple of rovers back. Never used it on a car, but it was super to pull out a stump in the yard with the Defender. So I carry it, someday perhaps I'll actually need it. I also have a selection of Airline blankets for when they close the road to deal with some doofus who slid into 20 other cars and you have to wait 3-4 hours while they dismantle the pile. Big, perhaps most useful thing, Army Surplus ice creepers. Now what are they good for?? You can become superman with these on ice. You can actually push entire cars around on super slippery ice wearing these. Seems the old Army ones are the best, costing upwards of $10. In the old days, we would bring some bleach. Bleach softens tire rubber and makes your crap (supposedly snow) tires temporarily act like snow tires. Does not do much for overall life span, but will defiantly solve your more immediate problems with slippery roads. NOTHING BUT STUDS OR CHAINS WILL HELP YOU STOP IN ICE, anything else is marketing fairytales. If your roads get super icy, get studs or bring a thermos of coffee to wait until the plow comes by and spreads sand. The last and most important thing in winter driving and snow and ice is...patience. Drive real slow, be real cautious, pretend you 90 living in Pompano Beach.

 

As for snow tires, can just putting it in Auto mode work with our ALL seasons?

 

Well to be honest, "All Season" tires where a local joke in Alaska. The general consensus was they where pretty much mediocre awful in all conditions. Kind of like the Turbohelijetamphibian in aircraft. If you ever read the exact specs on what the "Snow" mode is in Land Rovers. It essentially makes the trans start in 2nd as opposed to 1st. It then works with the anti-lock to attempt to keep wheels from spinning. You don't need torque. Of course, this feature seems to not work very well in those locomotive sized lifted vehicles. In snow it is the little cupped cuts (sipes) and a much softer compound is what makes them grip better. Snow tire don't last very long if you use them year round, due to this softness. It does make them like the a vehicular wall climbing fly in off-road conditions. Again, just don't last as long.