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AK
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19th Dec 10 at 11:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Managed to get it stuck twice (stuck for about 5 mins and had to reverse!! pah)

5ft snow drifts

Managed to go through a few but once they got too frequent/thick the ground clearance became an issue. Managed to eventually get out by lowering the car a few times to compact the snow down under the belly

Prop should have known it wasnt going to happen when the snow started coming over the bonnet
AK
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19th Dec 10 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got to the top of this road and round the corner.... where it got worse

Fat summer tyres fail
AK
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has the RR got air suspension?

what it been like generally over the winter weather?

you had any issues with them, was speaking to an AA patrol guy and he said hes pretty much out picking RR's up all the time and back to the dealers with them with electrical faults?
Tomnova16
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19th Dec 10 at 11:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's not good to hear. I now want a vogue

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Fad
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Joe W off here has an awsome photo of a Rangey getting towed out of snow by an X5

[Edited on 19-12-2010 by Fad]
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gotta see that ^
Fad
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I hope he doesnt mind me posting this:



being towed by a poncey X5
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no pic of the whole scene?

disappointing
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is down to tyres aswell though

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MarkM
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This has not put me off buying a RR Sport.
nathy_87
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People don;t know how to drive them properly though, correct tyres etc and I don't belive that it is getting pulled out by an X5, could be another Land Rover for all we know.
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quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
People don;t know how to drive them properly though, correct tyres etc and I don't belive that it is getting pulled out by an X5, could be another Land Rover for all we know.


My money is on UFO.
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quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
People don;t know how to drive them properly though, correct tyres etc and I don't belive that it is getting pulled out by an X5, could be another Land Rover for all we know.


Eh? Obviously he knows what was towing it out and wasnt just looking at the rope and guessing
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19th Dec 10 at 12:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bet a redtop corsa was towing it out.
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
People don;t know how to drive them properly though, correct tyres etc and I don't belive that it is getting pulled out by an X5, could be another Land Rover for all we know.


Eh? Obviously he knows what was towing it out and wasnt just looking at the rope and guessing


Only X5s use green tow ropes like that
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Do those rangies have a centre diff lock these days or are they watered down for road use?
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i do indeed have a video of it showing the x5. Pulling it out, i dont know how to get it off my phone tho tbh,
X5 did very well through the snow,
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Depends what you try and do with it.

Mine's coped with everything but then I haven't been too daft either

Mine doesn't have CDL, just TC. Been using low range and mud mode on the auto box, hill decent for creeping, no bother.

Gratuitous LR in the snow vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOkmCpLZ1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZpG2ke_QY
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Depends what you try and do with it.

Mine's coped with everything but then I haven't been too daft either

Mine doesn't have CDL, just TC. Been using low range and mud mode on the auto box, hill decent for creeping, no bother.

Gratuitous LR in the snow vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOkmCpLZ1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZpG2ke_QY


How much juice has she been supping?
Ian
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Loads but it's worth every penny.

I generally only get 24ish out of the Astra so 17/18 isn't the end of the world when you consider how useful the car is.
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I've got a new grand Vitara now and its been brilliant today in the snow. Not been in anything hugely challenging but its coping no problem with getting out our street etc thats usually a nightmare.

Has an electronic diff lock etc so a set of snow tyres for next year and I'll be laughing.
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
I've got a new grand Vitara now and its been brilliant today in the snow. Not been in anything hugely challenging but its coping no problem with getting out our street etc thats usually a nightmare.

Has an electronic diff lock etc so a set of snow tyres for next year and I'll be laughing.


i Dont know how much you know about offroading, but try and find a local guy who does 'cheap' remolds. Dont bother with fancy names. Know loads of people who blow £700 on a set of khumos or what every they are called, when my £250 kingpin ones had a more agressive tread pattern on my vitara!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ShJZnH3flQ&feature=fvw :O
John
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl2KgkRjDAg&feature=related

Is that dave from here?

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