Today was an interesting day today and it raised a question.
What are the limits of my Landrover Disco, Its a 2001 Discovery 2 Td5
110,500 miles, well serviced and running road tyres, i'll check what they are if it helps. It is entirely standard but suprised me.
We went out looking for roads of varying conditions, and we came accross a couple of by ways and with your everyday pot holes and 1 foot of water and frozen ice. Some very steep inclines and declines and quite a lot of ice and snow resulting in slides ect.
It was fully loaded with 4 of us and food and tools ready for a disaster and a walk home, including the boys sleigh.
I used low range for a very steep incline, where no car had driven before as the snow was fresh and untouched. It drove up without batting an eye lid and the TC didn't even flicker on once over the 100 meter hill.
We Also did the by way in both directions with a little controlled sliding down hill, large drops and 1 1/2 foot snow using the additional height from the air suspension just incase. It never faultered and only used TC a couple times going back up the run.
Don't get me wrong i wasn't daft and going for 3 ft snow drifts etc, we took a thought out route through each obstacle but i wondered how much more it can do in standard trim.
I really am impressed with what it managed to do in stock trim but i want to work out what is the first limitation i am likely to experience with it on a green lane or salsbury plain runs when i join in some this year ?
Cheers for any hints
What are the limits of my Landrover Disco, Its a 2001 Discovery 2 Td5
110,500 miles, well serviced and running road tyres, i'll check what they are if it helps. It is entirely standard but suprised me.
We went out looking for roads of varying conditions, and we came accross a couple of by ways and with your everyday pot holes and 1 foot of water and frozen ice. Some very steep inclines and declines and quite a lot of ice and snow resulting in slides ect.
It was fully loaded with 4 of us and food and tools ready for a disaster and a walk home, including the boys sleigh.
I used low range for a very steep incline, where no car had driven before as the snow was fresh and untouched. It drove up without batting an eye lid and the TC didn't even flicker on once over the 100 meter hill.
We Also did the by way in both directions with a little controlled sliding down hill, large drops and 1 1/2 foot snow using the additional height from the air suspension just incase. It never faultered and only used TC a couple times going back up the run.
Don't get me wrong i wasn't daft and going for 3 ft snow drifts etc, we took a thought out route through each obstacle but i wondered how much more it can do in standard trim.
I really am impressed with what it managed to do in stock trim but i want to work out what is the first limitation i am likely to experience with it on a green lane or salsbury plain runs when i join in some this year ?
Cheers for any hints
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