wavering said:

I currently have a 3 door Rav 4 which is a nice car but I need something that is short (so I can park in town and miscellaneous other tricky spots) and has really formidable off road capability (we spend a month each year up a mountain in Austria with a really steep ice and snow covered track)

The Rav with winter tyres copes most of the time but sometimes just slides down the hill, which is scary.

I could afford a new Defender but am not too keen on electronic stuff - I would like to be able to just lock the wheel diffs when I think appropriate rather than some computer program deciding for me (call me old fashioned)

Also, needs to be reasonably comfortable and reliable as it is 1,000 miles to Austria (and the same back) from where I am

So, which later models have straight forward diff locks please? And any general observations really appreciated
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Grrrrrr said:

If you have the money the Range Rover is surprisingly capable but be ready for its foibles. Newer Disco is very good too. If you want to lock everything up then you're looking at an old G-Wagon where both axles and the centre diff can be locked but they're nowhere near as nice to drive, especially long distance.

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kevstar said:

This thread is 10 years old

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wavering said:

(the ABS does not seem to help when really slippery - you put the brakes on and it just slides for quite a while)

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