I tend to think it is just the current conditions and lack of experience
With great care I've been down the country track from my place today
and out onto the main road into the village
The type of wet snow/underlying ice that seems to prevail at the moment is extremely slippery and the...
The Freelander is principally a Front wheel Drive Vehicle which uses a Viscosity Coupling Unit to share a small percentage of drive to the rear wheels.
If the front wheels start slipping and then rotating faster than the rears, the coupling "stiffens" and provides more drive to the rear
This...
ABS only works when it believes that the vehicle is still in motion by relating the sensor reading against eachother
If all 4 wheels loose traction it can believe that it is actually standing stiil.
However,
this would be rare and some pre-warning should occur with action of the ABS
I can...
Are you just putting NEW tyres on the FRONT ?
If so,
think again
Every bit of literature and many people on this site will tell you to put NEW tyres on the REAR
The reason is that the effect of the gearing ratio by having the slightly taller wheel on the rear compared to the front can...
They are about as wide as you can go on those 15" rims
For off road - snow/mud you really don't need wide tyres
The 195 stock width is more than adequate for the purpose - in fact more beneficial.
Wide tyres is for Bling, Pimps, Race cars on dry tarmac and The Kings Road Chelsea.
Only off...
If you think a FWD Mondeo is pants - try a RWD Transit ! :eek:
The spread of torque on any 4WD is gonna be an advantage over any 2WD
Obviously TC would be great to have, better than having 3 different levers to play around with
The real big thing that people forget is braking.
Many seem...
The 300 tdi Disco engine is a different kettle of fish to the German Engineered BMW TD4 Motor.
Modern engineering requires specific lubricants and fuels
otherise we'd still be boiling down sheep to lube them
There is a specific spec for the oil - not all are the same, and typically the LR spec is damn expensive.
I don't have the details to hand, but If I remember correctly the earlier TD4 takes a Peugot type spec, and the later takes a Ford type spec