RE: Land Rover Bigfoot says snow, what snow?
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why do they all have to be 2.5 diesels
my option would be a 4L petrol. much more fun ....... (this one is mine) and for fraction of the cost
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407...
my option would be a 4L petrol. much more fun ....... (this one is mine) and for fraction of the cost
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407...
supersingle said:
Erm, please don't mock me but what is "underdrive"?
Put very simply, it's the opposite to an overdrive. In the standard gearbox you have high and low range, and the underdrive gives you a very low range. As mentioned in the article, it helps to offset the effect of the massive wheel/tyre combo.
Had 2 new Defenders over the years, both broke under normal road driving conditions, with less than 10,000 miles on the clock. Also worth would be interested to find out what they have done to the door locks, as it used to take me 35 -40 minutes to free mine up if it dropped below freezing.
The JM said:
Had 2 new Defenders over the years, both broke under normal road driving conditions, with less than 10,000 miles on the clock. Also worth would be interested to find out what they have done to the door locks, as it used to take me 35 -40 minutes to free mine up if it dropped below freezing.
I'd also like to know what type of screen wash they use?Mine's useless below about 10 degrees!....
The JM said:
Had 2 new Defenders over the years, both broke under normal road driving conditions, with less than 10,000 miles on the clock. Also worth would be interested to find out what they have done to the door locks, as it used to take me 35 -40 minutes to free mine up if it dropped below freezing.
AFAIK our firm has run Defenders for the last 16 odd years, a dose of WD40 into the locks prevents this problem.Not found ours unduly reliable but, especially of late, we have found Land Rover even more co-operative and transparent with known/warranty issues.
75k .. buy a G Wagon in standard 461 "worker" model which is the defender comparision and you can spec diff locks(standard on other Gs), underguard plates (standard on other Gs) but specify low ratio axles. They have steel body so less need for a roll frame. All you need to do then is cut back body work you can get 38" tyres in there and fit some wide wheel arches. Stock vehicle with stock relability. Artic trucks will do the same thing to the Toyoda for about same price. Big tyres is where it is at; in Iceland it is Toyoda mostly but a few G's are done for not that much money and these truly are glacier crossing vehicles. Oh sorry .. forgot this is UK so the best 4x4 legend lives and leaks on.. 
GTiFrank said:
Interseting, the Icelandic (who know a thing or two about driving on snow) seem to think that an auto is better than a manual with no loss of power to wheels
From experience (auto disco, bought because it snowed!) this is true, although you do have to have a quick left hand ready to knock it into neutral and apply a bit of handbrake, when you want to stop Kawasicki said:
honestly I was expecting some more extreme conditions. A few normal awd family cars on winter tyres could of driven what was demonstrated on the video.
Agree. I remember messing around on a snowmobile in a 1-meter deep snow field with my brother (in winter, in Russia) at dusk, seeing a set of headlights and thinking "WTF?!" - only to find it was our dad in our good old Subaru Forester! That was quite a revelation as the tyres never touched the hard ground and the car just kept pushing on - we even stopped in the middle of the field, changed seats (getting nearly waist-deep into the snow) and carried on - without getting stuck.I would love to have a go in one of these beasts in some propert cross-country snow though!
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