PUMA to the RESCUE

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by garrycol

It has recovery points - front and rear - under removable plastic covers.

Looks like it is still at offroad height and has not gone into Extended or Super Extended Height - that would most likely lifted the body clear of the sand - then a little digging to clear the sand from the wheels - then let the tyres down to 15psi and place the floor mats in front of the tyres to get a bit of traction he most likely would would have driven out.

Oh - I expect Terrain Response was still set to onroad.

Unfortunately people think that they have a 4wd or 600nm and nothing else is required.

Garry

---

The "Terrain Response" was selected on sand mode, when I first arrived.

I tried to get the extended suspension mode to engage by selecting raised suspension, after sand mode had engaged, but no luck.

It was very soft sand, lots of other 4x4 were getting stuck all day, (no other landy's thou :))

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Drover

I tried to get the extended suspension mode to engage by selecting raised suspension, after sand mode had engaged, but no luck.

---

Yes another stupid Land Rover design idea - you cannot make it go into extended suspension mode manually the car has to do it - maybe could have been tricked if you selected access height and spun the wheels at the same time (car needs to feel itself beached and traction control activated - but I think it will do it if the body beaches itself without wheel spin).

With offroad selected it should (still a bit of white man's magic to me) have gone to extended height and with "up selected" and foot on the brake it should then have gone into super extended. (I always carry my handbook in the car because I can never remember all the processes)

The other trick for new players is not to disable "Stability Control" it cuts power and causes other issues when stuck - eg when I last got stuck I had DSC still on and the engine would only go to 2700 rpm and traction control would not activate so I just stayed X axled.

Good onya though for pulling him out - these days some people are more interested in being critical and being rewarded before helping - all too often the age of the good Samaritan seems to have gone.

Garry

Off roading is all about team work and helping each other I would have thought.
I have never not helped or at very least offered my help.

Lets face it, most Landies these days will never see any more sand than that of the pave lock in between the pavers of their drive ways.:p

It's a great pity that LRA feels they cannot justify the cost of "Landrover Experience" as offered to all new Land Rover owners/customers the world over.

Even a basic morning explaining the workings of the car in different conditions would be better than what is currently on offer, which is a key in your hand and "thank you for your money"!

Nothing wrong with being privileged enough to own one of those machines, but still an embarrassment to the brand for a customer to not understand the limitations built into a market specific vehicle (and before I get mobbed by the Rangie crowd, I refer specifically to the wheels and tyres!).

Thank goodness it was Drover who "found" him and not some upstart in an inferior!

Thank goodness it was Drover who "found" him and not some upstart in an inferior![/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

What?, Like a

P eople
A gainst
T ired
R usty
O ld
L andC%$&#ers

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Loubrey

It's a great pity that LRA feels they cannot justify the cost of "Landrover Experience" as offered to all new Land Rover owners/customers the world over.

Even a basic morning explaining the workings of the car in different conditions would be better than what is currently on offer, which is a key in your hand and "thank you for your money"!

Nothing wrong with being privileged enough to own one of those machines, but still an embarrassment to the brand for a customer to not understand the limitations built into a market specific vehicle (and before I get mobbed by the Rangie crowd, I refer specifically to the wheels and tyres!).

Thank goodness it was Drover who "found" him and not some upstart in an inferior!

---

Land Rover did have field days when I bought my first defender,I was the only person that turned up on my day. Pat

Pat,

I might be reluctant to drive my own car off road as well if I bought a new Range Rover. In the UK you are offered a "LR Experience" car perfectly matching your own new pride and joy to drive for half a day on a bespoke course with an instructor (yes, even Defenders!). You are taken through the car's systems and you are shown by the instructor what the car is capable of. This is all done within reason as damaging the cars is obviously very much frowned upon.:D

Experience is run as an independent company and any member of the public can pay for either a half or a full day in any one of Land Rover's range. It's quite popular with corporate events and the like. The nett result is that you very seldom see Land Rovers stuck at country events (parking in meadows is the rule), snow falls or floods that frequent the Midlands, but then it might all be up to the vehicles themselves...

Mate I'm all for it,I've been driving LR's for a long time put I had to re-learn when I bought the L322,I recon there's bits to it I still don't fully know and I've had it three years. Pat

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Loubrey

It's a great pity that LRA feels they cannot justify the cost of "Landrover Experience" as offered to all new Land Rover owners/customers the world over.

---

Really? In South Africa you get a free LR Experience course with the purchase of any new land rover vehicle. I thought this was standard worldwide :eek:

Naks,

It is... except Australia!

Having owned Land Rovers in quite a few countries, I was motally disappointed when I was told its not offered in Australia.