PUMA to the RESCUE

**djam1** · 19th September 2011, 05:39 PM

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!

They don't even have dealers let alone actually provide some sort of service

**Disco_owner** · 19th September 2011, 07:54 PM

Geez , go easy on the Guy....

at least he is getting out and about with his Shiny range Rover sport and enjoying the landrover experience , Good on you for saving the day Drover

**Allan** · 19th September 2011, 11:58 PM

Green Oval in W.A. do a ride and learn, also theory night. its all for the D3/4 RR's and new Freelanders. My young bloke is about to do it in his D3 so I will be interested to see what it is all about. Cost about $150 per passenger all inclusive I think. Any input on vehicles so complex by experts has got to be good. May help us in a couple of years when the Defender changes big time.

Allan

**RR P38** · 20th September 2011, 06:58 AM

Good on him for testing his new rig.
In good time it could well be him pulling one of us out of a hole.
I used to love the look of shock on peoples faces in the scrub or on a remote beach when i showed up (11 years ago) in my shinny P38.
I can honestly say it has only been stuck one time and that was in sand.
The old girl has pulled a few novices out a few time over the last decade.
Avoiding sand is a good move with a Rangie i think.

**d3syd** · 20th September 2011, 08:05 AM

Yes good on you Drover for helping him out, and good on him for taking his RRS off road. They are very capable vehicles and with better tyres would probably 9/10ths as capable as a PUMA.

From experience with my D3, DSC definitely needs to be turned off otherwise the car will quickly bog down in sand due to lack of momentum. I didn't find Terrain Response Sand mode to be very helpful as it seemed to merely retard throttle response in an effort to reduce wheel spin.

Anyway, sometimes the best prepared vehicles and experienced off roaders still get bogged, the guy could have driven into a patch of really soft sand. At least he brought a compressor, so obviously he wasn't totally ignorant.

I think the best piece of recovery gear for him to carry would have been a set of Maxtraxs....

**RobHay** · 20th September 2011, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Loubrey

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.

That's because us Aussies know it all

**Shonky** · 20th September 2011, 09:54 AM

...and how much does a RRS weigh?

**101RRS** · 20th September 2011, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Shonky

...and how much does a RRS weigh?

Less than a D3/4 - that is while it called a Sport.

**ozscott** · 21st September 2011, 10:17 PM

Tyres. Lack of sidewall height and heavy mass. Good on him for having a go. Good onya for snatching him. I'm used to snatching other makes but if i had to do a rrs I would do it quick before anyone saw the rrs stuck. Cheers

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