Thread: Are we supposed to be impressed?

A HQ Holden would have got through better than that

back to driver training for him

Pretty bloody poor .....I still want one though

Look at 32 seconds, CDL is engaged. Does it have TC? It seemed to move far better when the driver gave it the boot... Training would be wise.

Originally Posted by joel_nicholson

Look at 32 seconds, CDL is engaged.

I agree with you. I'm not sure it's all down to the driver. After watching this a dozen times, I can't believe how pathetic the Defender is at an apparently easy task. With the steel wheels it will be a base model without TC. The suspension seems very stiff with limited travel.

There is a second clip which shows the driver is not that timid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR5wM...related&search=

In the first video, look at round;

11 - 17 seconds, you can hear what sounds like a wheel slipping.
16 - 17 seconds you can see that both left hand wheels aren't slipping (so the guess is the front right hand wheel is doing the slipping).
28 seconds, you can hear a definite clunk which sounds like the CDL being engaged, after that you then see the back left hand wheel has wheel spin.

I doubt the CDL was engaged and the wheel travel looks a dam sight better than a D3.

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DarrenR

Originally Posted by P38ace

There is a second clip which shows the driver is not that timid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR5wM...related&search=

Am I missing something here? The second video, the one where it goes off the tilting platform into a knee high puddle at about the same pace as a pensioners electric cart?

Come on WWW give us some serious off road pics of the new Defender and less of these idiots driving them, at least this one didn't roll it over.
We need the Camel Trophy back, dam the tree huggers (and the anti-smoking hippies too for that matter).

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DarrenR

Why don't they make a LandRover with a LSD or lock on the rear diff?
The first video has the rover moving slowly and becoming crossed axled. My first trucks were Jap off roaders and all had at least a LSD. It took me a while to understand that was the weakness of the LandRover.
Wheel travel is good in a Land Rover compared to what I drove and is great for off-roading but why not have a locker in the rear?