Thread: AULRO training DVD fund raiser?

OK folks, this is not intended as a workshop manual replacement or the ultimate guide to off road driving.

This is more intended as beginners guide to vehicle features and the off road basics to allow owners to get a better feel for their particular landy.

I got a superb DVD covering my last RR, sent to me from a mate in the States. The problem was that most of the info did not relate to my RR even though it was the same model.

The idea is to cover features commonly found in a number of Landies and the different ways of implementing them.

As I post at the beginning of this thread, I was unaware that I had two levels of off road height available to me until I found out about it by accident.

The idea is not only how these features are implemented but how they can be put to use.

I have Venture Cam in the RR, never used it but on the last trip to Boonah, if I had had it set up on the passenger side of the RR I might have been able to see how close I was getting to a log laying in a creek I was trying to wade.

I also have a reversing camera in the new RR. I found it to be next to useless until I read a thread on them on an RR site where one guy finds it great for lining up to couple to his trailer, a use I had never thought of.

It’s these sorts of “how to use” ideas I’m wanting to put on the DVD.

So keep the ideas and suggestions coming.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

For the D3, where do you start!

Jacking.
The drive train.
TR - There's probably a DVD in this alone!
Air suspension
DSC - When and how this thing works!
Limp home mode. Haven't experienced it and don't want to!
Recovery points.
Wading depth and the location of critical electronics.

Hi All,
This shows the complexity of the endeavour (and its value). Eg: My D3 is a model S with manual suspension.:

The jacking points (& jacks) are different. (Mine is a bottle jack),

I don't have TR, but agree that it is universally applauded,

I have coils (which are too short),

DSC - (please)! On a recent trip to Stockton Beach (near Newcastle, NSW), I read the manual regarding when & where DSC should be engaged/disengaged. There were so many qualifiers in the doc that I found it impossible to decide whether DSC would be better engaged or not. I even spoke to one of the trainers (who was unfamiliar with D3s) & he couldn't interpret the LR gobbledegook ('sp) either.

Limp home mode! Is that where you sprain an ankle?

Recovery Points: Aren't the D3 front & rear points all you need?

Wading depth: Isn't that where, beyond that, my partner has to swim?