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  1. 10th April 2010, 07:51 PM #11
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    Sand mode in LRs desensitizes the DSC but does not switch it right off. And even when it's off it's still a little bit active but you need to be very enthusiastic to wake it from its slumber.

    I have no idea why DSC isn't totally off in Sand mode by default.

    Nobody can explain Land Rover design decisions any more they can explain the inner workings of the female mind.

    Nomad9 why on earth did you air the rears to 11psi and leave the fronts as they were? I would suggest 25psi all round would have been more effective?
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  2. 10th April 2010, 11:29 PM #12
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    rmp,
    "Why on earth", I'm having a little chuckle right now, good question......... At the time, it was hot, I was in a one lane part of the beach with no way around for other vehicles, I had one off to the right in front and one behind, when I got out I could see the fronts where up out of the sand and the rears where down to the wheel nuts, so the quickest way I could see out of my predicament was to wave at the two people in front and behind and do something quick to get myself out of the hole I was in.
    Hindsight is a wonderful thing, in hindsight I would have been better lowering the pressures all round before I got to the soft bit. When I sent off I was passing parked two wheel drive cars and wagons on the beach I didn't expect the beach to go as soft as it did as quick as it did. You live an learn.
    Fair comment, under normal circumstances I would have lowered all the tyres to the same pressure and maybe nearer 25, as the adage goes "time - place - circumstance"........ Still chuckling.............
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  3. 11th April 2010, 06:09 AM #13
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    Thanks Nomad. I thought perhaps there was some new sand driving technique I wasn't aware of. Whenever I see someone doing something I wouldn't I always want to know why in case they have discovered a better way.

    You are hardly the first and won't be the last to have trouble in sand. It humbles people very quickly.
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