Thread: D3 V's D4 - Off Road

I read a review that said the D4 Terrain Response system was better calibrated than the D3 version. But that would be natural outcome for a new model.

Hi
I've had both and on the sand the D4 is better (even wth 19'), the sand launch in TR does make a difference, other wise I can't tell any difference.
Cheers Ken

I've had both - but D4 has e-diff, D3 didnt; D3 had 18's with ATR's, D4 19's with MTR's; had to tell difference to be honest, both excellent. Big difference for me has been that 600nm of torque. Its very noticeable!

Depends, depends.

If all else equal and both 2.7s the D4 is just ahead as the Terrain Response is slightly improved, certainly seems a bit smoother.

If a 3.0 vs 2.7 D3 then the 3.0's engine is much stronger, you can maybe use 2nd low where a 2.7 would use first, and it helps in sand as well. Throttle response is improved too, so better driveability. However, if the 2.7 has 17s and it was one of those really-need-to-air-down-low situations then it'd beat the D4 on 19s.

Put the e-diff in the D3 and it'd have the advantage over the D4 in most situations.

Most of the new D4 TR gimmicks are just that. I don't think sand launch is much good as it's one programme for all types of sand, precharge is fairly useless as are the HDC improvements. The TR improvement is in the calibration and refinement of existing programme.

Biggest difference would be the driver.

Any reason for asking or just interest?

The one thing that LR could have done to make a really big improvement they didn't do - no offroad height above 50km/hr. To be honest the biggest issue with this is that it starts annoying you at 40km/hr with warning chimes. I could handle the automatic lowering if they cut the alarms

So it is only opinion of course, but if D4 has the same annoying feature, then it couldn't be any better.

Oh and I hate that it resets the off road settings after a couple of hours - very annoying when spending a couple of days camping on Moreton.

I don't understand all of that offroad setting - it seems to have been made to make off roading simpler but it actually made it more complicated in the process.

Ahahaha...mine lets me drive as fast as I want at any height.

Thanks to LLAMS!!!

Had a forum member tell me recently that his D4 2.7 went so much better than his D3 2.7. He was talking on road.
Not sure if LR made any improvements on the D3 engine????
Interesting to hear from others.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by rmp

Depends, depends.

Most of the new D4 TR gimmicks are just that. I don't think sand launch is much good as it's one programme for all types of sand, precharge is fairly useless as are the HDC improvements. The TR improvement is in the calibration and refinement of existing programme.

Biggest difference would be the driver.

Any reason for asking or just interest?

Well, Well
The sand up here on the sunshine coast (Cooloola, fraser) must be the type of sand it's designed for, cause I,m up the beaches all the time and the D4 handles the soft sand noticeably better, same driver,same air (18lb)
However different tyres D4..19' ATR, D3 18'..GG AT,
and motor ..3lt ..2.7lt

Cheers Ken