The trick to driving in soft sand is how you set your tires up, you need to increase your footprint length. By reducing tire pressure and to maximize the footprint length you need to have tires with plenty of sidewall height, larger rims and small sidewall height is the reverse as to what you are trying to achieve.
Tire pressures are variable to the conditions and somewhat experimental just a another PSI lower can have a remarkable difference, you soon learn to identify sand conditions and what PSI would be best to suit those conditions. In some instances 12PSI was required to negotiate some beaches up Lancelin way.
However you must always take a compressor to make sure your tires are bitumen ready for the trip home, otherwise you might have a disaster.
LordRover
SupporterMost likely DSC was back on - when you switch it off, it does not stay off. With each change of TR (and maybe other functions such as changing from hi-lo or height change), DSC comes on again - in my experience limits revs to about 2700rpm and causes issues with TC activation as a result as well.Originally Posted by Canaussie
Garry
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Wizard
SupporterDead right there Garry, an easy trap to fall into.
Pity we cannot select an Auto off option, yes I understand why they won't!
Every time I restart the car in the Simpson I've got to press that button
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Wizard
Nope....dsc was definitely off. I kept checking to make sure......
Gordon told me that it still lurks behind, and will still activate when it thinks I am being too silly.
Every time it lost power, would drop back to first then power on again, then into second then lose power....and it just kept doing that. Dsc off the whole time. But in low, this was not an issue.
Dealer also advised me that you cannot completely turn dsc off.
Brett....
Master
Dealer advised me of this to you can turn it off but still works if it senses an impending disaster.......a bit conservative though.....lol
Still enjoyed Byfields again and can't wait to go back
Billy
LordRover
SupporterSorry - my comment was to the original poster as indicated in the quote. I wasn't commenting on your issues.
Garry
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1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
Master
Brett,
Perhaps, and this is just speculation and theory the DSC is has a higher tolerance in low range even when off.
Perhaps they were smart enough to know that in Low Range you really need to put the DSC to sleep.
In high range even with it off the computer could still think you inadvertently turn off the DSC and as such has a low threshold before it kicks back in.
I am sure someone will have a better understanding than me who can comment but the above assumption is logical assuming you were doing about the same speed and therefore have the same lateral forces in low range and high range going up the dunes and the DSC did not activate.
Geroge
Wizard
No probs.....be nice to turn it off fully when one needs to.
Brett....
Wizard
Discoweb
"Perhaps they were smart enough to know that in Low Range you really need to put the DSC to sleep"
Maybe. Gordon should know.
Brett....
LordRover
SupporterI completely agree - absolute nonsense that you have to keep on switching it off.
Garry
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
1977 FC 101
1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon
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