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  1. 14th June 2015, 01:02 PM #1
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    Discos any good in sand??

    just came across these pics whilst researching Fowlers Bay




    yanks to the rescue. How indignant ,

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  2. 14th June 2015, 01:18 PM #2
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    Disco is great in sand - he wasn't!
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    They are awesome is sand- if you know what your doing!!
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    only if they have tall skinny tyres... (tm)

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  5. 14th June 2015, 01:59 PM #5
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    His tyres appear to be low profile, so no good in sand because they won't extend the tread much when aired down.

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    Did he turn off the DSC? If not, down you go. Have had no problems with a D4 in sand, running 19's.
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    I've only had my disco on sand once, I felt my old 80 series cruiser floated over the soft stuff better. But then again the 80 is a bit lighter and had slightly larger diameter tyres so that would have helped, but the discos extra power and auto more than make up for its short commings (my old 80 was manual and a 1HZ engine)
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    Its fitted with 17" LR rims anyway.
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    Went to Fraser Island recently in my 2011 2.7 D4. Had no problems. In fact, it was the usual situation - everyone seemed to be driving the tracks at breakneck speed, whereas the disco just crawled over everything easily.....
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    Looks like seaweedy patch. That may have contributed. Generally the D3 is fine, but have noted you need to pick yr setup, DSC/TR/Gear, etc or you can go pear shaped. Most often for me, this has been with camper trailer on the back. Car on its own seems to be the usual LR weapon on sand.

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