Which is better Off Road a D3/4 or a late model Defender? ... Puma 110

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

Interesting, Cheers. Did you also try 3rd/4th low range at all?



Tyre footprint lengthening is clearly the most important. Less electronics kicking in also makes sense. On sand in my puma I've never had my TC kick in. And low down engine torque in Puma is noticeably better in low range than in my 300tdi. Is yours a 300tdi or Td5?

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as this was my first big desert trip the first 3 hours in Simpson I actually tried every possible gear and transfer case combination until I Found what works best for me

yes I did when doing big red the difficult left track I went up in 3 and 2nd low range with both lockers engaged from memory

my one is a TD5 with a VVT

Great vids Stefan. Is that a German/Austrian accent?

Cheers

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Great vids Stefan. Is that a German/Austrian accent?

Cheers

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thanks mate, yes German it is

My son is in Frankfurt at the moment studying on a German Govt Scholarship. Second time he has been there to study. He is only 16. I will show him the videos. He loves Deefers.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Steve223

as this was my first big desert trip the first 3 hours in Simpson I actually tried every possible gear and transfer case combination until I Found what works best for me

yes I did when doing big red the difficult left track I went up in 3 and 2nd low range with both lockers engaged from memory

my one is a TD5 with a VVT

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Well done, you made it look easy in your Deefer. Different sands, temps, gradients all need a different combo, it becomes intuitive which gear to select with practice. Steady, right gear and keeping an even speed/torque load, beats the bull-at-a-gate aproach most of the time. Thanks again for the video. Great see all the different approaches each driver / vehicle took.

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Originally Posted by 1nando

I was saying that for much of this whole thread and i agree 100%

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Really? I thought it sounded like you were saying the D4 was only good for picking up the kids from soccer ;).

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Really? I thought it sounded like you were saying the D4 was only good for picking up the kids from soccer ;).

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Im talking about the defender and how its very similar to a truck.....😉i drive all types of trucks and my defender so i guess im qualified to make that statement.

Hey Terry.
This thread is starting to get a bit flat,time for you to pick a fight with the D2 owners:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hey Terry.
This thread is starting to get a bit flat,time for you to pick a fight with the D2 owners:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

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Or between the td5 and td4 owners....
Wasn't me

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Originally Posted by 1nando

Or between the td5 and td4 owners....
Wasn't me

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