Thread: Disappointed in the D5 / waiting for the Defender

Originally Posted by Zeros

Thanks John, yes I know that's another reason often given. But where does that leave vehicles such as the new G Professional, Toyota 70 series and trucks for that matter? I suppose I'm not convinced. I think it's primarily a styling thing.

Maybe hikers should not be walking on 4wd tracks, then the pedestrian element goes.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Maybe hikers should not be walking on 4wd tracks, then the pedestrian element goes.

Maybe pedestrians should be looking where the **** they are going

I put getting stuck like that due to the wrong setting. I think he should have put it into grass gravel snow. How do I know? Well, I (D4) was stuck in mud, not going anywhere. 2 hours after only moving a few metres and frustration while also using maxtrax and trying to dig myself out, I had a revelation and changed terrain response settings from mud ruts to grass gravel. Guess what, the thing drove out like it was a speed bump, I couldn’t believe it! Lesson learnt, I now have Gordon’s D4 book.
Anyway, I could be wrong but who knows! Lol

TB... yes the D4 has liners..
I’ve had my wheel arches so full of mud I couldn’t lower the suspension!

Just had to raise it to allow it to be spun out later on.. no damage was had.

The fun part that day was I was driving on the Northern Mine site after 2 days of torrential rain and it took an hour to travel 11km, with me trying my hardest not to end up on its side in the 2mtr culverts alongside the track.

Was a great day

I’ve also had the Defender I owned in a similar situation, no wheel arch liners though, but it made some horrible noises breaking the mud out!

Originally Posted by tact

Compared please to the situation in the photo below: I reversed more than 150 meters in that sloppy aftermath-of-flooding flood plain mud, out to a river bank where volunteers unloaded a few hundred kg of flood relief supplies and hand carried across the river... then drove out. Not a hair turned, no damage to the vehicle at all, and no carpets were muddied in the process either

And I don't give a rats about that. I am just worried for the D5's carpets. THINK of the CARPETS!

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I hear ya on the carpets.. That's why after Wombat, I'm now turning the D2 into a Defender... (floor wise)

So many buttons in this thing..which one is for mud?

Hold on is that snow i selected?

Sh#t, its not going up, why am i still so low???

Same situation in my defender:
Lock centre diff
Lock rear diff
Lock front if needed

Hold on and see you on the other side. Sounds simple cause it is

here is mine after a few k's sliding in black clay,in off road height

Lots of odd noises but no damage to the liners.

Originally Posted by 1nando

So many buttons in this thing..which one is for mud?

Hold on is that snow i selected?

Sh#t, its not going up, why am i still so low???

Same situation in my defender:
Lock centre diff
Lock rear diff
Lock front if needed

Hold on and see you on the other side. Sounds simple cause it is

Also is DSC off??

That does get a while to get used to,but eventually it is all good.