Fun in the snow?

had no excuse for not going in to work on monday and to my horror when I finished the snow had gone decided to have a run out to some higher ground and found some got to say my td4 behaved its self and the tc and stuff only kicked in when I made it when I was up on the moors I seen head lights going around in circles it was a lad from work playing in his series 3 had a game of follow the leader for a while next day he was impressed at how well the td4 had preformed some pretty steep hills with no probs

Living at the top of a hill - I spent 20 mins this morning towing eejuts in their mercs and bm's back up the hill to their drives... Half an hour earlier - I was pulling up next to the same idiots who were convinced they could return home without my help - watching them wheel spin and move sideways - then grinning as i accelerated to the top without so much as splattering my mudguards.... oh the joy..... the joy and its snowing again its snowing agaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin

Just a point...

What people seem to forget about the Freelander is its traction control is nothing like traction control on a car. Traditional sense of the technology traction control on a car is to take away the power to stop wheels spinning.

The Freelander TC isn't really traction control - its an electronic diff lock which ensures power is transmitted to the opposite wheel if the other wheel is slipping by applying the brake on that wheel.

Why Land Rover called this traction control I have no idea. My other car (a Passat W8 4motion) which uses Volkswagens Torsen based all-wheel-drive system called it 'EDL - Electronic Differential Lock'.

The freebie is doing exactly the same but some smart arse at Land Rover decided to call it traction control.

Moral of my story here, its why, particularly the FreeLanders with "traction control" are more capable than you'd expect. It can control power to each wheel seperatly.

The benefits of this electronic "differential locking" can easily be demonstrated in my Volkswagen, as unlike in the FreeLander, the Passat W8 has a button to turn it off! Stick two wheels on some crap ground, and two wheels on tarmac and gun it. With the system on you leave flawlessly.. with it off, the two wheels on the crap ground simply spin as the power travels to the slipping wheels on the front and rear differentials.

All great fun. I was surprised at how sure footed she is on snow and ice (having never driven it on such before). My wife took ours to a work event on Monday & Tuesday, that she really had to go to and now she is raving about how good it is - so the weather has helped me out with the Q of do we really need a 4x4? - nope, I just wanted it!

Took this a few days ago....trying to get a few motors out over the weekend "playtime"



http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g63/doobreydog/Snow Jan 2009/snowfeb2009094.jpg

RobBentley said:

So who had fun in the snow in their FreeLander? We certainly did...

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so did we.......

Huskies are getting smaller these days

Northern Irelander said:

Huskies are getting smaller these days

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good job i dint get stuck an needed to be pulled out eh ?.. .......

Tip. . . . . .fer yer iced windows Earthlings ,when de frosted spay wiff silicone in the window felt grooves un drive em up un down a few times. . . . . . .be suprised wot a difference it makes when frozen

Just dragged this old cow out of the dark as for showing Hippo fun in the snow I found following (which was on the Belgian national tv) of a member of the flemish freelander club.

Sorry, should have been this link:

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/mediatheek/redactietips/redactietips_2eNiveau/1.713783

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never mind just getting about and doing its job....we had a class time...empty roads in the hills...powersliding about...going where no snowman has been before!!...top fun.....

we even rescued a stranded family.....

wouldnd swap my td4 for anything.......will even keep it when a 90 joins the family!!

I must say my Freelander is my first Landrover I have ever owned, and I am TOTALLY converted to 4X4. My Td4 got me everywhere in the recent snow (and living in Wales, I mean snow).

Cobwebs said:

I must say my Freelander is my first Landrover I have ever owned, and I am TOTALLY converted to 4X4. My Td4 got me everywhere in the recent snow (and living in Wales, I mean snow).

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How deep was the snow, I got stuck in deep snow in mine, I couldn't even change gear coz the linkage was buried.
They are loads of fun to drive though.

The snow was about 12 inches deep. GREAT FUN