lightning
Well-Known Member
When I bought my Defender I was a bit disappointed that it did not have the ABS/TC fitted....however I went to a local show recently and the car park field was really chewed up. There was about a foot of mud and cars had no chance, even 4wd ones.
I avoided the worst of it but when we came to leave the exit was blocked by a truck that had bogged down. My wife was driving and we had to go right across the worst of the mud...her off road experience totalled a half day Land Rover Experience course that we did.
Anyway she put it into low range and engaged the diff lock, then put it in second gear and off we went. A bit of wheelspin followed but she did really well, the Defender just ploughed through the mud, past the stuck Range Rover Sport, the Audi 4x4 and various other cars that were waiting for the tractor to tow them.
Big respect due to the Defender (and the wife!) she just said "that's how I was told to do it on the LR day".
The Defender must be pretty much unstoppable if the traction control makes it better than ours.
I avoided the worst of it but when we came to leave the exit was blocked by a truck that had bogged down. My wife was driving and we had to go right across the worst of the mud...her off road experience totalled a half day Land Rover Experience course that we did.
Anyway she put it into low range and engaged the diff lock, then put it in second gear and off we went. A bit of wheelspin followed but she did really well, the Defender just ploughed through the mud, past the stuck Range Rover Sport, the Audi 4x4 and various other cars that were waiting for the tractor to tow them.
Big respect due to the Defender (and the wife!) she just said "that's how I was told to do it on the LR day".
The Defender must be pretty much unstoppable if the traction control makes it better than ours.