Calikev said:Well put us out of our misery did you or didn't you :?:
Looby said:Calikev said:Well put us out of our misery did you or didn't you :?:
Maybe he decided on a white, manual, with 5 seats and doesn't want to tell us :laugh2
bvddobb said:I already have some photo's of our 4WD off road training for you guys on Picasaweb. Gives you an idea of some of our challenges...
I hope to have some video's on Youtube shortly.
Hmmm... I see I have done something wrong: I see now that the pictures are all very small on Picasa. I will upload the full sizes shortly, when I have the video's as well.bvddobb said:I already have some photo's of our 4WD off road training for you guys on Picasaweb. Gives you an idea of some of our challenges...
I hope to have some video's on Youtube shortly.
Well, no eggs, but some bubbly... which we didn't open after all: it might have sprayed everywhere... :lol:GrannyJen said:Those are nice pics Bart and I am suitably jealous.
I hope you did not have any eggs in the fridge, or, if you did you have a penchant for scrambled ones!
Did you have/need mechanical diff lock?We are just back from a full day's 4WD off road training with our Cali 4Motion. We looked like a bit of a strange duck amidst different types of Land Rover and even an old Swedish Volvo 'Lapland' army truck, all with lots of gear, winches, snorkels, what have you, and we were a bit frowned upon... . We only had our M+S winter tyres on. They had never had a 4Motion or Synchro Transporter in their trainings before, but the trainer supervisor had experienced them in the field in Tunesia and felt comfortable enough to allow us on the course.
And here's the story: our Cali held up our honour terrifically well!! It was very wet and muddy and slippery with deep tracks and rather steep climbs and descends. Yet there were many climbs where some of the Land Rovers needed 4 or 5 tries, and just slid back, where we happily raced up in one try, once we got the hang of it :lol: , and the steering through the mud was very tight and precise. Never needed the diff lock in all this (we don't have it, nor low gear...). We never got stuck so that we couldn't get out ourselves and needed help.
The trainers were very happily surprised at our Cali's capabilities, and so were we . 4Motion rocks! The car is very dirty now, but all our plates, chinaware and glasses are all still in one piece!
I will try and post some pictures or videos shortly.
I had a Discovery 4 which had both transmission (locks front and back axles) and diff locks. Never needed any engaged. Also had a Defender that only needed locks for serious off road conditions.I have owned lots of 4 wheel drive cars in the past but never needed to use the diff lock. That said they only car that had a diff lock was a Subaru. The Range Rover Sport/Discovery/Pathfinder did not even have one (as far as I'm aware)
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