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Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: tim in Scotland on March 13, 2004, 18:12:57

I accompanied 3 others on a private day out at Glentarkie, The Scottish OffRoad Driving Centre today. 4 Landies - V6 Freelander, S2 Disco TD5, 90 V8 Pickup and my Mk3 Range Rover. We started the day with using
the Freelander and the V8 pickup and had great fun. After lunch we swopped wagons and took the Disco and Rangie over the site. The morning's wagons were both on M/T tyres but my Rangie and the Disco were both on Goodyear HP Wranglers, very much road biased tyres but hopes were high that with T/C and HDC, and low boxes on both the afternoon wagons we wouldn't get too stuck! What a time we had, but what really impressed was how the Rangie just walked over a site that I normally have great fun on in my Defender 90 Tdi300. Even on road tyres it hardly used the Traction Control and we never once bottomed out even in very deep ruts, although I was being very careful - especially as the wagon is only 9 months old and haas done only 8000 miles.

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: tim in Scotland on March 13, 2004, 18:17:35

Another

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on March 13, 2004, 23:48:44

I've got a picture of a L322 on my 'WebShots' that I took at the  Langley Farm show last September.
It's rather muddy, but I think it's a main dealers demo model
(possibly Rocar-Moores, as Huddersfield)

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: davidlandy on March 14, 2004, 18:52:39

It looks well smart off road!

be good to see it with a little more mud on the bodywork!

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: datalas on March 15, 2004, 18:18:38

Very nice photos, nice to see a new rangie actually doing something, even if it does appear more challenging than the G4  :twisted:  :twisted:

How do you find it off road?  Presumably the 90 is more capable...

On a more serious note.

Would you object if we used the photos for mud-club publicity?  we don't often get to see new / none discoveries off road at the moment and I'm kind of on a quest to get more obscure vehicles used about the place.

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: robbie on March 15, 2004, 18:25:26

Nice looking motor, just a word of a warning, dont lend it to your son if you have one.... just in case :)

I have been told these machines really perform off road but i understand your caution to not 'over do it'.

Not used to seeing too many shiny pics tho on this forum :) I bet you can change that in the coming months eh :)

As an add on Datalas, I am going to take my Shogun off road in the next few weeks, want some piccies of those too or is it a 'Land Rover' thing :)

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: muddyweb on March 15, 2004, 18:47:41

Non-LR off-road pics are greatly welcomed.

Being LR owners... we have plenty of pictures of them..  but only a handful of Jeep, Suzuki, Toyota, Mitsi, etc.


All contributions welcomed

Title: WHAT FUN A MK3 RANGIE IS OFFROAD!
Post by: robbie on March 15, 2004, 18:51:49

Thanks, some of the Suzie on my Gallery and I will post the Shogun ones when I have been off road in the next few weeks and send you a pm

cheers

(and I would still like to see the rangie with some mud on it)