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| RRSTDV8 Member Since: 13 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 9048   
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Took the RRS to Roundhill Wood near Tring. I went with a group from Northants4x4.com who had been invited over by Burnham Offroaders.
And a bit of low-res video of a drive through that picture: http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/us...Movie2.wmv I thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew at the start when, on the first climb of the day, we just sat there with the wheels spinning and no forward movement. Eventually remembered to turn off DSC and, using high range in "mud and ruts" rather than low range, we slithered our way up. At one point the dash warned that the vehicle would lower the suspension if we went any faster - we were at less than walking pace at the time such was the amount of wheel spin required to get up! Anyway, once I'd sorted out the best settings for the vehicle we had a great time. Lots of "ooh poo!" moments as we slid slowly towards trees but managed to get home with every panel straight. I was impressed by how well we got around the site considering we only had Pirelli Scorpion ATRs fitted - a number of nice comments from people about how nice it was to see a "Range Rover" out in the mud and how well it was doing on road tyres - I decided that mentioning all terrain tyres to these guys was fairly pointless - compared to the big lug tyres they had fitted, the ATR is a racing slick! There were a couple of other non-hardcore vehicles about but everyone had mud-biased tyres. So the RRS's electronics were obviously doing a great job to get around. We did have to have a couple of goes at two bits but only because I heard grinding-type noises and stopped - it was just the side steps acting as rock sliders so no problems underneath that I could see today. I've taken the following two pictures from a chap's facebook page ( (c) D Jacobi so no borrowing them further  ):
(I know I'm missing the off side lower valance pieces - that got removed at Eastnor last year and I didn't notice at the time. Not bothered to replace it) I'm looking forward to the next time I can get out in the mud although I'd like to get some underbody protection sorted such as a sump guard (to replace the standard plate as it's a bit thin and doesn't protect the plasticky bits at the front. It will also mean I can remove the remaining lower valance piece). A transmission guard might be useful too. I think I'll look in to whether D3 kit will fit with (or even without) some adjustments - I'm hoping the transmission guard will. Oh yes, and I washed it on the way home too - 10 minutes on the motorway in the spray of a large lorry got about 90% of the brown stuff off 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed |
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Sun Apr 14 2013 11:49pm |
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| Bradders Member Since: 08 Oct 2009 Location: Leeds Posts: 2515
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Looks like fun and nice to see an RRS with some real mud on it too |
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Mon Apr 15 2013 7:08am |
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| sparky8181 Member Since: 02 Nov 2012 Location: West Midlands Posts: 588 
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Looks great fun, thanks for sharing with us |
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Mon Apr 15 2013 7:49am |
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| cmcb Member Since: 16 Jan 2013 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 33  
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Looks really good! I did an experience day in Perth in January and was amazed by how far we went and could go in 2 feet of snow on the standard road tyres. RRS TDV8 HST
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