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andrew kennedy

Member Since: 27 Apr 2010
Location: brittany
Posts: 331

2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Maya Gold

towing 3.5 tons

2006 Sport. I am going to have to tow a 3.5 ton trailer for about 4 miles (quite hilly). What would be the best driving strategy using the various gearing facilities the car offers?? Advice please. Andrew Kennedy

Thu Sep 09 2021 1:16pm

Dave B

Member Since: 10 Oct 2019
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 431

2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black

Use Sport mode, but be gentle with the throttle.

Dave 2010 3.6 TDV8 HSE (Gone)
2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)

Thu Sep 09 2021 4:20pm

andrew kennedy

Member Since: 27 Apr 2010
Location: brittany
Posts: 331

Hi Dave B. Thanks for yours! Mine is a 2006 Sport, no Sports Mode? Andrew Kennedy

Thu Sep 09 2021 6:04pm

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 9022

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

Is this on the public road? Just drive normally but give yourself plenty of extra time. No big accelerations and no big braking episodes. You can use the gearbox in manual mode to help on downhill sections along with the brakes. Start any descent slowly and keep the speed down all the way down the hill. Gentle braking but don't ride the brake or you'll cook them.

If it's really hilly, you might even need to use low range. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thu Sep 09 2021 7:49pm

Pufftmw

Member Since: 23 May 2012
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 1053

2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Just drive normally in hi range but take corners a bit wider and take things slower. I do a lot of towing in my hilly part of Wales and its no different to standard driving, except when you meet someone coming the other way on a single-track road

Thu Sep 09 2021 8:13pm

garrycol

Member Since: 30 Nov 2010
Location: Canberra
Posts: 1068

andrew kennedy wrote:
Hi Dave B. Thanks for yours! Mine is a 2006 Sport, no Sports Mode?

Why doesn't it have Sport mode - all RRS have sport mode. Just move the gear lever to the left and you are in sport mode - the Sport indication will come up on the dash under the digital oddometer. 07MY RRS TDV6
Arctic Frost
Aspen Interior

Fri Sep 10 2021 2:11am

IanV8

Member Since: 06 Jan 2020
Location: Dunfermline
Posts: 60

Land Rover recommend starting in low range when towing heavy loads.

Ian 2018 Indus Silver SDV6 Autobiography normally towing a Buccaneer Cruiser.

Fri Sep 10 2021 8:34am

RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 9022

The beauty of the LR system is that starting in low and changing up to high range on the move is easy to do. It'd be worth doing if on an up hill start, certainly. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Fri Sep 10 2021 1:23pm

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