Wallaroo Part IV: Land Rover extreme offroad test
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Three Land Rovers including a Discovery 2, Discovery 4 and Range Rover Sport tackle the final leg of the Wallaroo State Forest Trek. Bonnet deep creek crossings, mud ruts and steep hill climbs combine to give all three vehicles a great workout.
Love the excitement of the dog
Hello from USA. Recently purchased a 2008 RR Sport HSE (also black, she's your twin). Many of my colleagues are big "truck guys" and scoffed at my "Froo Froo Yuppie SUV" ... until I sat them down for a few of your clips. Thank you so much for the time you took making these videos.
Cheers and Thanks!
Except for the D2 that has heavy duty springs and larger bore shocks, the cars have no mods to the suspension or driveline. It's one of the ain reasons we love these Landy's so much. You can step back onto the road and the handle superbly. . As soon as you start heavily modifying drivelines, most 4wd's will drive like a pig. On some trips like our last adventure to the Kimberley, we clocked up 16,000kms in 6 weeks with the majority on sealed roads to get to the good stuff.
Finally, someone has put on proper off-road tires. 👍
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It's a pity most people equate Range Rovers with 'Toorak Tractors' but now that early Gen III RRs (2002 to 2006) have fallen to an 'affordable' price, they still offer astounding on road presence with very capable off road potential. I bought a silver HSE new in '02 with the BMW straight six diesel and for several years, I took wealthy international visitors on short but 'extreme' 4WD tours to popular Australian destinations along the coast and over the Great Divide. After some 300,000km of comfortable, event free off road touring, I traded it in on an '06' Sport with the TDV6 but was never really happy with it as it did not have the sheer 'presence' of the L322 and when you arrive at a Sydney 5 star Hotel to pick up your guests for a week of Aussie off road touring, this is important. I eventually sold the Sport and bought a '93 Vogue SE Classic 4.6 Litre which I have only just sold at 500,010km to replace it with an '05 HSE with the original BMW M62 4.4 litre Quad-cam V8. Most of my 'touring' these days is running international 'enthusiast' rail tours but it is always reassuring that as a Range Rover owner who spends most of his time on the bitumen, if you choose to turn left into the bush, you can in confidence.
I'm a huge fan of the older RR's having fallen in love with them in the early 80's with their lightweight aluminium V8's. Incredibly that you could throw a big vehicle around like that on the road. The Gen III's are great value at the moment if you can find one with low enough KM's. ON the servicing costs of smaller diesels VS V8 petrol motors factoring in the additional petrol costs, I'm actually tempted to go down the V8 petrol path again.
That’s some serious km’s, I’ve got a td5 Defender 10k away from 500k km. Preventative maintenance, regular servicing and good oil really goes along way. Would love a l322 they’re becoming very affordable here in SA. Green oval has been ahead on technology for many years.
What a great video! So good to see folks using these for what they are for. Also, really good to see all the different models all keeping up.
my Range Rover Vogue 4.4 l dabol torbo dissel 2011 ,8 gearbox, yust something else.Bf gudreach KM3 MUDS.YUST AN 8MM SPAUSER or col mee
Nice to see land rovers in their natural habitat, not quite sure I'd wanna my Range Rover that extreme, maybe I need to get myself a disco 2 as a toy 😂
GOTTA LOVE THEM ROVERS!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE MINE OUT FOR A STROLL THROUGH THE WOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice land rovers and editing !
Glad you tuned in. So great to be able to share this with so many people around the world.
Thanks for the four videos with the LRs thru Wallaroo. Great work on the quality there. And what a way to put those trucks through their paces on what look to be fairly stock vehicles. Nice to see what the Landies are capable of.
Thanks for the kind feedback. I'd actually love to do a much bigger production but then we wouldn't get to enjoy the driving as much and would spend all of our time etting up shots. This way we get the best of both worlds. The other upside is that you get to see some very honest footage of what is really going on with the vehicles without a lot of crazy angles and multiple takes.
im so happy that real land rover buyers are using the vehicles the way the should be used not luxury soccer mom cars. real offroad vehicles awesome video just sucks that the bumbpers were chipped out but im sure you're are great handymen
The Rangie was actually purchased second hand and was 18months old with only 20,000kms on the clock. It was actually cheaper than buying a new landcruiser and I couldn't resist. Such a lot of car for the money compared with other options at the time.
It hasn't really cost me much either as yet as everything has been under warranty.
Also huge savings on fuel. In road trim she gets 9l/100kms which is insanely good for a 2 tonne rig. #winning
Why in the world would you want to get a Toyota over a Land Rover? I would not even choose a Land Cruiser over my Jeep, much less over my Land Rover. My Range Rover has been the best and most reliable vehicle I’ve ever owned. I just came back from a road trip (Colorado mountains) and my Landie performed flawlessly.
Very nice video, is good to see what the land rovers can do on hard situation
We are planning to return to Wallaroo again later in the year to capture some of the other great areas. This was a pretty big day just covering the areas we did explore. You could spend months in there :-p
This is magnificent!
Thanks from Brazil.
It's amazing where you can take almost any vehicle when it's set up properly. Enjoy the adventure!
What wheels and tires are on the Range Rover Sport?
The RRS rear just popped back on and hasn't moved since. It's happened with both bumpers in the past and hasn't been a problem.
As for the D2, in it's defense, it had already cracked previously so it wasn't a big stretch to tear it into pieces on that trip. There is a nice new steel rear bar now in it's place.
Belle vidéo, bravo les gars.
Finalement, le disco 2, pourtant plus ancien, n'a rien à envier aux disco 4 et autres RRS, pourtant beaucoup plus récent.
Brilliant, your videos a great. love watching them. drive a D2 myself.
nice to see people driving the correct way , nice run guys
well done to the guys taking the disco 4 and the range rover out in the bush, you really don't see that often and they work quite well off road.
Dog had the most fun LOL
The Hungaryan vizsla.Yes they are .Yust newer ewer going to stop.istvan wolf
around 3:00 , that dog is so enthusiast about that obstacle.
Love the driving and the dog even more :D
In Australia, ADR approvals are very expensive and the small number of RRS vehicles here means that it is not economically viable for 3rd party manufacturers to produce something for the sport. Fitting a non ADR compliance bar voids your insurance.
Good vid guys nice to see some people with nice expensive 4x4 who take them off road
What you see here is only a fraction of the trails you can trundle about on at Wallaroo. We're looking forward to going back to explore more.
Brilliant video!!!
You are very cool!!!
Thank you from Japan.
Super cool!! Again thanks from Spain!
Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed it.
I love Wallaroo
Great stuff. Love these videos. Glad you guys are out having fun and are taking the effort to post up videos. Appreciate it :) I got what they call the Ford Everest Internationally. I do what I can with it in India. Got 31" MTs, lift kit, soon to get some steel bumpers front and rear
Obviously a man that knows quality when he see it. You will not go wrong with a D2.
The dog is a Hungarian Vizsla.
They are a pointer (also known as a Gun Dog) & are closely related to the German Shorthaired Pointer. Absolutely beautiful dogs that make incredible companions and very protective watch dogs.
Our pooch (HungargunnAllThatJazz) 'Roxie' for short, is from the well know Hungargunn breeders here in Australia.
If you look up 'Vizsla Yogi with Crufts Best In Show' on youtube, you'll see Roxie's grandfather in action.
i watched all the videos,,,, awesome and interesting.... deff gana buy a disco model like the red one.
it is an interesting comparison. The D4 with the additional e-locker is a real weapon. No need for after market diff locks any more. The only problem is that Land Rover set it up so you can't retro-fit the e-diff and there are limited numbers coming onto the second hand market. I think LR made a big mistake in this regard as they are limiting the opportunity to engage second hand owners for parts and service.
It's the V8 that makes a big difference in the case of the D2. Such great low down torque.
4.6 or 4.0?
Really wonderful guys.
Good stuff!
They don't come with the snorkel but you can buy this official LR version for them. Very neat fit through the existing side vent. Just have to make sure you upgrade the porous hose that runs from the side vent through to the air cleaner as it is obviously pointless otherwise. The RRS is so well soundproofed you can't actually head the snorkel unless you have the window down.
very impressive driving folks!
Awesome trip what a grate place.
The pooch is called Roxie and we love having her out on the tracks with us. On some vids you'll hear here whining when we leave her stashed in the car while we are out guiding or recovering. She just loves being out on the track with everyone.
Great stuff!! Love to see the LR and RR in action in a place where it should be used :) Watching this my question is: what was the PSI in the tires? Did you lower it to go through? I couldn't tell watching the tires, but it seems to be infalted as for the road driving. Am I wrong?
the dog is all over the place :D
Tyres were down but only to around 24psi as there was a lot of mixed terrain on this trip and we didn't want to have to keep inflating and deflating tyres. Taking them down to 18psiwould have made a big difference but we managed anyway.
Oh yes! This is what they're made for!
I want a rangerover..
If you mean replacement bumpers - I wouldn't like to ask. If you mean bullbars - You can't get front or rear bull bars here in Australia.
I have a friend who's parents live in Toorak (Melbourne mega rich area) and have a 2014 Range Rover and they didn't even know it was a 4WD until I told them..... such a waste!
Well they are fucking idiots then aren't they
I am running 17inch steel rims with Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ muddies.
Пол России по такой дороге с работы домой каждый день ездят;)
2:57, OOPSIE!!!
I was thinking of the d1 but i bought my d2 yesterday,,, Its silver with dark interior,, I love it and can't wait to do some mods,,, its the nicest car i have ever owned... Gas mileage? not to shabby considering im driving a tank... Once again nice videos and thanks for the advice
I used to have a P38 Rangie and looked at getting a snorkel. Just be careful that the main computer is under the drivers seat so any deep water crossing could stop your entire truck very quickly....and costly to repair!
Betty runs Dynamic 17inch steel rims with a special centre to accommodate the brakes and is shod with Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ muddies
Where did you purchase your rims and how could I find the specs on them? What size tires did you run?
I can't wait
Great video really loved it.
As a landrover owner from way back, it was good to see the comparisons. Would be good to see how a vogue goes. Cant you guys just splash out and get a TDV8?
Seriously though, I'm amazed at how my D4 goes on stock tyres.
That poor range rover....that's my dream car right there hahaha
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Interesting videos, i recognise most of the tracks, but you missed some fo the hardest stuff over the back in the hilly area, looks like you mainly drove the rutted/muddy areas.
И это ониназывают "офф роуд" У Нас по таким дорогам на девяточках гоняют.
Hi Guys, I'm going to be building out my own RRS for a bit of offloading and overland trips. Would it be possible to be put in contact with the Black Betty owners as I have a ton of questions in their build?
Regards Kelvin
Apols for the slow reply Kelvin. Have been out of action with health issues the last 9 months so haven't spent much time on the channel.
I built Black Betty - Shoot me an email at jamie@studiodc3.com.au
Awesome
Have fun with that! :)
This proves 4 legs or better than 4 wheel drive!
Hey. Love the Gen 3 rangies offroad. Struggling to find anyone or anything available in the local market as far as offroad gear is concerned. trying to find rocksliders / steps, roof rack, winchbar perhaps. Noticed the Sport had a few nice bits on it... anything available like that for the L322 in Aus ? Thanx Matt.
sorry I missed this comment matt. I often had to import gear as not a lot around in Oz. Try Vogue Expeditions. vogueexpeditions.com - they ship worldwide. Tell Marcos Jamie from Misadventure 4WD sent you. He's a good mate and will make sure you're looked after.
What size off wheels do you have on the Discovery 4 and were can i buy them??????????
Ahoy
We have a "95" P-38 I drove thru a large puddle once?
I noticed even the RR had a snorkle ? is that they way thay come over your way
what does that sound like (Snorkle-ing) right by your window
Do the range rovers have both front and rear diff locks ??
Ours didn't have one. Some do have a rear e-diff lock but you need to order it as factory option when new - you can't retrofit it.
How much does the set of front and rear bumpers of a range rover sport supercharged 2011 cost?
why no bullbar on the range rover
Range Rover Sport 4.4?
2.7 TDv6
What have you replaced the RR with?
We have had a couple of SVX Defenders over the last 6 years and now have a 5.0ltr V8 Discovery 4. Funny enough they have all been black.
What size wheels and tyres did you use? Surely not the 19" and 20"
+Peter Turner they are a special 17inch steel rim mate to give us loads more tyre options
+Misadventure 4WD Thanks.
Misadventure 4WD are 19inch wheels good for offroading?
Nah wll i want to know about the price of bumpers itself. Would be convenient to have two sets. One for offroad and one for normal driving. The rangie has massive overhang at the back. looks cool but not good for offroead health.
hi i want to put a winch on a range rover where did you pick up your winch mount
You need to get the official Land Rover mount if you want to recess it into the bar like I did. There is an approved bull bar available for Australia now that has provision for a winch mount. Try the guys at www.4wdindustries.com.au. They fitted the winch and mount for me. Let them know that I sent you there and you'll pick up a small Misadventure 4WD discount ;)
did the bumper covers Just snap back?
The 4.0V8 Disco makes about 250lbft at about 2600RPM - pretty poor and pretty high by the standards of a modern 2.5 TDI.
What kind of rims and tires are on Betty?
what rims and tires do you have on the Sport?
would you recommend a year model of the d2?
rear bumpers lol
Disco lost a bumper light about 2mins in. They have a big arse!!
Very simple offroad not extreme!
Dont use a RR sport for these mud rides, iTS A SPORTS CAR-dRIVE THE FULL size range rover
So what are the height raise , dsc, terrain selection in my rr sport sc for then? A very capable 4wd as evidence by this video, if nothing else
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Smack that plastic back on
Мосандр бы пролетел и не заметил! ))