If you have the need to carry bulky items on your Land Rover, then you need a good roof rack!
So this weeks featured product will come in handy. It's a genuine Land Rover expedition roof rack. It's an superb bit of kit, that will compliment any Land Rover 90.
These are the same racks as used on the G4 Challenge Land Rovers, so you know they are tried and tested. They look awesome too - check it out for yourself.
About a year ago I published the link to the Devon public rights of way map.
In the past few days I stumbled across the Cornwall public rights of way map, so thought I would give you the link as its very useful for finding out where you can drive.
Since the beginning of December we have been examining which Land Rover to take off roading.
Each Land Rover model got their own page and write up, and now, at the end of the series, it's time to decide which models are best.
Anybody remember this Land Rover TV advert from the 1980's?
It's got to be up there with the all time classic TV adverts. Take a look...
On Sunday 7th March 2010 at Trago Mills in Newton Abbot, Devon there will be a 4x4 challenge event in aid of breast cancer.
Torbay 4x4 Club is entering 3 or 4 teams, and I will be there in the 110 to give it a go. If you don't know what a challenge event is, then think orienteering with vehicles!
A good strong KERR rope (Kinetic Energy Recovery Rope) is a good tool to keep in your off roading arsenal.
So this weeks featured product is just that - a KERR rope.
The idea behind a KERR rope is it that it is basically a big elastic band! It allows the recovery of stricken vehicle that may not be able to be recovered using a normal tow rope.
As the tow vehicle sets off at speed, the rope stretches and stores up kinetic energy. Once the rope is stetched, it wants to retract back to its original length (just like an elastic band), and in doing so will pull the stuck vehicle out of the mud/sand etc.
I recently received this email from Fred about his Freelander 2:
A year ago I purchased a freelander 2 from a main dealer, but I use a
garage (which I trust and have used for years), however he does not know how
to re-set the service reminder. The main dealer refuses to tell me. Does anybody out there know how to do this please, it is surely not a state secret!!
So this is how you do it:
Although it shares the same running gear as the Discovery 3, the Range Rover Sport isn't quite such a good choice for off roading!
Its less about the abilities of the Sport, but more about the vehicle as a whole.
Somewhat of an epic fail for this weeks Land Rover video.
Not going to say anymore - just watch it lol!
Ever since I bought the Land Rover, I have had a sneaky suspicion that the cooling system was not pressurising correctly.
My theory was proved correct last week when the heater matrix let go. Seems it had been leaking for a while, but then suddenly gave way and deposited hot water all over my drive.
So off I trotted to the local Land Rover spares place to get a new heater matrix. (I should really get shares in Brookwells the amount I spend with them!)
