Land Rover Experience Driving School - Part 1

[andulajevic]

Is that a 4x4 Landy ? To me it looks more like a toy

[chispaculpable343]

damm that looks so fun : )

[dopicitu]

This is automat?

[dopicitu]

This is automatic gearbox ?

[Starbucksandgasoline]

In all Rover off-road videos I've seen, there is a spotter or instructor ordering the drivers every move. Rovers seem to perform very well in these videos, but I wonder: if just some regular guy wants to take one on a trail and have some fun, will it make it? Without all the specially designed pot-holes and rocks? I think a jeep would be more forgiving in taking a beating, and cost of repairs for the average person.

[GingerBunny82]

@Starbucksandgasoline - I agree with you that Land Rovers are expensive, however surely a second hand defender or discovery would be fairly cheap and provide a good amount of off-roading fun?

[Starbucksandgasoline]

@GingerBunny82 Oh yeah, I think in that case it would be great.

[jellies17]

Ok, i have nothing against land rover. if i had 40,000 to just blow i would get one. but there is no chance in hell i would take it off road. it is just not worth it. between the open diff, heafty repar bill and the small amount of travel plus they get stuck in mud a lot it is just not good off road. i have done a lot more in my 97 chevy blazer with 200,000 miles and was only about 3,000. they are nice but not for off road. sorry land rover but your roaming days are over.

[danieldavies980]

TallTanker: I made the mistake of buying a Toyota! HAHAHA what a joke! I had to spend more time in shop/garage than with any other car i have ever owned! and to top it off the guys at Toyota where so rude and unhelpful! Land Rover V.S Jeep its like the Mac v.s Windows arguement! I am a Mac and i am a Land Rover, yeah they have problems but they have character! They have improved but nothing can match the Land Rover off road.

[bond85007]

this for all the people who dont know anything about land rovers. They're finally a good quality car. Another thing is that it's not stuck you have to get the revs about 2000rpm's and the car will lock the tires with grip in and pull you forward. Tell me any other car that can do almost any off roading like that one can

[TallTanker]

I was stupid enough to ignore my friends and familys advice in 2003 and I bought a Freelander in 4 years, I had 12 major faults requiring more than 3 days in the shop. The service was horrible. It was a decent off road machine but it was very poorly built. Every time it was in the shop, I talked to Discovery and Range Rover owners who had even more issues with their vehicles. STAY AWAY from that shit brand! Get a Jeep or, even better, a Toyota!

[jaffacake1578]

toyotas suck offroad...if you want a decent offroad vehcle get a ford f-350.

[glencw66]

@jaffacake1578 lol its not a toyota..

[CanTURKeyed]

we had land rover v8 10000 km oil pump dead; Car isisue is a luck issue :)

[borrowedparts]

seriously i thnk my chevy cavalier has more flex than that pos. bring on the hatemail but i think that land rovers are seriously overrated. they're the shit over in england but tahat only cuz thats about all they got for wheelers them limey tea drinkers

[jaffacake1578]

chevys suck.they cheat.

[proust72]

talk about making a meal of it!

[jumbodoug]

dno who instructor is but thts cronic. my freelander1 wud have done tht course 5 times in the time u went round once. slow, steady speed. freelander is a very capable machine, obviously not as extreme offroad as a defender but there again freelander leave defender for dead on road yet driven the right way(ie not as this video)it cud give defenders a fright offroad

[landcruisers4life2]

what a terrible off road car

[tractormandavid]

totally agree. struggles in the easiest of places. Neighbour has one... we call it the gaylander. My Mitsubishi pajero absolutely hammers it

[flocutt]

if this is how they teach you to drive in offroad....well, let me tell you that this not offroad. such a strugle to pass over that log...s....t driving school or bigger s...t car

[inuyasha555]

9 minutes of my life ill never get back. Dont get me wrong I drive a landrover Freelander and A Range Rover I love the cars and take them off road frequently its just the clips is sooooo sloooooow for the little action that actually happened.

[chinggop]

Freelander is also being sold as Ford Escape. Mercury Mariner, & Mazda Tribute

[Charger3091]

I gotta be honest, thats sad, im a HUGE fan of Land Rovers and Range Rovers but this isnt either of them, just a reproduction of the escape.....bad one to..

[timmyishot]

No it isn't. It's built on the EUCD platform, which the Escape/Mariner/Tribute are NOT built on. Check your info before saying anything.

[syetamir]

i really love land rover freelander is the best car it is what i think!! nobodys and even no car is perfect!!!

[ampforeva]

what a silly overpriced crossover without any sign of real offroading. haldex has always been a big low-cost shame.

[glockadoodledoo]

I was cringing at that sound at 6:01...eew. That didn't sound very luxurious.

[boatdr2008]

Just the sounds of the brakes when he was releasing them gently so that it wouldn't fall over!

[soaplp]

what is the awful sound while on the rocks? Brakes?

[initbludz]

oh thanks anyway

[initbludz]

when it was stuck why didnt the back wheels kick in and push it?

[bproulx05]

See previous comment: "...need to be at about 1500 rpm for the power transfer to kick in"

[supertoad120]

i like how in the hummers and hmmwvs you can apply some pressure to the brake to lock the differential

[rangerover06sc]

were the diff locks on

[tymurrell]

Driving an LR2 off-road is more of an art than a science. The funny thing is... it's all-wheel drive so power jumps around alot from front to back. Thank God for the Haldex system, though. Otherwise it'd just be some lame cross-over.

[67mustang1967]

o ya subaru does make a truck its called the b9 tribeca.

[neiliscool]

Nope, that's an SUV I belive the truck is called the baja

[hkyktms]

i wonder what the terrain response was set to? I would think mud/ruts but it does not seem like it

[hkyktms]

Seems like something was wrong. maybe driver talent or the weather or just the comps. but it took the vehicle alot longer to transfer power compared to other LR2's ive seen. Oh well it still made it through at the end of it although low range would be nice

[bproulx05]

We were experimenting for the first time how to drive the vehicule in a trail. The instructor was also teaching us how to drive with a foot on the gaz and a foot on the break which is not that easy when you're used to drive standard.

The terrain response was set to "Gravel/Snow". The transfer of power only happens at about 1500 RPM.

[hkyktms]

Why would the instructor teach you to drive with a foot on each pedal? I thought that cancels out traction control or at least make it work differently. I thought you were supposed to just mash the gas and keep the revs low and let TR do the rest? Also Why was the TR set to Gravel/ snow. looks like mud/ruts would be used. you made it through which is all that counts. check out the vid: Terrain response mode, its interesting.

[bproulx05]

Having a foot on each pedal give you more control. When the power transfer to the wheels happens, the car may goes forward fast enough (remember to need to be at about 1500 rpm for the power transfer to kick in). Having a foot on the break at the same time gives you a quicker response. In a trail, a quick response time on the break pedal can save you from hitting a tree or wreck the truck.

[bproulx05]

We were set on Gravel/Snow because the base of the terrain was very hard. It's best for when the surface is not stable.

[hipvspec]

on the rally stage i would agree. but on the tough stuff, subaru don't have the game. watch for land rover defenders, LR3's and range rovers before you make such stupid claim

[ride3r]

the 4wd system doesnt tranfer power very good when the front tires are off the ground .. it always struggles.. if subaru made a truck it would kick the land rovers ass

[lowlifehippie]

freelander needs a central locker and a low gear wich you can find in a subaru outback wich is a regular sw :) but hey freelander is for ppl who wants the land rover without the land :P

still terrain response is rather smart speccially the one used on rr rr sport and lr3

[tymurrell]

It's basically the same system, just no rock mode on the LR2 due to the lack of a low-range.