My wife and I successfully 'graduated' from a Land Rover 4x4 off-road driving course this Sunday. After a technical car session, and a theoretical off-road do's/don'ts overview, we had the opportunity to drive ourselves (with a patient and eager-to-teach instructor next to us) all current models of Land Rover. Having bought my second Freelander (II) this January, I started off with this one. It's just incredible what this 'small' car is capable of. We (almost) did every obstacle as it bigger siblings. Not only did we successfully ran it uphill (70% steep), but we digested some pretty deep mud, bottomless pools, scary slopes, frantic stairs,... too. Next on my agenda: a Range Rover V8. This luxury powerhouse could handle everything with grace. To finish I got into a (low-comfort) Defender 110, the 'original'. It had a manual gear (including low), and can really 'dig' it all. There was no time to try the Range Rover Sport, nor the Discovery, but I got what I came for anyway. We certainly learned a lot.
A big thanks to Jacob from my Land Rover Retailer Peeters from Herentals, who made this possible, and congrats to the Land Rover Experience crew.
If you get the opportunity: go for it !
Look at these pictures to get more impressions.
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Comments (2)
Wow! That looks like a lot of fun, have wanted to try something like that and seriously persuaded by your post, thanks.
We recently went to New Zealand and took a trip up to an old gold mining "ghost town" in a Land Rover Defender. It was quite an exciting (read: scary) track up a narrow valley with a long drop. Massive fun.
Mike
I did one of these a few years ago in Birmingham. Boy was it fun. We only got to go in the Range Rover but it was a great experience, highly recommended.