Comments on: Land Rover Freelander 2 crosses the Simpson Desert

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:13:58 +0000

That word was supposed to be “raised”.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:10:24 +0000

I am really surprised the up market 4wd’s would go into the desert and tackle some of the tracks. We did it (simpson) years ago and the CSR in a unimog ( i know, no challenge for the mog) but we had a landrover as a extra and it did very well, needs to be raied a bit. u guys make tough rovers.
Greg

By: Fenno

Fenno — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:01:00 +0000

Good stuff. Maybe you should report that in your articles to stem the common misconception that Land Rover are as reliable as Melbournes Weather

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:52:52 +0000

Fenno:

There were no mechanical issues with any of the cars.

By: Fenno

Fenno — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:22:31 +0000

How ’bout an off-road test between all of the soft roader’s with a decent set of tyres on them. You might be surprised.
You failed to mention any mechanical issues. Am I to believe that you guys got all that way with so many Rovers and nothing went wrong?

By: Paul Maric

Paul Maric — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:29:29 +0000

Water Boy:

Yes, Land Rover had two G4 Discoveries at the event with the full kit.

Also in attendance was Defender, Sport and Vogue.

Bavarian Missile:

Door seals worked really well. The only issue came when air vents were left open while trekking through bull dust!

By: BIG JIM

BIG JIM — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:00:46 +0000

Good to see a softroader with genuine of road capabilities. The Freelander is a quality and capable vehicle.

By: water boy

water boy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:46:13 +0000

Are they G4 Challenge Discoverys i see in that water crossing pic?

By: potsie weber

potsie weber — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:09:09 +0000

Nice car very capable.

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:40:53 +0000

Ooops forget to alter me name back to no name.

By: Ralph the Malph

Ralph the Malph — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:37:02 +0000

Sound like a bit of fun Paul. I’m surprised that you lot were surprised that the Freelander could handle such a task given that Landrover has sent these things on Camel Challenge trek with Rangies and Discos. Just goes to prove with the right tyres it’ll nearly anywhere.

That link was good. I wouldn’t have the balls to have done that. What was that wading depth?

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:58:00 +0000

Wow what an adventure,great pictures and especially love the bull dust pic.How well did the doors seal out the dust?

hahaha had a look at that clip Reckless,doesn’t need a snorkel needs a propeller .

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:24:32 +0000

Here’s how to go through water :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:48:21 +0000

Now That’s the kind of thing I call fun :)

That “river” you crossed was described with a bit of poetic license, though – it’s more like a creek.