Supercharged
Member Since: 07 Oct 2006
Location: Northants
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Took the kids to a party in another village across seriously icy rural lanes, including a steep down hill (15% incline) with a right angle bend at the bottom (where the hedge has a large gap!). The road is never gritted and nicely polished by people trying to get up it!
No problems at all. HDC did a fine job on the down slope in the ice. Paul
D4 HSE Zermatt Silver / Ebony
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sleth
Member Since: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Devon
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Nothing, it is still at the dealership waiting to be fixed, still its only been 15 days.........   Steve
D4 TDV6 XS 09/59 Bali Blue, MTRs
D3 TDV6 HSE 08/09 Java Black
D2 TD5 ES
P38 HSE
D1 TDi 300
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
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Loads of snow in Northumberland today. Spent quite a bit of time ferrying people, kids, sledges, party food and party goers back and forth as - surprisingly - no one who didn't have a 4x4 wanted to drive anywhere today. Had to "help" quite a few who had foolishly set out in 2 wheel drive cars to find that they couldn't cope with thick snow on a bed of ice. Got many great compliments about the D4 
Standard Pirellli Scorpions surprisingly effective on snow and ice. Never felt like the D4 wasn't going to cope with the conditions at all. Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Sport TDV8HSE
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
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I am sooooo impressed with this vehicle. There is a lot of snow in The Lakes today. "Rescued" a stricken Renault Grand Scenic off Dunmail Raise. They had totalled a CV joint whilst wheel spinning in the snow. Towed their car full of people off the hill and into Ambleside to the garage. Then took their whole lot over Kirkstone Pass to where they were staying on Ullswater. Was doubting my sanity at one stage when there was a stuck transit van and a RAV 4 on its side near the Kirkstone Inn. The snow on top of steep icey roads is lethal - but the HDC did a fantastic job - as did the stock pirelli's.
This vehicle is just amazingly competent, reassuring and a real life preserver Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Sport TDV8HSE
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| Mon Dec 21 2009 9:51pm |
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Gareth
Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Great story Mark
You'll be ready to try your shortcut on Hartside Pass again then?  Club 18 - 30 (I wish !!)
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| Mon Dec 21 2009 9:54pm |
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 623
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Gareth wrote:Great story Mark
You'll be ready to try your shortcut on Hartside Pass again then?
You mean this one ....
 Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Sport TDV8HSE
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| Mon Dec 21 2009 10:13pm |
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Top.Banana
Member Since: 15 Dec 2009
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 12
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Drove up the mountain in the Alps to the ski resort for new year.
Lots of snow, lots of skiing, lots of apres ski.
 Happy Land Rovers 
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| Wed Dec 30 2009 9:56pm |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Just off the A1 between the M18 & M62
Posts: 2824
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Took SWMBO out for a snow driving lesson.
This is the back lane into our village.
Met these chaps...
Been snowing for 7 hours so far and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon!
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Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 2832
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Lucky s~~ just started snowing here and it is very ight and wet Tow bar, roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit.
D4 camera club
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| Tue Jan 05 2010 3:22pm |
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Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
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Nothing as someone else on here has said. I've done 1000 miles and now it's been two days in the dealers with wheel alignment problems (steering wheel off centre and vehicle pulling to the left) and they reckon another day to fix it. It came off the production line like it  Not impressed 
Whilst awaiting for the removal of a vehicle 'stuck' on the wheel alignment rig, they have removed the rear brake pads and shoes and chamfered off the back (leading edge) to remove the squeal when reversing.
To confirm what was reported on here earlier, LR are aware of the problem and are creating a fix. There were five other Disco 4' in for the brake job yesterday.
Bill Wright D4 TDV6 XS Firenze Red MY12
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Just off the A1 between the M18 & M62
Posts: 2824
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Went for a drive at the northern end of the North Yorks Moors near Guisborough.
Lovely!
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NJF
Member Since: 05 Oct 2007
Location: Between cradle and grave ... somewhere near cynicism
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That colour suits the D4 really well. Spot on.  Every silver lining has a cloud
2007 D3 HSE with winch, RAI, Front Runner roof rack, ladder, RLD sliders and spare wheel anti-theft plate, yellow top, Engel, Kumho KL71, OzTent RV4 etc for the school run
2010 RRS TDV8 for work
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44862175@N05/
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cooperman17
Member Since: 13 Oct 2009
Location: Leeds
Posts: 80
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Just off the A1 between the M18 & M62
Posts: 2824
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Cooperman, where abouts in Leeds are you?
Drove into Yeadon at about lunchtime today along the A658/659 (past the airport) and saw 2 Stornoway D4s within about a mile of each other along that stretch of road.
Surely one of them was you!
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