I saw a couple of LR3's at the local LR dealer off-road event this past weekend. The conditions were muddy and I think most people struggled a bit throughout the tour.
However, I followed this fellow with a one-year old LR3 through the course. He buried it a bog once (that required about 6 guys to push him out) and got high-centered on a small hill (that took another 5).
I immediately began to think, "This is not a good way for a dealer to show off one of their new rigs". There were two more in our group, and fortunately, they faired much better than the first guy.
What I learned was that 33% of the problem was driver inexperience, 33% conditions, but more importantly 33% was lack of a good AT or MT tire. This guy was running the stock tires and they were crap. I don't think it was the vehicle's fault.
I would love to see an LR3 with good tires make a run like that again and see how it compares.
However, I followed this fellow with a one-year old LR3 through the course. He buried it a bog once (that required about 6 guys to push him out) and got high-centered on a small hill (that took another 5).
I immediately began to think, "This is not a good way for a dealer to show off one of their new rigs". There were two more in our group, and fortunately, they faired much better than the first guy.
What I learned was that 33% of the problem was driver inexperience, 33% conditions, but more importantly 33% was lack of a good AT or MT tire. This guy was running the stock tires and they were crap. I don't think it was the vehicle's fault.
I would love to see an LR3 with good tires make a run like that again and see how it compares.