Garages, fast food drive through, gas stations. Probably seen it at least a dozen times. Bikes, boxes, kayaks....
INEOS Grenadier
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Google Maps offered me a 20-minute shorter route from Jackson, WY, to Logan, UT.
It ended up nearly 70 miles of this:
It ended up nearly 70 miles of this:
Real world gas mileage numbers.
OK, just came back from a 2600-mile road trip. Most of that was fast highway driving (boy, do people drive fast), some - local errands in sub-freezing temps, so these mileage numbers include generous warm-up times.
The return trip (after ~1400 mile mark) was with a foldable baby crib strapped to the roof bars - which you can imagine takes some gas to move at 90+ mph in Utah and SoCal.
True average mileage - total fuel / total miles - was 14.23 mpg. It would have been the same in an 5.0V8 LR4.
The best gas mileage was achieved, unsurprisingly, during a white-knuckle drive in Wyoming/Idaho/Utah during a snowstorm, at speeds under the posted limits
OK, just came back from a 2600-mile road trip. Most of that was fast highway driving (boy, do people drive fast), some - local errands in sub-freezing temps, so these mileage numbers include generous warm-up times.
The return trip (after ~1400 mile mark) was with a foldable baby crib strapped to the roof bars - which you can imagine takes some gas to move at 90+ mph in Utah and SoCal.
True average mileage - total fuel / total miles - was 14.23 mpg. It would have been the same in an 5.0V8 LR4.
The best gas mileage was achieved, unsurprisingly, during a white-knuckle drive in Wyoming/Idaho/Utah during a snowstorm, at speeds under the posted limits
I wasn't really in a hurry at the time. Then, the delays started piling up - so I ended up driving across Death Valley in the dark, just like several years ago.
Practically.
We had 10 people and a large dog on the trip, but only two vehicles (Grenadier and Disco 5). Most people flew in and out, so we had to carry their shit as well.
Travelling light, baby.
Oh, that's another can of worms.
The tires don't care either way between 35 and 50 psi.
The door jamb says 43 psi front, 49 psi rear.
The sidewalls say 50 psi max.
So before the trip I pumped them to what the door jamb said.
Soon into the trip, a "Tyre pressure too high" warning showed up, with fronts going up to 47 psi and rears - to 54 (highway warm).
I ignored it as long as I could, despite anecdotal "too high" indicated for the tire that was lower by 1 psi than the other.
Let some air out of the one that was "too high."
In Wyoming winters are cold. After an overnight stay at 12F, in the morning, I saw a message "Tyre pressure too low" - with fronts reading 37 and rears - 43 psi.
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I have to say LR4's TPMS was far better. Very reliable and not too fussy.
LOL, all hail the nanny state. It's too bad it's so sensitive and it's too bad you can't turn it off when you air down off-road. I hate getting psyched for a camping or offroad trip, airing down a bit, and then getting behind the wheel and seeing an orange light and warning. Everything is fine....Land Rover gives us enough of the damn "this thing is broken again" warnings and lights. Just let me enjoy my day please.
To be honest, I haven't read the manual well enough.
There's an "Off Road" button/mode, that turns off a myriad of potential warnings (besides enabling a bunch of things). It should be fine.
Funny enough, both "low" and "high" pressure warnings disappeared between St. George and Las Vegas and haven't returned.
So what I'm reading here is this vehicle was supposed to pay homage to the Defender and be a true workhorse vehicle. And it does in some ways, but it sounds like it turned out to be more akin to the modern Defender, an electronics mess.
You shouldn't have to read a manual to operate a Defender type vehicle.
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