Land Rover School Pics and such
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holy shit...
$640, at $2.50 per gallon, at 16mpg, translates into 4096 miles...
You could've driven to Moab and back on that change...
$640, at $2.50 per gallon, at 16mpg, translates into 4096 miles...
You could've driven to Moab and back on that change...
9mpg? wow... I thought it takes a 25 years old jeep with a smokey V8, slipping slushbox, and severely undergeared to achieve this benchmark!
Good for you, Chris!
Good for you, Chris!
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Peter-man99
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cruise control, or lack of it, shouldn't knock your mileage that bad. Roof rack seems to take about 2mpg away (at ~70mph), and 33" tires - 1-2 more (on the flat ground). 9 is pretty damn low...
p m said:
I can get upwards of 16 with my Range Rover, and usually around 10 with my 110. Pretty painful having to dump $50 worth of (93 octane) gas in every 200 miles these days.
p m said:
It is really hard to keep a steady speed, or at least I have a problem doing it because I don't stare down at the speedo and when i do i don't realize how fast/slow I am going and then have to slow down/speed up. I am planing on getting a new Daily Driver soon.
There is no longer a LR Driving School at the Greenbriar or at Equinox. Your only choices are Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, or the Biltmore Estate. I was just at Montebello, and the driving is amazing. The trails are very challenging and very fun. Mud, rocks, log bridges, water crossings, hill climbs. The facility offers a ridiculously wide array of sporting activities, too.
That's a bummer about the Greenbriar and the Equinox but the Biltmore is lovely- Chris do you know if you can join a group lesson deal for less $$
Alexa said:
Here is a link to the prices and such they have: http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Owners/Drive_Off_Road/Driving_Schools/Programming and Costs.htm I did not do any which stuff, I got it mighty nasty before that so we skiped it.
The Equinox school was really cool. I had not heard the Greenbriar is no more. I was going to do that one some time since it is close by. As a new LR driver, I thought the school was just right. Equinox had lots of rocks to deal with so it was different for me, the mud guy. Mine was like $450 or so 3 years ago.
For the most part I drove some trails, they focused a lot on the left foot braking, gear selection, and brakes. I know some of this, but learned a lot. I got to drive on the interstate though, that was fun. I also did the LR course type of thing that was set up for the rovers. There was a lot of time out of the car in different situations in which the instructor had me figure out the best line and why, to see if I knew. It helped so I knew what to do on different terrain and how to tackle it. I think the real test if it was worth it is to go out on a trail not made for Land Rovers and see how I perform. It really was a lot of getting the basics to build a foundation, but I did some more advanced stuff. There were no rocks however, which I would like to have done since we don't have rocks near me and I want to know how to do better.
Alexa--Next time we meet up I will tell you more about it.
Alexa--Next time we meet up I will tell you more about it.