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12-12-2010, 18:57 | #1 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: dorset
Vehicle: mazda bongo,at the moment
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Is there terrano still good in bad weather when not in 4wd?
Just wonder what they drive like in bad weather,when in 2wd.
Know landrovers are all time 4wd,just wonder if any safer to have a 4x4 thats on all the time..? cheers guys |
12-12-2010, 19:16 | #2 |
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I don't think most landrovers are 4x4 all the time?
2wd in bad snow/ice, Back tries to overtake itself. Fun when you want it to happen but not when you don't expect it. I use 4wd when its all snow/ice. But if it's just patches here and there I stick to 2wd. I wouldn't run 4wd long on any surface where the front and back wheels can't slip. |
12-12-2010, 19:23 | #3 |
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Join Date: May 2009
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Vehicle: 1995 SWB Terrano
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I stayed in 2WD as it was more fun
Still only use 4WD LOW for off road only & 4WD HIGH if on sheet ice |
12-12-2010, 19:44 | #4 |
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Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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take it gently and the are great..
other wise its FUN!! |
12-12-2010, 20:08 | #5 |
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: somerset
Vehicle: terrano
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Ive never used 4x4 on the road cant see the point if its slippery enough for 2 wheels to skid its slipery enought for 4 so skid.i only use it if i get stuck off road
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12-12-2010, 21:50 | #6 | |
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I used to have a Honda HRV VTEC that was stunning on-road....VTEC engine was a little screamer and it was impossible to slide it....but it had the ground clearance of a gnat. The only issue with the T2 in 2WD is that with a lot of torque, it can be prone to a twitchy back end if you are over enthusiastic with the loud pedal, but that goes for any RWD car and you soon get to find its limits. |
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12-12-2010, 22:08 | #7 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: dorset
Vehicle: mazda bongo,at the moment
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Thanks great thanks again chaps for a top load of replys!
Thanks for the info,its hard to make a choice without info. But yer iam really thinking terrano is the way to go.want a work van one as well,and a second cheap one to get muddy but until i win the lottery will just look at one for now! ......or bribe zippy with oil to take me out ,when i did green lane stuff on my dirt bike almost got arrested as i rode into a live shooting rage,the mud was soft and fluffy for some reason so got some nice sideways action! great fun until clutch went and had to push back to a safe spot,mod were not happy! |
12-12-2010, 23:45 | #8 |
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with the terrano2 you have the lsd so even in 2wd, its almost like 4wd in some
cars!
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12-12-2010, 23:51 | #9 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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so better than our big rear wheel drive camper!
been driving me up the wall the choice on 4x4,been looking at everything..yet i still come back to these things. good value,some great tidy ones out there! |
13-12-2010, 01:03 | #10 |
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your bongo also has LSD on the rear so the same set up mas a T2 we have a ford ranger (we did have 2 until recently) wich is as you know the same chassis, engine, and running gear as a bongo. Theoreticaly the bongo and a T2 should behave the same in the mud and snow, in practice they don't!
I would take a t2 where a bongo/ranger would fear to tread, i have backed out of situations in a ranger the t2 will handle with ease! and as for 2wd in snow, with decen tyres the t2 is far better than most 2wd vehicles in snow, in fact i have driven in failry deep snow and not felt the need for 4x4 at all! In conclusion if your 4x4 experience is basd on the mazda set up, which is to be fair pretty good, give a t2 a try you will be impressed |
13-12-2010, 20:54 | #11 |
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or .... get a patrol
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13-12-2010, 20:56 | #12 |
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