Let it go many it's been 3 years!
Top Gear Season 14
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Let it go many it's been 3 years!
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twas indeed the a57, the snake pass.... there was a couple of shots of ladybower resevoir I noticed straight off
Man of Honour
Anybody watch the Bolivia special? I thought it was a fantastic episode.
Soldato
No-one else thinking the Lexus is basicly the new Supra?
Soldato
They have nothing in common at all IMO.
The Supra is a grand touring with FR layout that so happens to have a great tuning capacity. Most Supras are N/A or automatics though. The Lexus isn't anything like it.
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The X6 doesn't have locking diffs so they wouldn't have turned them off, the main reason the car got stuck on the grass and snow is that it was running summer tyres. If they had compared it to a 2WD car that probably wouldn't have got in the field and been at the bottom of the snow covered road.
The tyres make a huge difference in the long termer test in Evo a Range Rover was crawling up a hill in the Alps spinning all four wheels when a 306 or 307 went round it as it was running winter tyres compared to the summer tyres on the Range Rover
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Caporegime
would the rangerover have breezed up the hill the way it did on summer tyres too though ?
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With the diffs locked I suspect it would have made it, the one they used may have even been on summer tyres although most of the Range Rovers with the smaller wheels come with all terrain tyres.
The Range Rover is a proper off roader where the X6 is a car jacked up with 4WD I don't even think it has a low range gearbox it will however still go further than a 2WD car. It wasn't really a fair comparison they should have had a 5 series and seen how far that got however the point they were showing well is that from the factory the X6 is no off roader.
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Soldato
I think the locked diffs make a big difference, without them the tyre with the least grip would spin very quickly as shown by the X6 (and off course the road tyres are very slippery on wet grass)
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Soldato
Do not underestimate what a range rover can do. (Also in the sticks, don't over estimate either :O )
check these. I couldn't find the clip I was looking specifically for, but these show what it can do. Look how the wheels spin but it still crawls forward. Look at the traction provided when climbing the steep hill.
The rangie makes all these look too easy.
Caporegime
we know that the Rangerover and the Disco are very good offroad, but it all depends on the spec
As already posted ive heard stories of range rover sports doing exactly the same as the X6 given the slightest snowly incline, so i was a bit skeptical to see the RR breeze up the hill and the X6 languish there.
If it turns out the RR sport is fitted with summer road tyres out of the factory, and the normal range rover has all terrain tyres out of the factory, then that would go someway to explaining it all.
As already posted ive heard stories of range rover sports doing exactly the same as the X6 given the slightest snowly incline, so i was a bit skeptical to see the RR breeze up the hill and the X6 languish there.
If it turns out the RR sport is fitted with summer road tyres out of the factory, and the normal range rover has all terrain tyres out of the factory, then that would go someway to explaining it all.
Watched that the other day, best of the series for sure. Have to admit though, TopGear has become all about the laughs now and that episode was full of em!
how is the engine not seizing at those angles?
Soldato
Because Land Rovers are designed to go off road. I doubt BMW were quite so thorough with the X6.
Soldato
Locking diff will mean you have to get all the wheels spinning to get wheelspin, the X6 just lost grip and one and had no torque to transmit to the others. No low ratio to down gear the torque at the wheels either.
Soldato
The range Rover probably would have done the same with a snowy incline
Caporegime
what exactly does the locking diff do, i thought it did as the name sounded and just locked the diff up.
But does low ratio do anything you couldnt do yourself just by being gentle with the throttle ?
But does low ratio do anything you couldnt do yourself just by being gentle with the throttle ?
well yes, obviously it's because they are designed to go off road.
i was hoping for more of an explanation
