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Stuart - 08 Mar 2005 20:05 GMT

Have driven an X5 automatic off road today. Lots of mud and 30 degree
inclines. Even with road tyres it was far too easy. No skill required at
all (just as well - I don't have any). It was so simple that I got no real
sense of achievement.
Congratulations to the engineers I suppose.

Regards

Stuart

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Lurch - 10 Mar 2005 00:30 GMT

> Have driven an X5 automatic off road today. Lots of mud and 30 degree
> inclines. Even with road tyres it was far too easy. No skill required at
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> Stuart

Not really . . . try using the jack and winding handle sometime. We
have better on one of our little Suzukis. At best you'd get a hernia,
at worst be crushed. Entirely unfit for purpose. Looks good in its
little moulded tray though. Similarly wheelbrace is inadequate to the
degree that it is dangerous.

Whose engineers designed the transmission system do you think . . .

Lurch

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Huw - 10 Mar 2005 13:45 GMT

>> Have driven an X5 automatic off road today. Lots of mud and 30 degree
>> inclines. Even with road tyres it was far too easy. No skill required at
>> all (just as well - I don't have any). It was so simple that I got no
>> real
>> sense of achievement.
>> Congratulations to the engineers I suppose.

Within its limits it is not bad. The limits are a bit low for anything but
fairly even ground though.

>> Regards
>>
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> Whose engineers designed the transmission system do you think . . .

You don't actually believe the hype from Land Rover do you? IIRC the
traction control and HDC are patents held by Robert Bosch AG and licensed
widely for modification by individual software engineers. The hardware and
undergear is certainly BMW, as it is on the Range Rover, although in that
case it has been modified by LR for more extreme work performance.

Huw

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