I dont generally get much chance to take my 4x4 Landrover Discovery far off road - in fact it generally only goes as far off-road as the parking bays at the local mall. It does go into the Game Reserve locally but there, the worst it gets is sand tracks through the veld!
This weekend, I was extremely grateful for the 4 wheel drive when the dirt road to the Chapel in Port Durnford was a 300 meter stretch of mud, and where the road turned into the gate of the chapel, was a real quagmire. If I had been in a usual 2x4 car, I WOULD have been stuck in the mud!
Looking at the Mag Wheels (16 inch instead of the usual 13 inch rims) they showed that the wheels were deep in mud and I had to engage low range to get through without getting stuck!
I LOVE my off-roader - despite the looks I get of it being an environmentally unfriendly gas guzzler - V8 and Automatic!
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