Ron4RNevada
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Or at least that's what my Land Rover buddies have told me. For the last fifteen years I've done 263 off-road treks in two different Land Rovers. The last one was a 2004 Discovery. I put 150,000 miles on her; went through lots of tires, brakes; done lots of mods. I put a lot of work into the engine two years ago = front timing cover and head gaskets. Two weeks ago she started acting up again. Prognosis is that it was slipped liner on #8 and was probably going to cost me about $9000 to get it all back to snuff. I've done all work on the truck myself in the past. Being 74 years old enough is enough.
So I bit the bullet and bought a very low mileage (never off roaded) 2013 4Runner SR5 two weeks ago. This is probably the closest I could come to the capabilities of the '04 LR Discovery. Four days ago I did the first trek in the 4Runner on the crappy p-metric Dunlap AT20s. The 4Runner performed spectacularly - the Dunlaps not much confidence. On the way home I put on a set of Toyo Open Country M/T LT 265/70R-17-10(E rated. Now I've got an off roader!
What I drove before
The country around here
Off road in the new rig on p-meric tires
on the Pony Express Trail
the new rubber
I think this'll work.
Probably going to need a bit of metal is all to protect the bottoms of the rear quarter panels.
So I bit the bullet and bought a very low mileage (never off roaded) 2013 4Runner SR5 two weeks ago. This is probably the closest I could come to the capabilities of the '04 LR Discovery. Four days ago I did the first trek in the 4Runner on the crappy p-metric Dunlap AT20s. The 4Runner performed spectacularly - the Dunlaps not much confidence. On the way home I put on a set of Toyo Open Country M/T LT 265/70R-17-10(E rated. Now I've got an off roader!
What I drove before
The country around here
Off road in the new rig on p-meric tires
on the Pony Express Trail
the new rubber
I think this'll work.
Probably going to need a bit of metal is all to protect the bottoms of the rear quarter panels.
