TC off...1800RPM...no more, no less...no problems whatsoever(wherever)! Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

What is the state of your tyres? 4WD, TR, or anything else you may have are useless if you have crap tyres, or the wrong ones.

Operator error.

Well, I tried all sections of the TR, TC on and off, revs from tickover to much more and still no joy. I managed to reverse back onto the gravel track, get a run up and go again but it really was like driving on ice. I too suspect the tyres. Road tyres with tread that is legal but not great. I will be getting new tyres in a few months time but I will stick to road tyres - not really worth getting anything for off road as I won't be doing that again - at least on a muddy grass field!

Operator tightwad error! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Tightwad error  * GONE. GS TD4 Manual MY2013. Orkney Grey with privacy, cold and clearview packs, armrests (a must!) and a spoiler.
* 2011 4.4 TDV8 Full Fat. Amazing piece of kit.
* GONE.2012 RR Sport HSE SDV6 Orkney Grey. Rocket ship. 33mpg.
* Range Rover Classic '93 200Tdi Factory fit
* 1949 80" in family since 1975

Letting the tyres down helps a lot as well. You have to go down to as low as 15psi on some surfaces like muddy clay to get any traction at all no matter what 4wd you are in. The FL2 is an excellent car off road if you know what you are doing...but that applies to all 4wds.

I had an opportunity to test the traction of our FL2 last month when visiting a friend last month.

The options were to park on a street about 5 minutes walk away or to park right out side his house via a completely saturated grass field.

Even in normal wet weather, he and his neighbour would park up on the grass but with in the recent downpours I was warned not to attempt it because more than a handful of cars had had to be rescued that day.

There was a fair amount of wheel spin, but in GGS mode and with a bit of dumb luck, our FL2 on original wrangler AW tyres with 25k miles on them coped just fine.

Hi Steve - even a Defender (on Goodrich AT tyres) struggles on "the wrong sort of" wet grass on a slope .... I've been there and been suitably embarrassed.... Current: 2013 SD4 XS
Gone: 2012 Defender 90 2.2 SW XS
Previous: Defender 110 TD5 SW
Previous: Defender 90 300Tdi HT

Enjoy this wet grass or not, it has technology to get up that bank and leave the Porsche spinning in the mud!!

 Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

tractors even suffer from the wrong sort of grass, and can turn into unstoppable sledges , At work
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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Badger1970 wrote:

Enjoy this wet grass or not, it has technology to get up that bank and leave the Porsche spinning in the mud!!

thats a pointless test, both cars had got speed up before hitting the field. engaging low gear was pointless, keep in high and get max speed on while your on good ground .
They should have stopped in the boggy patch and seen which car could restart At work
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"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

4WD wont do much if the tyres are worn down or just not suitable for off road use, there has to be something for the drive to be able to grip with.
Folk have all these gadgets on the car these days and think they are safe from every eventuality, like traction control and anti lock braking, Im ok I can drive normally attitude my car wont skid, but nothing will work on black ice say where theres no grip whatsoever for anything to work.
But if you have suitable tyres like say studded like they do abroad for the specific purpose then it might work.
Why do the proper Land Rovers have chunky tyres, so they can go off road and grip, Tesco carpark off road tyres arent much good for similar situations