I thought by using sand mode it would automatically disable the DSC

no?

Dorko

I think Sand mode tames the DCS a bit but I've noticed in the FL2 and in the D3 that it likes to restrict the engine too much.

When I'm driving on sand I usually turn DSC off when I'm crossing the soft sand like at a beach crossing. Once I'm back on the harder sand I turn it back on because it does help keep the car straight. 2007 TD4 SE

How interesting.... Well i give it a go in October! Yay!

So you happy with the LR2 off road?

Dorko

Hell Yes!~

Its a great vehicle off road. A lift would make it awesome 2007 TD4 SE

[quote="djhampson"Its a great vehicle off road. A lift would make it awesome[/quote]

And I now have a plan of action for a 2" suspension lift Will post up some details when I know them. 2007 TD4 SE

Land Rover Experience staff and the Owners Manual recommend that DSC should be disabled for Mud and Ruts, snow and sand settings otherwise, as you have found, it restricts the power because it thinks that by giving the car lots of welly and starting to wrench the wheel left and right to get the tyre lugs to grip, you are trying to roll the car or are making an emergency manouvre - basically the DSC is doing it's job but not in the right conditions if you leave it on. The default is "on" which is why you get a warning light to say it is turned off and is why as soon as you have departed the snow/sand/mud you should re-activate it. If you switch off the ignition with DSC inhibited the next time the car is started the DSC will be enabled again until you disable it How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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The only thing I do for off roading is to leave the wife at home.

techauthorbob wrote:

The only thing I do for off roading is to leave the wife at home.

We don't need lift kits in this part of the world - we have the road specially lowered at intervals instead, I think they are called potholes.

What about a snorkle, how does the FL 2 fair with wadeing

50cm wading depth is better than any other softroader and the same as Defender, Disco3 and FFRR, for some odd reason the owners manual says the RRS has 75cm Best guide is to see the height of the intake on the side and if the top of the wheelarches is below the intake then don't take it deeper than the top of the wheels, which gives you some safety margin for the hole in the riverbed that your dipping stick you tested the depth with didn't reveal! BTW I think you will find the Freelander2 has a Raised Intake (ie the extended breather isn't watertight.........) and not a snorkel, you will know if you fit one and there is a neoprene gasket to fit on the body between the panel and the end of the RAI, that will make it a snorkel. What happens to the side repeaters of the F2 when you fit a raised intake or are the "intakes" dummies and you have to cut a hole in your baby to fit the RAI? How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
Now driving - RRE Coupe Dynamic Lux Auto with Plus pack, Fuji White, Ebony, SD4 with tow pack
Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
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The side intakes are definitely dummies... so cutting a hole in the side is the only option unless you replace once of the dummies. The air in take is above the wheel arches so I'm pretty happy to wade thru water up to the height of the wheels. 2007 TD4 SE