Hi all! Warm greetings to forum admins and members. Got my '10 Lago Grey LR2 HSE last December '09. Loving every mile spent driving it!

Welcome sandman  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Welcome, got any snow to try the 4 wheel drive in.  Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

@npinks, thanks!
@boxer, unfortunately, Ski Dubai doesn't allow 4x4s to enter the premises On the other hand, we've got miles and miles of desert here just waiting for the right chance to try out my 'sand rover'.

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Greetings Sir, nice colour car

Hi,

Lucky you. I like the UAE. Was at the Jebel Ali for a break. Nice place and very pleasent polite people, but sort of hot! Hope to be back this year.

Carnoch wrote:

Hi,

Lucky you. I like the UAE. Was at the Jebel Ali for a break. Nice place and very pleasent polite people, but sort of hot! Hope to be back this year.

@carnoch, thanks! Try coming here in Dubai from November till January during winter season where temp drops to 12-17C.

By the way, I took my LR2 to the famous Jebel Hafeet Road today and I was very satisfied. When you come over here for a break, try going for a drive on this road. It's exhilarating!!! CommandShift came in very handy during the the uphill and downhill hairpin turns.

(The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road extends for 7.3 mi (11.7 km) up the mountain, rising 4000 ft (1219 m). With 21 corners and three lanes (two climbing and one descending), the immaculate road was called the greatest driving road in the world by Edmunds.com and was built by Strabag International Cologne,Germany - Wikipedia).

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 2010 Lago Grey LR2 HSE i6 Auto

sandman wrote:

@npinks, thanks!
@boxer, unfortunately, Ski Dubai doesn't allow 4x4s to enter the premises On the other hand, we've got miles and miles of desert here just waiting for the right chance to try out my 'sand rover'.

OK - just send sand - we've had plenty of TR twiddling in the snow but I've yet to use my sand setting for any reason (not auto so no trick "launch control" starts!  Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

Great pictures - you can almost feel the heat coming off them
Edit: Apart from the fact that I think someone has sneezed on the lense (top/middle)

@ Chris B. You can still use sand for better acceleration in manual. Also makes the Freely feel tighter as it's putting more power to the rear.
@ Sandman- I'm over there soon, so must try to check it out. Indus Silver
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Here now in Dubai. Seen a few nice SUV's and a smattering of Freely's. Have tried hiring one, but no luck so far Busy working, and mad driving habits. Great place though. Indus Silver
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Been uo the Jebel Hafeet today. Sadly in an RRS Supercharged, unable to hire a LR2.
Great road. Drove from Dubai to the YAs Island, over to Al AIn, Jebel Hafeet then back to Dubai. 730km's.
Loving this place but bck to blighty and my Freel on Friday.

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