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Hi All,
Well we picked up the new Disco HSE TD4 in white with panoramic and black contrast roof yesterday and today I took it to our local beach to test it out off-road.
We run a B&B during summer and there is a beach nearby that allows car access as pedestrian access is very difficult. With the Disco I will be able to drop some of our guests who don't have a 4x4 to the beach as part of our "friendly" service.
I decided to risk trying the trip along the access track with tyres at road pressure to see how it would handle it and i was surprised that it did so without a problem. I might just add that I carried a set of Tred recovery boards in case things didn't work out. However this will allow me to take our guests 90% there and drop them to walk over the last dune onto the beach.
Today as it had been raining and the sand was still damp I pushed my luck and went down onto the beach and again it handled it extremely well. Normally if planning to go onto the beach I will have deflated my tyres to about 20psi especially when the sand is hot and dry.
So early days I know - but the car has exceeded my expectations so far and I trust it continues.
Stuart
Well we picked up the new Disco HSE TD4 in white with panoramic and black contrast roof yesterday and today I took it to our local beach to test it out off-road.
We run a B&B during summer and there is a beach nearby that allows car access as pedestrian access is very difficult. With the Disco I will be able to drop some of our guests who don't have a 4x4 to the beach as part of our "friendly" service.
I decided to risk trying the trip along the access track with tyres at road pressure to see how it would handle it and i was surprised that it did so without a problem. I might just add that I carried a set of Tred recovery boards in case things didn't work out. However this will allow me to take our guests 90% there and drop them to walk over the last dune onto the beach.
Today as it had been raining and the sand was still damp I pushed my luck and went down onto the beach and again it handled it extremely well. Normally if planning to go onto the beach I will have deflated my tyres to about 20psi especially when the sand is hot and dry.
So early days I know - but the car has exceeded my expectations so far and I trust it continues.
Stuart