23-06-2012, 08:48pm
Yesterday I did the Land Rover Experience half day with my wife in Skipton, North Yorkshire in an Evoque SD4 Diesel and have to say we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Just being able to see first-hand what our car can do has found a new level of respect we never knew existed. We were totally blown away to be truthful by its capabilities and the instructor was great, with some of terrain we encountered and your thinking 'absolutely no way we can either get up or go down controlled' was awesome. It was absolutely pishing it down, a total washout which in hindsight made me have more respect at its capabilities and being a first timer of off-roading made it even more pleasing. My wife even had a good drive and though apprehensive at first really grew into it. The HDC is awesome, what a great piece of technology and very counter-intuitive, being told to leave your feet away from the pedals and let the car go down a VERY steep hill with mud, loose rocks and streaming water is exhilarating to say the least..!!
Instructor was very informative and knew his stuff and was vell versed in the Evoque talking us through all the makeup of the Terrain Response systems. He saw us drive in with our Evoque so we didn’t do an extended road drive but enough to show us the different settings on road and their effect on the car. Sand setting when driving on a normal road is quite manic with throttle response being almost instant then moving to Mud & Ruts being positively lethargic by comparison but altogether a great learning experience.
It’s made me look to book another session but this time taking my pops.. Probably make him finally sell his Jeep 4x4 and spend some pennies on an Evoque..!!
If you haven’t done anything like this before much like myself and have an Evoque it’s well worth doing it, we both agree it kind of makes us realise its much much more than just a car or SUV or whatever.
Instructor was very informative and knew his stuff and was vell versed in the Evoque talking us through all the makeup of the Terrain Response systems. He saw us drive in with our Evoque so we didn’t do an extended road drive but enough to show us the different settings on road and their effect on the car. Sand setting when driving on a normal road is quite manic with throttle response being almost instant then moving to Mud & Ruts being positively lethargic by comparison but altogether a great learning experience.
It’s made me look to book another session but this time taking my pops.. Probably make him finally sell his Jeep 4x4 and spend some pennies on an Evoque..!!
If you haven’t done anything like this before much like myself and have an Evoque it’s well worth doing it, we both agree it kind of makes us realise its much much more than just a car or SUV or whatever.