https://babyrr.com/forum/ Fri, 01 May 2026 06:20:51 +0000 MyBB https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Lake-District-Trails-For-A-Stock-Evoque-Neophyte-Off-road-Driver Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:45:13 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Lake-District-Trails-For-A-Stock-Evoque-Neophyte-Off-road-Driver
We bought a 2017 RR Evoque HSE Dynamic the other weekend. I'm heading to the Lake District next week was looking for some easy trails as I'm neophyte 4x4 driver and the car will be stock - stock 20 inch alloys, Continental tyres, no bash/skid plates or underbody armour let alone a lift kit...So looking for something that car and I can handle. Recommendations would be most welcome.


Thanks
Haider]]>
We bought a 2017 RR Evoque HSE Dynamic the other weekend. I'm heading to the Lake District next week was looking for some easy trails as I'm neophyte 4x4 driver and the car will be stock - stock 20 inch alloys, Continental tyres, no bash/skid plates or underbody armour let alone a lift kit...So looking for something that car and I can handle. Recommendations would be most welcome.


Thanks
Haider]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Land-Rover-Experience-Melbourne Sun, 02 Oct 2016 22:56:15 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Land-Rover-Experience-Melbourne
Was a perfect day out in the Yarra Valley. We had a group consisting of 3 Range Rover Sports, 2 Discos, a Disco Sport, 2 Evoques (including mine) and a Defender. The instructors were in a Defender and Evoque.

We had one quite challenging hill which was well rutted and very steep, however everyone got to the top.

Was amazed as what our Baby RRs can do and how easily they do it.

Here's a short video I made using the iPhone's new 'Memories' feature.

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoissuI4wYs]]>
Was a perfect day out in the Yarra Valley. We had a group consisting of 3 Range Rover Sports, 2 Discos, a Disco Sport, 2 Evoques (including mine) and a Defender. The instructors were in a Defender and Evoque.

We had one quite challenging hill which was well rutted and very steep, however everyone got to the top.

Was amazed as what our Baby RRs can do and how easily they do it.

Here's a short video I made using the iPhone's new 'Memories' feature.

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoissuI4wYs]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Teesside-Offroad Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:57:41 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Teesside-Offroad
Cheers Tom]]>
Cheers Tom]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Half-day-LR-experience-Q-s Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:36:28 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Half-day-LR-experience-Q-s It's part of the deal for buying a used approved LR but how long does it take to come through?
Can it be upgraded to a whole day?
Do you get a choice of vehicles?
Is it for two people?
Can it be used in Europe? - I might consider making it a part of a long weekend away.

Thanks in advance.]]> It's part of the deal for buying a used approved LR but how long does it take to come through?
Can it be upgraded to a whole day?
Do you get a choice of vehicles?
Is it for two people?
Can it be used in Europe? - I might consider making it a part of a long weekend away.

Thanks in advance.]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Lightning-Ridge-outback-NSW Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:58:53 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Lightning-Ridge-outback-NSW
Lightning Ridge is one of our Opal Mining town, set in Outback NSW. It was a great experience and driving around the mining areas was great.

I did some heavy duty outback dirt driving long along the 121km Brewarrina-Goodooga road to Bourke, which was fun to start with, till experiencing road trains coming from the other way and the road degenerating into deepish ruts that heavy trucks had made in the road.

At Parkes I went out and saw 'The Dish', from a famous Australia movie.

The trip was:
• Cronulla (my place in southern Sydney)
• Armidale (Lindsay House Country Hotel)
• Lightning Ridge (Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park for 3 nights)
• Bourke (Kidman Camp)
• West Wyalong (West Wyalong Caravan Park)

Attached are some photos.

The trip


Arriving in Lightning Ridge


The Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park where I stayed



Lightning Ridge main street



Opal mining areas



Down a mine




More in the next post
More opal mining areas



Early miners house








A miners castle





A miners dedication to the astronomers



A miners 17 years of art in his mine










Evoque in the mines





Cactus in the outback



Driving to Bourke, and watching the big road trains go by



Local wild life



The Darling River







Accommodation in Bourke





And The Dish

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Lightning Ridge is one of our Opal Mining town, set in Outback NSW. It was a great experience and driving around the mining areas was great.

I did some heavy duty outback dirt driving long along the 121km Brewarrina-Goodooga road to Bourke, which was fun to start with, till experiencing road trains coming from the other way and the road degenerating into deepish ruts that heavy trucks had made in the road.

At Parkes I went out and saw 'The Dish', from a famous Australia movie.

The trip was:
• Cronulla (my place in southern Sydney)
• Armidale (Lindsay House Country Hotel)
• Lightning Ridge (Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park for 3 nights)
• Bourke (Kidman Camp)
• West Wyalong (West Wyalong Caravan Park)

Attached are some photos.

The trip


Arriving in Lightning Ridge


The Lightning Ridge Outback Resort & Caravan Park where I stayed



Lightning Ridge main street



Opal mining areas



Down a mine




More in the next post
More opal mining areas



Early miners house








A miners castle





A miners dedication to the astronomers



A miners 17 years of art in his mine










Evoque in the mines





Cactus in the outback



Driving to Bourke, and watching the big road trains go by



Local wild life



The Darling River







Accommodation in Bourke





And The Dish

]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Off-road-day-at-Walters-Arena Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:41:27 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Off-road-day-at-Walters-Arena Had the opportunity to drive various cars - FFRR, RRS, Evoque, Discovery, and Discovery Sport. The only one I didn't get a chance to drive was the Defender as we had run out of time by then.
The aim of the day was to demonstrate what the cars could do and they all handled the conditions admirably. The Evoque was brilliant and as capable as it's bigger siblings.
Fantastic day and all I can say is that if you get a chance to do something similar please take it.
I will try to get some photos together of the day and post later.]]> Had the opportunity to drive various cars - FFRR, RRS, Evoque, Discovery, and Discovery Sport. The only one I didn't get a chance to drive was the Defender as we had run out of time by then.
The aim of the day was to demonstrate what the cars could do and they all handled the conditions admirably. The Evoque was brilliant and as capable as it's bigger siblings.
Fantastic day and all I can say is that if you get a chance to do something similar please take it.
I will try to get some photos together of the day and post later.]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Evoque-clinbing-rocks Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:09:44 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Evoque-clinbing-rocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3epJlR...r_embedded

filmed by these folk: http://www.greenOvalExperience.com]]>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-3epJlR...r_embedded

filmed by these folk: http://www.greenOvalExperience.com]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Offroad-with-a-Drone-for-spotting Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:45:37 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Offroad-with-a-Drone-for-spotting
I had my Quad set up with a First Person View system on the trunk of the Evoque and figured it would be cool to have my wife drive it while i sit in the passenger seat flying the Drone through my Goggles with headtracking.

It was pretty surreal, tons of fun, i could fly anywhere around the car, see what's coming, give her directions on what to do, etc.

I can totally see this being something very useful for real offroading since you can spot obstacles outside the car with total freedom. Also it's great to have a birds eye view of where you are and where you want to go.

My system is low resolution and 2D, so it can't be used for serious purposes, but in the future I guarantee you guys this will be awesome.

Maybe it's something doable today with an HD system like the DJI Inspire 1.



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I had my Quad set up with a First Person View system on the trunk of the Evoque and figured it would be cool to have my wife drive it while i sit in the passenger seat flying the Drone through my Goggles with headtracking.

It was pretty surreal, tons of fun, i could fly anywhere around the car, see what's coming, give her directions on what to do, etc.

I can totally see this being something very useful for real offroading since you can spot obstacles outside the car with total freedom. Also it's great to have a birds eye view of where you are and where you want to go.

My system is low resolution and 2D, so it can't be used for serious purposes, but in the future I guarantee you guys this will be awesome.

Maybe it's something doable today with an HD system like the DJI Inspire 1.



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Thoughts and Comments??

Thanks Tom]]>

Thoughts and Comments??

Thanks Tom]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-First-Trip-Off-Road-Colorado Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:25:01 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-First-Trip-Off-Road-Colorado




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]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Pirelli-verde-Tyres Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:20:06 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Pirelli-verde-Tyres https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-LR-Experience-Rockingham-v-Luton-Hoo Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:34:08 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-LR-Experience-Rockingham-v-Luton-Hoo
I am 1.5 hrs from Luton, 2.5 to Rockingham, trying to decide whether the extra hour would be worth it.]]>
I am 1.5 hrs from Luton, 2.5 to Rockingham, trying to decide whether the extra hour would be worth it.]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-First-time-off-road Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:04:08 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-First-time-off-road
With the wife and the little man in tow. I wouldn't say it was a challenging route but it was interesting....we came across a dis-used German munitions bunker.

I plan to have a better look is weekend as the light was fading last night.

I didn't push it as hard as the 110's I am used to taking off road.

I will update with pics once I have returned.]]>
With the wife and the little man in tow. I wouldn't say it was a challenging route but it was interesting....we came across a dis-used German munitions bunker.

I plan to have a better look is weekend as the light was fading last night.

I didn't push it as hard as the 110's I am used to taking off road.

I will update with pics once I have returned.]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Another-trip-into-the-Aussie-bush Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:30:53 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Another-trip-into-the-Aussie-bush
The accommodation was at the Seven Mile Beach Holiday Park at Gerroa, and remember we are still in Winter in Australia.







My car on arrival





the beach




The fire trail we went exploring on:


























Then after a bit of a clean up



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The accommodation was at the Seven Mile Beach Holiday Park at Gerroa, and remember we are still in Winter in Australia.







My car on arrival





the beach




The fire trail we went exploring on:


























Then after a bit of a clean up



]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Playing-in-Wales Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:03:37 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Playing-in-Wales http://www.motor-safari.co.uk for a nice day!





















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]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-REAL-Offroading--7357 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 03:02:10 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-REAL-Offroading--7357 I usually take all my cars to their limits, being on the track while racing or on the dirt while offroading.
The evoque is the perfect balance of both, can go track racing and it moves really good and can do some offroading too. Since I had already used my Evoque trackracing with an OK result I decided it was time for me to go offroading, REAL offroading, not just going off the pavement.

I am really satisfied at how the Evoque moved in the dirt, even with such a low vehicle I did not damage anything, I might have scrapped the bottom a bit but no serious damage. I dont remember ever hearing about the Evoque having some fancy electronic blocking diferential or torque vectoring system, I think that would be the only thing missing for the evoque so it can become a true offroader.

This is my real offroader.
































At the end I got stuck in a mudpit, some mud tires and I would have been unstoppable

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I remember seeing an evoque with smaller wheels and M/T tires here, can anyone help me find that picture?]]> I usually take all my cars to their limits, being on the track while racing or on the dirt while offroading.
The evoque is the perfect balance of both, can go track racing and it moves really good and can do some offroading too. Since I had already used my Evoque trackracing with an OK result I decided it was time for me to go offroading, REAL offroading, not just going off the pavement.

I am really satisfied at how the Evoque moved in the dirt, even with such a low vehicle I did not damage anything, I might have scrapped the bottom a bit but no serious damage. I dont remember ever hearing about the Evoque having some fancy electronic blocking diferential or torque vectoring system, I think that would be the only thing missing for the evoque so it can become a true offroader.

This is my real offroader.
































At the end I got stuck in a mudpit, some mud tires and I would have been unstoppable

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I remember seeing an evoque with smaller wheels and M/T tires here, can anyone help me find that picture?]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-WABDR-Washington-state-offroad Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:05:37 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-WABDR-Washington-state-offroad http://www.backcountrydiscoveryroutes.com/WABDR). As I live near route 2 on the Seattle side I just headed west over the pass and the onto the trial going north from Cashmere to Chelan. I only got sat 20 miles along the trail and there some huge forestry machinery completely blocking the trail. So I turned round and then went and got lost on some forrest roads. Just a perfect day, once you get high up in the cascades the views around every corner are breath taking. The RR got a little dirty but was so much fun to drive. the road was mainly just gravel and some areas with large ruts, Though extremely dry so no real issues.



I'll post some more eye candy when I get chance.










Snapshot from some video

]]> http://www.backcountrydiscoveryroutes.com/WABDR). As I live near route 2 on the Seattle side I just headed west over the pass and the onto the trial going north from Cashmere to Chelan. I only got sat 20 miles along the trail and there some huge forestry machinery completely blocking the trail. So I turned round and then went and got lost on some forrest roads. Just a perfect day, once you get high up in the cascades the views around every corner are breath taking. The RR got a little dirty but was so much fun to drive. the road was mainly just gravel and some areas with large ruts, Though extremely dry so no real issues.



I'll post some more eye candy when I get chance.










Snapshot from some video

]]> https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Off-road-and-out-doors-in-Australia Sat, 06 Jul 2013 10:17:54 +0000 https://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Off-road-and-out-doors-in-Australia
I stayed at a place on the beach, which was a nice place to stay for a couple of nights and the weather for good. Also my first trip with my carbra on for stone and insect protection.



I got to do a bit of off road driving as well as doing several hundred km on the trip. First off a drive down to through Ben Boyd National Park.





to the beach





Then a long drive along The Snake trail











Then after a wash at a car wash, parking on a boat ramp for some final shots.





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I stayed at a place on the beach, which was a nice place to stay for a couple of nights and the weather for good. Also my first trip with my carbra on for stone and insect protection.



I got to do a bit of off road driving as well as doing several hundred km on the trip. First off a drive down to through Ben Boyd National Park.





to the beach





Then a long drive along The Snake trail











Then after a wash at a car wash, parking on a boat ramp for some final shots.





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Enjoy

First stop - Inveruglass Pumping station for the pump/storage Hydro -Electric power station. That is Loch Lomond below us, about 200m lower


The mountain covered in cloud in the centre of the photo is Ben Lomond, we were on the west side of hte Loch looking south east, next weekend there is a GRR on farm tracks round the back of Ben lomond and ending at an isolated cottage on the loch shore. That run is not Evoque friendly at this time of the year due to parts of the track being washed away. In high summer the Evqoue would handle it as the farmer repairs the wash outs.



At the lunchtime stop




On the trails



Typical road surface


Evoque and Freelander2 strolled over this with no issues


This was the bit that we didn't attempt. It doesn't look too bad from this angle BUT in the middle of the track were two ruts nearly 20cm deep with very large rocks sticking up each side.......... too risky and many of the Disco2's and Defenders running road biased tyres didn't get up even with low ratio and diff locks. By the time my turn came the surface was so chewed up that the ruts were just too deep for risking the Evoque's underbody and the front and rear overhanging bits!


And YES I did get it up on three wheels! At this section





And NO I didn't do this so no embarrassment at having to be pulled out again like this guy!
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Enjoy

First stop - Inveruglass Pumping station for the pump/storage Hydro -Electric power station. That is Loch Lomond below us, about 200m lower


The mountain covered in cloud in the centre of the photo is Ben Lomond, we were on the west side of hte Loch looking south east, next weekend there is a GRR on farm tracks round the back of Ben lomond and ending at an isolated cottage on the loch shore. That run is not Evoque friendly at this time of the year due to parts of the track being washed away. In high summer the Evqoue would handle it as the farmer repairs the wash outs.



At the lunchtime stop




On the trails



Typical road surface


Evoque and Freelander2 strolled over this with no issues


This was the bit that we didn't attempt. It doesn't look too bad from this angle BUT in the middle of the track were two ruts nearly 20cm deep with very large rocks sticking up each side.......... too risky and many of the Disco2's and Defenders running road biased tyres didn't get up even with low ratio and diff locks. By the time my turn came the surface was so chewed up that the ruts were just too deep for risking the Evoque's underbody and the front and rear overhanging bits!


And YES I did get it up on three wheels! At this section





And NO I didn't do this so no embarrassment at having to be pulled out again like this guy!
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