Wallaroo Part IV: Land Rover extreme offroad test 

Hello from USA. Recently purchased a 2008 RR Sport HSE (also black, she's your twin). Many of my colleagues are big "truck guys" and scoffed at my "Froo Froo Yuppie SUV" ... until I sat them down for a few of your clips. Thank you so much for the time you took making these videos.

Love the excitement of the dog

Cheers and Thanks! Except for the D2 that has heavy duty springs and larger bore shocks, the cars have no mods to the suspension or driveline. It's one of the ain reasons we love these Landy's so much. You can step back onto the road and the handle superbly. . As soon as you start heavily modifying drivelines, most 4wd's will drive like a pig. On some trips like our last adventure to the Kimberley, we clocked up 16,000kms in 6 weeks with the majority on sealed roads to get to the good stuff.

It's a pity most people equate Range Rovers with 'Toorak Tractors' but now that early Gen III RRs (2002 to 2006) have fallen to an 'affordable' price, they still offer astounding on road presence with very capable off road potential. I bought a silver HSE new in '02 with the BMW straight six diesel and for several years, I took wealthy international visitors on short but 'extreme' 4WD tours to popular Australian destinations along the coast and over the Great Divide. After some 300,000km of comfortable, event free off road touring, I traded it in on an '06' Sport with the TDV6 but was never really happy with it as it did not have the sheer 'presence' of the L322 and when you arrive at a Sydney 5 star Hotel to pick up your guests for a week of Aussie off road touring, this is important. I eventually sold the Sport and bought a '93 Vogue SE Classic 4.6 Litre which I have only just sold at 500,010km to replace it with an '05 HSE with the original BMW M62 4.4 litre Quad-cam V8. Most of my 'touring' these days is running international 'enthusiast' rail tours but it is always reassuring that as a Range Rover owner who spends most of his time on the bitumen, if you choose to turn left into the bush, you can in confidence.

Nice to see land rovers in their natural habitat, not quite sure I'd wanna my Range Rover that extreme, maybe I need to get myself a disco 2 as a toy 😂

Finally, someone has put on proper off-road tires. 👍

What a great video! So good to see folks using these for what they are for. Also, really good to see all the different models all keeping up.

Glad you tuned in. So great to be able to share this with so many people around the world.

Nice land rovers and editing !

GOTTA LOVE THEM ROVERS!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE MINE OUT FOR A STROLL THROUGH THE WOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind feedback. I'd actually love to do a much bigger production but then we wouldn't get to enjoy the driving as much and would spend all of our time etting up shots. This way we get the best of both worlds. The other upside is that you get to see some very honest footage of what is really going on with the vehicles without a lot of crazy angles and multiple takes.

We are planning to return to Wallaroo again later in the year to capture some of the other great areas. This was a pretty big day just covering the areas we did explore. You could spend months in there :-p

Belle vidéo, bravo les gars. Finalement, le disco 2, pourtant plus ancien, n'a rien à envier aux disco 4 et autres RRS, pourtant beaucoup plus récent.

im so happy that real land rover buyers are using the vehicles the way the should be used not luxury soccer mom cars. real offroad vehicles awesome video just sucks that the bumbpers were chipped out but im sure you're are great handymen

The Rangie was actually purchased second hand and was 18months old with only 20,000kms on the clock. It was actually cheaper than buying a new landcruiser and I couldn't resist. Such a lot of car for the money compared with other options at the time. It hasn't really cost me much either as yet as everything has been under warranty. Also huge savings on fuel. In road trim she gets 9l/100kms which is insanely good for a 2 tonne rig. #winning

Very nice video, is good to see what the land rovers can do on hard situation

Thanks for the four videos with the LRs thru Wallaroo. Great work on the quality there. And what a way to put those trucks through their paces on what look to be fairly stock vehicles. Nice to see what the Landies are capable of.

Dog had the most fun LOL

It's amazing where you can take almost any vehicle when it's set up properly. Enjoy the adventure!

What you see here is only a fraction of the trails you can trundle about on at Wallaroo. We're looking forward to going back to explore more.

well done to the guys taking the disco 4 and the range rover out in the bush, you really don't see that often and they work quite well off road.

nice to see people driving the correct way , nice run guys

The RRS rear just popped back on and hasn't moved since. It's happened with both bumpers in the past and hasn't been a problem. As for the D2, in it's defense, it had already cracked previously so it wasn't a big stretch to tear it into pieces on that trip. There is a nice new steel rear bar now in it's place.

around 3:00 , that dog is so enthusiast about that obstacle.

Brilliant, your videos a great. love watching them. drive a D2 myself.

In Australia, ADR approvals are very expensive and the small number of RRS vehicles here means that it is not economically viable for 3rd party manufacturers to produce something for the sport. Fitting a non ADR compliance bar voids your insurance.

This is magnificent! Thanks from Brazil.

I love Wallaroo

Love the driving and the dog even more :D

Good vid guys nice to see some people with nice expensive 4x4 who take them off road

Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed it.

i watched all the videos,,,, awesome and interesting.... deff gana buy a disco model like the red one.

You are very cool!!! Thank you from Japan.

Obviously a man that knows quality when he see it. You will not go wrong with a D2.

the dog is all over the place :D

Brilliant video!!!

very impressive driving folks!

The dog is a Hungarian Vizsla. They are a pointer (also known as a Gun Dog) & are closely related to the German Shorthaired Pointer. Absolutely beautiful dogs that make incredible companions and very protective watch dogs. Our pooch (HungargunnAllThatJazz) 'Roxie' for short, is from the well know Hungargunn breeders here in Australia. If you look up 'Vizsla Yogi with Crufts Best In Show' on youtube, you'll see Roxie's grandfather in action.

Great stuff. Love these videos. Glad you guys are out having fun and are taking the effort to post up videos. Appreciate it :) I got what they call the Ford Everest Internationally. I do what I can with it in India. Got 31" MTs, lift kit, soon to get some steel bumpers front and rear

Tyres were down but only to around 24psi as there was a lot of mixed terrain on this trip and we didn't want to have to keep inflating and deflating tyres. Taking them down to 18psiwould have made a big difference but we managed anyway.

Super cool!! Again thanks from Spain!

It's the V8 that makes a big difference in the case of the D2. Such great low down torque.

Great stuff!! Love to see the LR and RR in action in a place where it should be used :) Watching this my question is: what was the PSI in the tires? Did you lower it to go through? I couldn't tell watching the tires, but it seems to be infalted as for the road driving. Am I wrong?

The pooch is called Roxie and we love having her out on the tracks with us. On some vids you'll hear here whining when we leave her stashed in the car while we are out guiding or recovering. She just loves being out on the track with everyone.

I want a rangerover..

Пол России по такой дороге с работы домой каждый день ездят;)

Really wonderful guys.

it is an interesting comparison. The D4 with the additional e-locker is a real weapon. No need for after market diff locks any more. The only problem is that Land Rover set it up so you can't retro-fit the e-diff and there are limited numbers coming onto the second hand market. I think LR made a big mistake in this regard as they are limiting the opportunity to engage second hand owners for parts and service.

Awesome trip what a grate place.

Good stuff!

They don't come with the snorkel but you can buy this official LR version for them. Very neat fit through the existing side vent. Just have to make sure you upgrade the porous hose that runs from the side vent through to the air cleaner as it is obviously pointless otherwise. The RRS is so well soundproofed you can't actually head the snorkel unless you have the window down.

I am running 17inch steel rims with Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ muddies.

2:57, OOPSIE!!!

Oh yes! This is what they're made for!

If you mean replacement bumpers - I wouldn't like to ask. If you mean bullbars - You can't get front or rear bull bars here in Australia.

И это ониназывают "офф роуд" У Нас по таким дорогам на девяточках гоняют.

I have a friend who's parents live in Toorak (Melbourne mega rich area) and have a 2014 Range Rover and they didn't even know it was a 4WD until I told them..... such a waste!

Betty runs Dynamic 17inch steel rims with a special centre to accommodate the brakes and is shod with Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ muddies

Great video really loved it. As a landrover owner from way back, it was good to see the comparisons. Would be good to see how a vogue goes. Cant you guys just splash out and get a TDV8? Seriously though, I'm amazed at how my D4 goes on stock tyres.

Interesting videos, i recognise most of the tracks, but you missed some fo the hardest stuff over the back in the hilly area, looks like you mainly drove the rutted/muddy areas.

I was thinking of the d1 but i bought my d2 yesterday,,, Its silver with dark interior,, I love it and can't wait to do some mods,,, its the nicest car i have ever owned... Gas mileage? not to shabby considering im driving a tank... Once again nice videos and thanks for the advice

That poor range rover....that's my dream car right there hahaha

I used to have a P38 Rangie and looked at getting a snorkel. Just be careful that the main computer is under the drivers seat so any deep water crossing could stop your entire truck very quickly....and costly to repair!

Hey. Love the Gen 3 rangies offroad. Struggling to find anyone or anything available in the local market as far as offroad gear is concerned. trying to find rocksliders / steps, roof rack, winchbar perhaps. Noticed the Sport had a few nice bits on it... anything available like that for the L322 in Aus ? Thanx Matt.

Hi Guys, I'm going to be building out my own RRS for a bit of offloading and overland trips. Would it be possible to be put in contact with the Black Betty owners as I have a ton of questions in their build? Regards Kelvin

This proves 4 legs or better than 4 wheel drive!

I can't wait

Ahoy We have a "95" P-38 I drove thru a large puddle once? I noticed even the RR had a snorkle ? is that they way thay come over your way what does that sound like (Snorkle-ing) right by your window

What size off wheels do you have on the Discovery 4 and were can i buy them??????????

why no bullbar on the range rover

Have fun with that! :)

Awesome

How much does the set of front and rear bumpers of a range rover sport supercharged 2011 cost?

Do the range rovers have both front and rear diff locks ??

Range Rover Sport 4.4?

Nah wll i want to know about the price of bumpers itself. Would be convenient to have two sets. One for offroad and one for normal driving. The rangie has massive overhang at the back. looks cool but not good for offroead health.

did the bumper covers Just snap back?

hi i want to put a winch on a range rover where did you pick up your winch mount

What size wheels and tyres did you use? Surely not the 19" and 20"

The 4.0V8 Disco makes about 250lbft at about 2600RPM - pretty poor and pretty high by the standards of a modern 2.5 TDI.

What have you replaced the RR with?

What kind of rims and tires are on Betty?

what rims and tires do you have on the Sport?

would you recommend a year model of the d2?

rear bumpers lol

Very simple offroad not extreme!

Disco lost a bumper light about 2mins in. They have a big arse!!

Мосандр бы пролетел и не заметил! ))

Dont use a RR sport for these mud rides, iTS A SPORTS CAR-dRIVE THE FULL size range rover

Smack that plastic back on