Off-Roading Know-How
In the last few years, there has been an enormous increase in the popularity of off-road vehicles. More than ever in our environmentally-conscious world, all those who own or use any off-road vehicle must have a better knowledge on how, when and where to drive them off tarmac.
David Bowyer
In this section, David Bowyer, who, incidentally started his school in 1986 in Devon, begins by going back to basics. The next chapters will cover all aspects of off-road driving. In this part David covers the first part of preparation. 'Preparation' is contained within three sections: Preparing your vehicle, preparing yourself and passengers and preparing the route you intend to take. Remember those three 'P's'.
Nick Dimbleby joined David Bowyer with his Range Rover to spend a few days driving some of the many delightful vehicular rights of way in Wales for this feature. The third member of this small convoy is David Spreadbury, from Dorset, who brought along his Discovery 300 Tdi.
David Bowyer, naturally, took along his well-known red V8 90. Don't be fooled by the Tdi decal on the offside front wing. The wing was a second-hand replacement and he left the decal on it to fool his friends. But most of you know David is a V8 man!
It is so essential to prepare in all respects before tackling your off-road journey ahead, whether that is simply crossing a muddy, hilly field, greenlaning across the moors or driving up into the mountains - or about to embark on a major expedition across a continent. Obviously the amount of preparation depends on where, when and what you are going to do.
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