4x4 of the year award goes too.......

Matty4 · 26-01-2016, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Outbackjack

But it only works in first gear.... According to the ford site.

Jeeez all I am saying is that the Everest in NOT a fully optioned 4X4 and it is very unusual that it has won a 4X4 OTY award. If anything it should have got SUV of the year. Even ford place it in the SUV category.

1st gear only low range is a very limiting factor. Anyone that has done some off roading will know why!!

Again...

Low range works across all gears in the transmission. How else do they work?

Basic comprehension of the Ford site shows that if the TMS is set to "rock" mode it will keep the trans in 1 low for slow speed travels over rocky terrain. It makes no mention 1st gear low range only.

That clip on the OTT wasn't that difficult, the Everest would cope comfortably with that. I did it in an 05 petrol Pajero with no snorkel and the water came a couple of inches up the windscreen.
800mm wading depth in an Everest, fit a snorkel, no dramas.

You need to get out more...