I signed up for a couple of 4WD training courses - off road and sand driving - as this vehicle is my first 4WD. Thought it best to learn some of the basics firsthand.
Overall they were not too difficult and the Lightning handled things pretty well. Probably the biggest negative was the longer...
We live on the Sunshine Coast in Qld, Australia near the town of Nambour and decided to do a drive north to Monto (and Cania Gorge). I plugged the route into ABRP and discovered that the direct route that goes from Gympie to Monto was going to be tight - 10% range left and it wanted me to go 90...
We took a drive today to the nearby Bellthorpe National Park for a bit of a look around.
On the way, from a lookout towards the Glasshouse Mountains:
We stopped at an old forest logging mill for morning tea, where some of the wildlife (magpie and 2 butcherbirds) wanted what we had...
I am trying to get some indication of the change in mileage for the Lightning while doing soft sand (e.g. beach) driving. Anyone got any data on how this affects range? My searching hasn't turned up anything useful yet.
Hello from often sunny Queensland, Australia. 👋 While I could have posted in the "Say Hello and Introduce Yourself" thread, I thought the following might be worthy enough for it's own:
I've just taken delivery of my Antimatter Blue Lightning (ER XLT with mods). AusEV is a local company that...