![]() ![]() There is just so much traction coming out of the corners – even on the slickest surfaces. I put it in sand mode as I was expecting to encounter some silt, although I am sure the automatic terrain response would do just fine.Įven though it’s a relatively heavy thing, you would not be able to tell from the way it handles. It’s a good thing that the parking brake works so well. ![]() I raised the car as high as it would go on the air suspension and proceeded to drive around in Vaughn’s sandbox. ![]() For that kind of dough, this thing better be able to do some amazing things, right? My steed for the backyard bashing was a cool $93,000. This is an overhead view of the property and you can see what kind of roads are available to Vaughn at a moment’s notice. Unfortunately, because it is private property we can’t disclose where the location is. With all of our other dream drives we like to show the location, so you Speedhunters out there can drive it for yourselves and enjoy the same roads we get to enjoy. Some of the dirt is super-soft and soaking wet, while parts of it were hard-packed and dried up.Įver since I watched Vaughn thrash some cars in his backyard in this video that he put together, I wanted to drive it myself. All I know is that the surface is the perfect playground for any off-road nut. It’s an active quarry, but I am not really sure what they mine for back there. Vaughn uses his backyard to practice rally driving and just cause general mayhem with whatever motorcycle or ATV he has at his disposal. The 510hp Range Rover Sport Autobiography would be the perfect mule for all my camera car needs.Īfter Formula Drift, I headed to Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s home, both to follow up on what he has done to his drifting compound since my last visit, and to test out the off-road prowess of my press car in his backyard – which happens to be a rock quarry. I was on the East Coast to cover a few events including Formula Drift New Jersey, and as always I need a production vehicle, or as I like to call them – Lens Mules. The last time I rode in one was in the sand dunes outside of Dubai. And that’s just a damn shame, because honestly some of the rigs I see out there have enough mods to amount to the cost of buying a well-equipped, pre-owned Range Rover – or in some rare cases a brand new one.Īll said, I’ve never actually had the chance to off-road a Range Rover myself, so I figured it was about time to experience what all the fuss was about. I swear I’ve only seen one Range Rover owner brave enough to try out some of the many trails that the Southern California desert has to offer. But in order to follow such racing – to get to the shooting locations, or even just to spectate – you have to have an off-road worthy vehicle yourself. I’ve been following off-road racing more heavily in the past few years, and I love it. It’s just a really expensive grocery getter in their eyes, and a status symbol that’s only good for a spirited run to Starbucks. You see, I grew up in Los Angeles, and it seems that the general public there think of the Range Rover as a soccer mom car. The Range Rover Sport line has always been at the cutting edge of all terrain sport utility vehicles and the latest supercharged model with a 5.0L V8 took a groundbreaking leap in terms of power and styling compared to previous models.Īlthough, many Americans don’t see the Range Rover as an off-road vehicle. Most of you Speedhunters out there already know that Land Rover builds some of the best out-of-the-box off-road capable vehicles. ![]()
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