Down of the road, purely in the adventure. Who does master in the area become? At the start: the area bull Mercedes GL, the Enduro motorcycle BMW HP2 and a Offroad Quad of Kawasaki. The hour of the truth…
From January horn Bernd stretches the thumbs. But not upward. To the left. Because it must give powerfully gas, in order to to-remain. It restrains a genuine Zicke in our comparison of the Offroad concepts: 49 HP the strong Kawasaki Quad KFX700. And to the characteristics of a Quads it counts now times that one adjusts the small Gashebel at the steering wheel with the thumb. I against it proportion 105 HP in the hand turning. Typically motorcycle evenly. Mean contribution to this dirty meeting of the three area icons place BMW - it is those nearly already obszön uncovered HP2 for 16.900 euro.
It is for me the compromise-loosest sport equipment, which ever placed the native of Munich on Stollenreifen. A competition machine, which requires highest concentration, particularly on this underground. The dust-fine sandy soil pulls and pulls at the front wheel that it strikes me nearly the steering wheel from the hand.
Gerald smirks meanwhile from the opened side window itsMercedes. It has it well, because it has available easy play with this exercise, must the accelerotor pedal if necessary stroke, in order to mobilize a fraction it standing of 306 HP. My colleague steers the new Mercedes GL, this luxuriösen Jack of all trades with rooting genes of the legendaryG-model. 79,460 euro in the sand crate: That must leave itself fallen the boulevard elephant under the Offroadern. The GL 420 CDI shows up unbeeindruckt from the malicious route. The torque force of 700 Newtonmeters and the variable pneumatic springs plane the puderigen coal dust soil of the former pit Meuro to the freshly geteerten motorway.
Already start to this Niederlausitzer open mining area points that here three rooting animals of most different kinds meet one another. We came anyhow specially into this gigantic digging crate, in order to bring above all the new Mercedes GL offroadtechnisch to its borders - provoked from a Enduro and a sport Quad.
The Kawa brought in the meantime only once the colleagues to Bernd to its personal limit. The fast passages on soft sand are not appropriate for that two meters short toy particularly. Zappelig rolling and hectically hopping clears the KFX700 their way. Despite traction-rich burl tyre it is missing with higher speed simply at stabilizing wheel base. The tires are also the reason, why it carriesBMW from the course. The side guidance of the TÜV conformal lug tires is in front moderately, in the back lacks it Grip. The attempt, give to relieve the plowing front wheel by gas, verpufft in the helplessly revving up rear wheel.
The problems, which Gerald with itsMercedes GL employ meanwhile in the deep sand, are limited rather to the comfort questions. About whether the whirling up rock powder actually irritates the sensors for the pollutant recognition of the air conditioning system. Or whether the tail camera supplies still clear pictures during this dust formation at all. The digging qualitiesof the GL 420 do not care Gerald anyhow one second long. The sand, which could stop the thick V8-Diesel there in front under the hood, must be touched probably only with water and cement.
Enough dust swallowed - we drive at the abort edges and steep ramps, which left dredging shovels at the stockpile. Oje, completely beautifully violently: There do we want up? Gerald steps out rather directly. Not, because its Mercedes would not be Kletterer. Permanent all-wheel drive, central and Hinterachsdifferenzialsperren, reduction gears and a fürstliche clearance of more than 30 centimeters supply excellent Kraxel conditions. But the bad clarity 5.10 meters are enough Mercedes remind to the restraint. The view of the painted aprons anyway…
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