VW Touareg or a Toyota Prado in the sand

Hi Chris. We had them set at 15, however, as we've had trouble buying a decent tyre pressure gauge over here, we now own 3! The one we mainly use said 15 and this was when the tyres were cool (we had just spent the night camping near Shwaib (near the Oman/UAE) border) so they were still coolish before we started out on the next part of our trip). Don't know what the Prado had but he had no trouble whatsoever getting up and down (twice!!!).

We have good new tyres on the car (Goodyear Wrangler HP) which I think are suitable for both on and off road.

Jen.

Hi Jen,

15 doesn't sound too far off the pace. We would get down to 12 in the really slippery stuff.

As Richard mentioned below, it might be an idea to turn the traction control off. There are a number of comments about it on the Club Touareg forum Site Link

I know what you mean about buying accessories in the Gulf. We used to come home from holidays with our weight allowance maxed out with compressors, jacks, etc and other 'essentials'. If you think Dubai is bad, try Muscat - great place but considering the country's potential for wadi-bashing, there's just about nothing available. I believe there's an ARB in Abu Dhabi, but never managed to find it. :-(

Stay safe and good luck getting up the 'other' Big Red (off the Hatta Road, not outside Birdsville)!

Cheers,
Chris

Thanks Richard. I think that's what we'll do next time.

Jen.