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Article: DRIVE TIME FOUR-WHEEL DIVE AT LAND ROVER SCHOOL, DRIVERS LEARN TO HAVE FAITH IN VEHICLE IT'S ALL ABOUT ANGLES WHEN TACKLING HILLS.(DRIVE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2007
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Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX
DRIVE TIME
CARMEL - The woods on the hillside above Quail Lodge are dark, deep, narrow and steep. And Justin Demayo wants me to take a leap of faith.
It's a strange request, too, because the nose of the new silver Land Rover LR3 HSE is pointing downhill at such a jet-fighter attack angle that we strain against our seat belts. The route down is rutted and tree-lined, sort of a mogul run for four-wheel-drive fanatics.
Palms sweat as I realize that my wife, Chris, and I are totally out of our element (off a road instead of on one). Especially when Demayo says, "OK, release the parking brake and take your foot off the brake pedal."
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