Training

The Land Rover Register offers you the chance to learn how to make the most of your Land Rover and extend your off road driving skills with a three hour seminar followed by two days of driver coaching sessions to be held at Peake (sand driving) and Morgan (hill and rock driving) at the dates shown below.

The driver training is particularly suited to new members but experienced members are invited to participate as well as partners of experienced members who would like to gain confidence in driving the family Land Rover if called on in an emergency. The training course covers the basics of how the various Land Rover models function and how to get the best out of them when driving out bush, be it on unsealed roads, formed tracks or in sand and mud. It also covers vehicle modification and accessories as well as the basics of recovery and emergency repairs.

The training is facilitated by Tighe McIntyre and Graham Grether, both of whom are professional trainers and both of whom have a background with 4WD training as well as many years of experience driving Land Rovers (and even a few other makes of vehicles). Tighe is qualified as a motor driving instructor and has worked for Adventure 4WD presenting courses to the mineral exploration industry and has extensive experience with Land Rovers. Graham qualified as a 4WD instructor with the NZ army and has owned Land Rover since the age of 18, running driver training with the Canterbury Land Rover Owners Club and operating vehicles in conditions ranging from sand through deep water to heavy snow with his job maintaining broadcast sites through New Zealand and Australia.

Each training course will start with a three hour theory session held at the Ford Club Rooms (where the Land Rover Register meeting are held) with numbers limited to 20 people per course.