LC200's are awesome in the sand. Stock tires are good. In general the more aggressive the tire the faster it digs down if you spin it up, so the less aggressive stock tires work well. The commercial desert safari companies use them as standard. 13.5-15.0 PSI is a good pressure range for soft sand (desert) that has seen no rain. You can run 15-18 PSI, particularly if sand is firmer, but it is putting more stress on the drive train. If badly stuck you can go down to 8-10 but avoid aggressive throttle or you risk a tire pop-off and you should return to a higher pressure immediately you are unstuck (tire easily damaged at this pressure). All the vehicle traction and stability controls need to be off before you enter the sand (otherwise it begins to brake individual wheels and cut engine revs and soon enough you will run out of momentum). Centre diff-lock is helpful. Always in high range. Low range only when already stuck. Use manual sequential, mostly 2-3. Not in D as the gearbox will change down at the wrong moment and you will end up slowing at the wrong moment and perhaps then stuck. Crawl control is great at getting you out of a stuck situation, but tire pressures have to be down 12-15 (it's great but not magic), you must go with gravity not against it (this is key, even if that requires reverse) and you need to aid it by moving the steering wheel slowly left and right (side bite - watch video above and you will see driver doing this). Stomping the gas as you get bogged spins up the wheels, they immediately dig down and you're often then stuck worse than you would have otherwise been. If in doubt often better foot off the gas, car will coast to a stop but you are still on the surface and not stuck. Get out, take a quick look, choose the easier route. If you walk the sand around you vehicle you will feel where it is softer and harder, from here you can calmly make a plan/route of how to get out. When stopping always try to stop on some sort of downward slope, however small a gradient. When you start again gravity will get you going easy, and from there you just keep the momentum up. Don't speed in the dunes or you will get an expensive lesson, if you jump a stock 3,500kg vehicle off a dune either it or you will be broken. Don't drive in the dunes after dark, easy to get lost, even to trash your car. Don't fear the sand, once tires are aired down the LC100 and LC200 are remarkably capable.
