Post evidence of off-roading f*ckwittery
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Crossflow Kid said:
WTF is an "LR4"? It's a Discovery 4. Please don't succumb to the Colonials knack of masking their inability to spell by giving everything numbers and letters instead.
Ad what the heck happened with that Gayenne? Did it catch a rock or something or did the tyre just give up?
They are in the states. It is an LR4 over there. Don't worry yourself about names, particularly for an Indian company. Ad what the heck happened with that Gayenne? Did it catch a rock or something or did the tyre just give up?
Yeah, seems a bit daft to call it a Land Rover LR4, it's nearly as bad as re-branding Land Rover - Range Rovers into: Range Rover - New Range Rover.
That Gayenne kinda deserved it for acting like a twonk even though someone had come to pull him out. I can understand if you were stranded and desperate, but he obviously wasn't.
That Gayenne kinda deserved it for acting like a twonk even though someone had come to pull him out. I can understand if you were stranded and desperate, but he obviously wasn't.
Unemployed said:
My experience is that it's a skill bike riders never bother to learn. I frequently see them riding alongside the trails whether they're rutted or not. I also see them driving a fast as possible which, frankly, is not something I see from drivers of Land Rovers.
A rut isnt damage anyway. It's just earth or mud shaped in a different way. No one dies, no one get injured, nothing from the planet is consumed and nothing produces any harmful gases. This is what the planet is for.
A dirt bike can be safely ridden at up to 70-80 mph (top speed for most bikes)off road with an experienced rider in the right conditions.A rut isnt damage anyway. It's just earth or mud shaped in a different way. No one dies, no one get injured, nothing from the planet is consumed and nothing produces any harmful gases. This is what the planet is for.
I think that a bowler wildcat or similar is about the only 4x4 I've experienced that could safely travel at the same speed as a bike off road - hence why amateur 4x4 drivers would be unable to travel at any kind of speed without slithering out of control into the scenery.
Anyway dont you guys get your kicks out of using winches to pull your 2 tonne 4x4's out of the mud whilst spinning the wheels and churning up the scenery?
A rut is exactly the ammunition that a rambliar will use to get a lane closed- it is damage to the environment and is very obvious to the layman as the scenery being damaged- dont kid yourself here.
A rut does not present a risk to a 4x4 but it does create an additional risk to any other person using it, I know plenty of TRO's that have been put in place after rambliars have had "injuries",
. Very responsible I'm sure....70-80 MPH..... Yeah right..
..... Whenever I see lads green laning on motorbikes they're doing about 10 to 20....
Like these chaps
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FbKpl3m9M
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=x...
..... Whenever I see lads green laning on motorbikes they're doing about 10 to 20.... Like these chaps
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FbKpl3m9M
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=x...
Edited by Lunablack on Monday 3rd December 18:07
Ayahuasca said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9_87P9tbfM
The guy on the bike is a tool, and the guy who grabs the winch cable is an idiot.
OP, I bet you didn't see this coming.... The guy on the bike is a tool, and the guy who grabs the winch cable is an idiot.
kwittery, some are just down to over enthusiasmmarkmullen said:
Wow, some quite nasty ones in there. The Hummer H2's are quite funny, I mean you wouldn't take a Chevy Blazer out off-roading so why would you take one with a heavier body off-road?SLIGHT thread diversion, but still relevant...
I only visit pay and play sites in my modified Jeep now...too many grey areas with byways and legality for me. Plus, amazingly - I worry about tearing up the countryside!
Why?
Because another walk of life byway user has been causing me problems recently!
I go off on either long walks or gentle jogs around the fabulous network of byways near my house. Being on foot, in winter, it's always a bit of a challenge on the muddier parts, and sometimes getting wet and muddy feet is part of the fun, providing it's here and there.
Recently, EVERY flipping byway I've tried to jog down has been mercilessly torn up by bloody horses! To the point that I get so far, and it is SO bad, I have to turn round and retrace my steps.
I don't mind horses using byways, but WHY can't the horse drivers at least try to leave walkers a little strip - a foot would do - along one edge, so that people on foot can still actually use the damn track?
But no - most of the byways round here have had horse hoof damage literally from edge to edge....so a 6 foot wide path is now a foot-deep water and mud quagmire, from the left grass verge to the right grass verge...making it impassable, unless you want to sink up to your calf muscles in slop...
I posted a rant about this on Facebook (yeah, pointless but I was annoyed) and all I got was a load of hormonal, over-reactive horse women screaming their heads off about how they're all so deprived of places to ride, and that they're actually more important than walkers and runners.
Go figure!
Anyone else had similar problems?
I only visit pay and play sites in my modified Jeep now...too many grey areas with byways and legality for me. Plus, amazingly - I worry about tearing up the countryside!
Why?
Because another walk of life byway user has been causing me problems recently!
I go off on either long walks or gentle jogs around the fabulous network of byways near my house. Being on foot, in winter, it's always a bit of a challenge on the muddier parts, and sometimes getting wet and muddy feet is part of the fun, providing it's here and there.
Recently, EVERY flipping byway I've tried to jog down has been mercilessly torn up by bloody horses! To the point that I get so far, and it is SO bad, I have to turn round and retrace my steps.
I don't mind horses using byways, but WHY can't the horse drivers at least try to leave walkers a little strip - a foot would do - along one edge, so that people on foot can still actually use the damn track?
But no - most of the byways round here have had horse hoof damage literally from edge to edge....so a 6 foot wide path is now a foot-deep water and mud quagmire, from the left grass verge to the right grass verge...making it impassable, unless you want to sink up to your calf muscles in slop...
I posted a rant about this on Facebook (yeah, pointless but I was annoyed) and all I got was a load of hormonal, over-reactive horse women screaming their heads off about how they're all so deprived of places to ride, and that they're actually more important than walkers and runners.
Go figure!
Anyone else had similar problems?
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
SLIGHT thread diversion, but still relevant...
I only visit pay and play sites in my modified Jeep now...too many grey areas with byways and legality for me. Plus, amazingly - I worry about tearing up the countryside!
Why?
Because another walk of life byway user has been causing me problems recently!
I go off on either long walks or gentle jogs around the fabulous network of byways near my house. Being on foot, in winter, it's always a bit of a challenge on the muddier parts, and sometimes getting wet and muddy feet is part of the fun, providing it's here and there.
Recently, EVERY flipping byway I've tried to jog down has been mercilessly torn up by bloody horses! To the point that I get so far, and it is SO bad, I have to turn round and retrace my steps.
I don't mind horses using byways, but WHY can't the horse drivers at least try to leave walkers a little strip - a foot would do - along one edge, so that people on foot can still actually use the damn track?
But no - most of the byways round here have had horse hoof damage literally from edge to edge....so a 6 foot wide path is now a foot-deep water and mud quagmire, from the left grass verge to the right grass verge...making it impassable, unless you want to sink up to your calf muscles in slop...
I posted a rant about this on Facebook (yeah, pointless but I was annoyed) and all I got was a load of hormonal, over-reactive horse women screaming their heads off about how they're all so deprived of places to ride, and that they're actually more important than walkers and runners.
Go figure!
Anyone else had similar problems?
Whatever you ride or drive causes damage to the tracks. As Heretic (IIRC) pointed out, the problem is the fact that there are so few places to go off-road that it concentrates the damage in a few areas.I only visit pay and play sites in my modified Jeep now...too many grey areas with byways and legality for me. Plus, amazingly - I worry about tearing up the countryside!
Why?
Because another walk of life byway user has been causing me problems recently!
I go off on either long walks or gentle jogs around the fabulous network of byways near my house. Being on foot, in winter, it's always a bit of a challenge on the muddier parts, and sometimes getting wet and muddy feet is part of the fun, providing it's here and there.
Recently, EVERY flipping byway I've tried to jog down has been mercilessly torn up by bloody horses! To the point that I get so far, and it is SO bad, I have to turn round and retrace my steps.
I don't mind horses using byways, but WHY can't the horse drivers at least try to leave walkers a little strip - a foot would do - along one edge, so that people on foot can still actually use the damn track?
But no - most of the byways round here have had horse hoof damage literally from edge to edge....so a 6 foot wide path is now a foot-deep water and mud quagmire, from the left grass verge to the right grass verge...making it impassable, unless you want to sink up to your calf muscles in slop...
I posted a rant about this on Facebook (yeah, pointless but I was annoyed) and all I got was a load of hormonal, over-reactive horse women screaming their heads off about how they're all so deprived of places to ride, and that they're actually more important than walkers and runners.
Go figure!
Anyone else had similar problems?
Horses are a bloody menace though. I was out last week on my MTB and was climbing up a very very steep section of road that turns into forest track at the bottom of the hill. As I was about 3/4 of the way up a women on a horse starts shouting at me, which I couldn't hear properly as I was breathing that hard and had one earphone in. She stops in the middle of the road and as I get closer the horse starts bucking all over the place to the point where I have to stop, get off my bike and walk off the road so she can pass. If a horse is that nervous and skittish they really shouldn't anywhere near where they can meet things that scare them.
Around us there are so few that are confident and not scared of their own shadow, yet the owners will happily ride them on a public road and get annoyed at people when their horses panic.
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