Range Rover Sport Driver - All the gear....no idea!!!
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iva cosworth said:
Andy ap said:
Blue Oval84 said:
MaximumJed said:
Apart from the open window, any idea why it ended up full of muddy water? I know Defenders etc don't have door seals but there's no reason an RRS should fill up just because its sat in a puddle for a while.
I wanted to know the same thing. I've seen pictures of these with water half way up the doors but they stay totally dry inside.
ETA My assumption is that someone in it opened the door (or even tailgate) in order to get the strop on for recovery, however I was curious as to whether its a design thing.
Edited by MaximumJed on Monday 25th November 15:28
Mr2Mike said:
Expecting to be able to get through that kind of terrain on standard road tyres goes beyond a "mistake", it's plain stupidity.
In his case, very true. Was only going to end one way. Having sailed my D3 deeper into water, and had no leaks, he has opened a door at some point while it was in the hole, likely to get the rope attached at the back.
The seals are designed not to leak.
The Moose said:
You are a miserable bunch...as are the people laughing at him in the video.
It's the problem with the people in this country - always happy to see someone elses misfortune.
They look like mates in the video. If my mate drove a RRS on 20" road tyres into that bog, I would do my best to be a good and supportive friend by standing around laughing. There is a time for tea and sympathy and a time to ridicule. It's what being mates is about IMO.It's the problem with the people in this country - always happy to see someone elses misfortune.
So, I saw... A bloke doing off roading in his off roader and bit off more than he could chew. Heavy duty off roader pulls him out.
Happens frequently if your into the off-roading milarkey. Dunno what the fuss is about?
Not much different to having a mild off on a track day when you've gone tonking round a bend to fast in a sports car.
Funny if its your mates, yes. But not really idiotic.
Happens frequently if your into the off-roading milarkey. Dunno what the fuss is about?
Not much different to having a mild off on a track day when you've gone tonking round a bend to fast in a sports car.
Funny if its your mates, yes. But not really idiotic.
Poor sod - that's got to be gutting. Also, I hope it's not his missus doing the hyena impression at the end - I'd be furious if my OH stood there laughing.
Still, 99.9% of the time, I'd rather be I'm his nice RR than the s
tty old thing that pulled him out. I had the misfortune of a Winter trip up to Aberdeen and back in one once and they were bloody awful on the road. Farmer wagons. For the rest of us who actually live on a road, and only have to deal with the odd bit of snow or parking in a field at a festival, a RR makes much more sense.
Still, 99.9% of the time, I'd rather be I'm his nice RR than the s
tty old thing that pulled him out. I had the misfortune of a Winter trip up to Aberdeen and back in one once and they were bloody awful on the road. Farmer wagons. For the rest of us who actually live on a road, and only have to deal with the odd bit of snow or parking in a field at a festival, a RR makes much more sense.schmalex said:
Baryonyx said:
What a fking mug. Range Rover make great cars for people with no interest in off roading (or driving).
Rubbish! My old L322 was outstanding off road. The road biased tyres hindered it a little, but it went through a lot more than you'd expect. The trucks are perfectly suited to off-roading, but the biggest enablers are tyres and ability. Of which the driver of that RRS appeared to be lacking the correct type of both things!king mug. Range Rover make great cars for people with no interest in off roading (or driving).Still. At least he was using it off road.
all the seperate chassis / semi seperate chassis Land Rover products are extremely capable off road if fitted with suitable tyres ( AT up wards) and the 4 wheel drive Freelanders and evoques are fairly capable if fitted with coreect tyres...
Why does the N/S wheel keep spinning when the car is in the air? I thought computers and stuff would just stop the power going to it, realising it's doing fk all, and put the power at the other wheels?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
k all, and put the power at the other wheels?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
fjord said:
Why does the N/S wheel keep spinning when the car is in the air? I thought computers and stuff would just stop the power going to it, realising it's doing fk all, and put the power at the other wheels?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
That's exactly what happens and is why the driver lets the wheels spin up, when in a vehicle with out traction control you would back off in a situation like that. You can see the car jerk forward as the brakes grab the spinning wheels and without the traction control system it would probably not have got over there once the wheels starting spinning.k all, and put the power at the other wheels?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
fjord said:
Why does the N/S wheel keep spinning when the car is in the air? I thought computers and stuff would just stop the power going to it, realising it's doing fk all, and put the power at the other wheels?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
The TC system requires you to have some revs before it kicks in fully.k all, and put the power at the other wheels?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-zbZ_saWPA
So the wheel needs to spin a bit before TC intervenes, it's 2000rpm or so before it's fully active.
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