Best car for 2 mile track with 40% gradients, rocky surface?

[paralla]

fblm said:

Personally I still think an unlimited class, blown LS buggy is the only proper solution however I see mention of Defenders and Jeeps in which case you might also look at an older T2 era Touareg. They're cheap as chips now, locking centre and rear diffs I think as standard, huge clearances and on big MTR tyres will crawl up anything and they're even nice on the road.

T1 Touaregs have centre lock standard, rear locker was optional but extremely rare and difficult to find. No aftermarket solution to retrofit one.

T2 Touaregs have centre lock standard, rear locker was optional but only on the V8 Petrol and V10 Diesel so even rarer and almost impossible to find. No aftermarket solution to retrofit one.

Lack of wheel articulation, extremely limited availability of rear locker, complexity and high repair cost of systems (air suspension, electrical gremlins) in the VW would swing it the Jeep with its bulletproof engine and two solid axles if I was choosing (and the OP hadn't already bought the Jeep).

[anonymous-user]

paralla said:

... already bought the Jeep).

Enough said at me...

[BroadsRS6]

Red9zero said:

BroadsRS6 said:

Well, that's it for this visit. Almost a month. Lots sorted. Not much left to worry about. All going to plan. Time to hit the road south.
2022 up here will be good, that's for sure.

Must be hard leaving that peace and solitude behind to return to normal everyday life.

Yes, back to the daily ''how much longer will it be for my repairs to be completed, how comes spares take so long to arrive, can you drop the price for cash'', et al!
But hey, without decades of hassles and graft i wouldn't have my cars, motorcycles, boats and houses! Needs must and all that!

[BroadsRS6]

PH User said:

BroadsRS6 said:

PH User said:

Any pictures yet?

There will be at some point but they won't be very revealing. We want the actual location to be private something we decided from day one.

Just the house, you don't need to show much else that would give anything away.

Ok will do.

[PH User]

BroadsRS6 said:

PH User said:

BroadsRS6 said:

PH User said:

Any pictures yet?

There will be at some point but they won't be very revealing. We want the actual location to be private something we decided from day one.

Just the house, you don't need to show much else that would give anything away.

Ok will do.

Cool. I'm interested to see it.

[Pistonheader101]

same

[BroadsRS6]

Not ideally placed for commuting!

[BroadsRS6]

For the 2 people on this thread who know Skye, the nice postman we spoke about earlier, Nigel, well his surname i seem to recall was NICE. Unless the locals were winding me up he was Nigel Nice! (Broadford based).

[MC Bodge]

BroadsRS6 said:

Not ideally placed for commuting!

Not on Skye?

[mike74]

BroadsRS6 said:

Not ideally placed for commuting!

Wow.

Looks in much better nick than I was expecting so I'm now even more jealous!

Even with the 2 mile rough track I can't possibly see why the seller thought it was only worth £40k. What an absolute steal.

[ElectricSoup]

Wonderful. I'd never leave.

What use is the road bike though?

[mike74]

MC Bodge said:

Not on Skye?

Hmmm odd. Google image search certainly suggests not?

[snowandrocks]

It looks a lot like Kearvaig bothy just east of Cape Wrath. As do the stacks off the headland.

Lovely spot but a fair distance from Skye.

Edited by snowandrocks on Friday 9th July 12:53

[MC Bodge]

snowandrocks said:

It looks a lot like Kearvaig bothy just east of Cape Wrath. As do the stacks off the headland.

Lovely spot but a fair distance from Skye.

Only 200 miles or so....

[jhonn]

MC Bodge said:

snowandrocks said:

It looks a lot like Kearvaig bothy just east of Cape Wrath. As do the stacks off the headland.

Lovely spot but a fair distance from Skye.

Only 200 miles or so....

Indeed... web-site with more photos and info here..

https://witragtravel.com/wit-kearvaig-bothy/

Maybe he posted the wrong photo..

[loafer123]

This thread is certainly taking an interesting turn...

[PH User]

I was starting to get suspicious hence me asking a few times for a picture of the place.

[Gareth1974]

It led me to an interesting and sad story about a death at Kearvaig Bothy https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,862057...

[BroadsRS6]

Mountains totally wrong for a start. Doh.

[BroadsRS6]

jhonn said:

MC Bodge said:

snowandrocks said:

It looks a lot like Kearvaig bothy just east of Cape Wrath. As do the stacks off the headland.

Lovely spot but a fair distance from Skye.

Only 200 miles or so....

Indeed... web-site with more photos and info here..

https://witragtravel.com/wit-kearvaig-bothy/

Maybe he posted the wrong photo..

Yes i did, apologies, i have about 300 photos from my treks to Skye, Caithness and Sutherland over the years.

Edited by BroadsRS6 on Friday 9th July 13:44