Random TVR Pics (Vol 2)
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TR4man said:
^ Now there's a coincidence
That certainly ticks the 'random' box. What's the story there?Not a picture, but maybe of similar interest - the Pub2Pub Chimaera was featured on the BBC News in South West England yesterday. Here's the video:
https://www.facebook.com/Pub2PubExpedition/videos/...
And the prize for the TVR owner most in need of a shave and a haircut goes to...
Last Saturday there was a small classic car show at a local airfield.
Whilst the day itself was bright and dry, there had been quite a lot of rain over the previous day and parts of the grass parking area was quite boggy.
The Sagaris was driving behind some exhibitors to park at the end of a row of classics and just got bogged down. The more the driver tried, the more he got stuck.
Bystanders tried to help but to no avail. The pieces of wood were used to try and provide some grip under the driven wheels but it that too failed. I'm not sure what the plastic crates were for. The airfield fire crew attached a rope to the internal roll bar and pull it backwards like a tug-of-war contest. The Sagaris won.
The owner called the AA and whilst waiting the spectacle caused much entertainment to the gathering crowd. A Land Rover tried to pull it but could move it. The spinning wheels were getting the Sagaris deeper and deeper into the mud.
The AA arrived in a non 4x4 vehicle and seemed to try again everything that had previously been attempted including using a spade to dig around the wheels. The patrolman seemed to enjoy taking photos of the Sagaris - I guess it is not everyday you see one and certainly not in this predicament.
Eventually a four wheel drive vehicle (similar to a fork lift) came from elsewhere on the airfield and by using the same ropes previously tied to the Sagaris's roll cage very gently pulled it out onto the tarmac to the cheers of the crowd.
I have a short film of the eventual rescue but don't seem able to upload it onto here.
Whilst the day itself was bright and dry, there had been quite a lot of rain over the previous day and parts of the grass parking area was quite boggy.
The Sagaris was driving behind some exhibitors to park at the end of a row of classics and just got bogged down. The more the driver tried, the more he got stuck.
Bystanders tried to help but to no avail. The pieces of wood were used to try and provide some grip under the driven wheels but it that too failed. I'm not sure what the plastic crates were for. The airfield fire crew attached a rope to the internal roll bar and pull it backwards like a tug-of-war contest. The Sagaris won.
The owner called the AA and whilst waiting the spectacle caused much entertainment to the gathering crowd. A Land Rover tried to pull it but could move it. The spinning wheels were getting the Sagaris deeper and deeper into the mud.
The AA arrived in a non 4x4 vehicle and seemed to try again everything that had previously been attempted including using a spade to dig around the wheels. The patrolman seemed to enjoy taking photos of the Sagaris - I guess it is not everyday you see one and certainly not in this predicament.
Eventually a four wheel drive vehicle (similar to a fork lift) came from elsewhere on the airfield and by using the same ropes previously tied to the Sagaris's roll cage very gently pulled it out onto the tarmac to the cheers of the crowd.
I have a short film of the eventual rescue but don't seem able to upload it onto here.
DonkeyApple said:
Poor bloody owner. My general rule of thumb is that the only grass suitable for driving on is a golf course green.
We almost ran into problems leaving the Goodwood Revival on the Sunday last September. We didn't bother using our advance parking passes as I figured the closer to the exit we could park the better. Even so, as we were leaving the main exit from our parking area was turning into a bog with an E36 M3 struggling to make progress- we got around it by driving right down to the other end of the parking field and joined the queue much further back. It took well over half an hour just to pass the point where we had parked, but the M3 was still stuck!I felt we got lucky as we left early- we legged it to the car park as soon as it started raining- I can only imagine the tractors were kept rather busy
Squirrelofwoe said:
We almost ran into problems leaving the Goodwood Revival on the Sunday last September. We didn't bother using our advance parking passes as I figured the closer to the exit we could park the better. Even so, as we were leaving the main exit from our parking area was turning into a bog with an E36 M3 struggling to make progress- we got around it by driving right down to the other end of the parking field and joined the queue much further back. It took well over half an hour just to pass the point where we had parked, but the M3 was still stuck!
I felt we got lucky as we left early- we legged it to the car park as soon as it started raining- I can only imagine the tractors were kept rather busy
I had a rented motor home there that weekend. Arrived on the Friday night and the lack of signage or anyone helping direct traffic to where it needed to be was unbelievable. One chap sent us the completely wrong way and we ended up on a wide bend that was completely chewed up. Luckily, I had the years of my father’s voice giving me instructions on how to get through it and out but the number of silly pedestrians that walk, slipping in the mud, in to your path as you are attempting to build and maintain momentum was impressive. On leaving, I watched that enormous thunder cloud head towards us and gambled that if weren’t among the first out then what was left of the grass at our campsite would be gone and there would be stranded vehicles everywhere blocking our exit. Having parked diagonally so we were facing the track, I got the wife to block that track and took a flying runup to it. In my mind the sight of a motorhome drifting sideways onto the track must have been infinitely more impressive than any of the antics on the track that weekend. I felt we got lucky as we left early- we legged it to the car park as soon as it started raining- I can only imagine the tractors were kept rather busy
DonkeyApple said:
I had a rented motor home there that weekend. Arrived on the Friday night and the lack of signage or anyone helping direct traffic to where it needed to be was unbelievable. One chap sent us the completely wrong way and we ended up on a wide bend that was completely chewed up. Luckily, I had the years of my father’s voice giving me instructions on how to get through it and out but the number of silly pedestrians that walk, slipping in the mud, in to your path as you are attempting to build and maintain momentum was impressive. On leaving, I watched that enormous thunder cloud head towards us and gambled that if weren’t among the first out then what was left of the grass at our campsite would be gone and there would be stranded vehicles everywhere blocking our exit. Having parked diagonally so we were facing the track, I got the wife to block that track and took a flying runup to it. In my mind the sight of a motorhome drifting sideways onto the track must have been infinitely more impressive than any of the antics on the track that weekend.
How is "rented motorhome drifting" not a thing on Eurosport yet?!
rigga said:
One of the various shades of imperial blue, wheels I can't recall make now, have a curved spoke design, which like spiders, suit the car shape I think, and powdered Gunmetal in colour.
Love the wheels, would suit a Tuscan if they did them in 5-stud. Not usuall a fan on non-TVR wheels on the Griff, but they straddle the BBS to Estoril styles very nicely, especially with that body colour.Gassing Station | General TVR Stuff & Gossip | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff