Range Rover Evoque hung up on bollard.

Range Rover Evoque hung up on bollard.

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Wildcat45

Original Poster:

8,056 posts

188 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Big news in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

How did it happen?

https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/range-rover...

Dogwatch

6,222 posts

221 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Is that The Stig at the wheel or just a trick of the light?

Wooda80

1,743 posts

74 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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You can see the bollard here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6541489,-0.47324...

And the No Left Turn sign.....

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Not concentrating due to being overexcited about the imminent trip to the nail clinic!

rallycross

12,747 posts

236 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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MitchT said:
Not concentrating due to being overexcited about the imminent trip to the nail clinic!
That would explain it!

Every town should have these bollards installed and set to go off every time a white Range Rover drives over it.

Mr. White

1,029 posts

103 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Stamford "yummy mummy" written all over that, probably off to Waitrose having just finished pilates.

dandarez

13,246 posts

282 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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rallycross said:
MitchT said:
Not concentrating due to being overexcited about the imminent trip to the nail clinic!
That would explain it!

Every town should have these bollards installed and set to go off every time a white Range Rover drives over it.
Why only 'white' ones?


dandarez

13,246 posts

282 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Just looked at the google view...

Bollard? Looks more like a huge pile of dog ste. laugh

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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dandarez said:
Just looked at the google view...

Bollard? Looks more like a huge pile of dog ste. laugh
Oy! That’s one of the best vehicles made by JLR......... wink

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

278 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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The first time in history that an Evoque has been truly off-road



Strudul

1,585 posts

84 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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dandarez said:
Why only 'white' ones?
Cos the black ones are driven by drug dealers who'll come stab you.

ATG

20,485 posts

271 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Vehicle caught sight of its own reflection in a window and was so horrified it immediately tried to destroy itself.

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Could the permatanned vacuous vanity crinklehag not afford to up the monthly pcps and rented a proper Range Rover?

jakesmith

9,461 posts

170 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Strudul said:
Cos the black ones are driven by drug dealers who'll come stab you.
Wifey has a black one, only substance she deals is Calpol!
Never understood the hate these get, reminds me of the undeserved antipathy towards the Boxster when it was new. Apart from the small boot they are brilliant, easy to park, way nicer interior than q3 or Tiguan, and great ‘off road’ in the occasional Nationa Trust car park (!)

Type R Tom

3,859 posts

148 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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How does someone ignore a no left turn and run over the pavement in one manoeuvre!

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Type R Tom said:
How does someone ignore a no left turn and run over the pavement in one manoeuvre!
Bollard is showing a few dings so I expect the excuse is "everyone does it" followed by "checking my facebook likes".

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Mr. White said:
Stamford "yummy mummy" written all over that, probably off to Waitrose having just finished pilates.
I know that road well and it is the way to get to Waitrose smile

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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jakesmith said:
Strudul said:
Cos the black ones are driven by drug dealers who'll come stab you.
Wifey has a black one, only substance she deals is Calpol!
Never understood the hate these get, reminds me of the undeserved antipathy towards the Boxster when it was new. Apart from the small boot they are brilliant, easy to park, way nicer interior than q3 or Tiguan, and great ‘off road’ in the occasional Nationa Trust car park (!)
I suspect that it’s to do with the whole ethos of the car. ‘Designed’ by Victoria Beckham and shamelessly aimed at the overprivileged, airhead mummy for the school run.


Hosenbugler

1,854 posts

101 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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I know that junction well. Only an idiot could fail to realise something was not normal, by the extended Kerb installed to do entirely what the "no left turn" sign tells drivers , viz: makes it very difficult to do a left turn.

Yours truly, nearly got run down at that junction around 10 years ago, another moron attmpting to turn left , the kerb was extended a couple of years after and the bollard installed. Seems some were not as lucky as me.

Digga

40,207 posts

282 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Ayahuasca said:
The first time in history that an Evoque has been truly off-road
They are, actually, really, really good off road, surprisingly. Not that many get used that way.

If you think about it, it's one of the lightest LR products, with exceptionally short front and rear overhangs. I've driven a lot of LRs, properly off road and was impressed with the Evoque. Granted, few ever get used properly.