RE: The 999 Steps: Time for Coffee
Discussion
Pintofbest said:
22daz said:
The in car angle looks very steep indeed and it's accurate too looking at the vertical posts passing by the drivers window.
I can't help being disappointed seeing the safety cables at the end though. But impressive nonetheless.
They were there in case the car rolled and destroyed the steps/injured the driver - it wan't pulled up!I can't help being disappointed seeing the safety cables at the end though. But impressive nonetheless.
The cables would have been connected underneath. They are there for safety as an emergency back up to arrest the vehicle if something goes wrong. You can see them on the test slope they trialed with as well where they presumably tested them also. It states towards the end that they did not assist the performance, ie they didn't use them to pull the vehicle up, however they were there just in case. It kind of takes away some of the "if he fails he dies!" comments but that's ads for you. Driving up the road part first was probably more dangerous for him.
Think about the worst case. Car looses traction, car slews round, car rolls 1000 steps down to the bottom.
The driver dying would be the least of their issues, having a fatcat rangie wipe out a religious monument and anyone standing close by would not be the sort of marketing JLR were after.
I suspect the cables run though a set of "grabber" mounted under the chassis, should the s**t hit the fan, the driver hits a button and some hydraulic or air lock locks on to the cables to prevent it toppling / tumbling etc
In fact, maybe just running the cable sliding down some shackles on the centre line of the car would be enough
The driver dying would be the least of their issues, having a fatcat rangie wipe out a religious monument and anyone standing close by would not be the sort of marketing JLR were after.
I suspect the cables run though a set of "grabber" mounted under the chassis, should the s**t hit the fan, the driver hits a button and some hydraulic or air lock locks on to the cables to prevent it toppling / tumbling etc
In fact, maybe just running the cable sliding down some shackles on the centre line of the car would be enough
Good advert.
I'm not sure what world people think we live in with the suggestion a massive corporate would NOT use safety cables?
I expect they are being reeled in at the top perfectly in time with the car going up the hill. You couldn't risk any slack in the cables as you wouldn't want them getting tangled up but it didn't look to me like there was cable left on the steps behind the car, so I am assuming it is reeling in at the same time rather than being a locked line that had some sort of pass through under the car. Did anyone see differently? Phone screen wasn't ideal for seeing such detail.
I'm not sure what world people think we live in with the suggestion a massive corporate would NOT use safety cables?
I expect they are being reeled in at the top perfectly in time with the car going up the hill. You couldn't risk any slack in the cables as you wouldn't want them getting tangled up but it didn't look to me like there was cable left on the steps behind the car, so I am assuming it is reeling in at the same time rather than being a locked line that had some sort of pass through under the car. Did anyone see differently? Phone screen wasn't ideal for seeing such detail.
akirk said:
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impressive - though it is interesting to compare it against the XC90 which is I think 5.5 0-60, surprised that JLR haven't gone for faster with the hybrid - though maybe they didn't want to undercut the SVR
Why would you want to go 'faster' with a hybrid, surely you tick that option for environmental and economy reasons! The idea that electric = fast is just a pointless marketing ploy by Tesla to make dull and unprofitable electric cars appear 'interesting' IMHO. impressive - though it is interesting to compare it against the XC90 which is I think 5.5 0-60, surprised that JLR haven't gone for faster with the hybrid - though maybe they didn't want to undercut the SVR
I couldn't see any sign of the cables moving so my first thought was - like a few of you suggested - that they were somehow shackled under the car and would lock if it lost control. And I absolutely agree that in spite of the hyperbole about possible death they wouldn't be taking any chances. The only thing that made me think otherwise was that there are some split second shots from the front, back, and underneath where you can't see any sign at all of the cables being connected. So that makes me wonder if they've done a bit of clever post production editing, or maybe they didn't even do the entire ascent in one shot!
PoopahScoopah said:
I couldn't see any sign of the cables moving so my first thought was - like a few of you suggested - that they were somehow shackled under the car and would lock if it lost control. And I absolutely agree that in spite of the hyperbole about possible death they wouldn't be taking any chances. The only thing that made me think otherwise was that there are some split second shots from the front, back, and underneath where you can't see any sign at all of the cables being connected. So that makes me wonder if they've done a bit of clever post production editing, or maybe they didn't even do the entire ascent in one shot!
Most of your questions are probably answered by this!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVu12jY032U
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