RE: 'Hard Top' returns to Land Rover Defender
Discussion
DonkeyApple said:
I think you should be able to airdrop. Blackberry users will need to buy the Landwind Pomegranite Tributo and just throw ring binders or 8 tracks at it.
Can the Landwind Pomegranite actually pull a train though and has it been sanctioned (via a medium obviously) by M F C Wilks ?bnseven said:
DonkeyApple said:
I think you should be able to airdrop. Blackberry users will need to buy the Landwind Pomegranite Tributo and just throw ring binders or 8 tracks at it.
Can the Landwind Pomegranite actually pull a train though and has it been sanctioned (via a medium obviously) by M F C Wilks ?Max_Torque said:
right thats it. I've not called you names, i've explained in detail where you are mistaken, i've linked you to videos showing cars pulling train, and yet you keep making up s
t why you can't be wrong. The boy who called wolf gets his comupence eventually.
well enoughs enough, sod off you troll, i'm out. Sorry to the rest of PH who might have learnt something, and might have been interested to learn about these interesting vehicles, but i just can't be bothered any more.
Well done RoverP6B, your trolling stupidity has put off one of the six people who regularly post on here who know what they are talking about. Slow clap for you.t why you can't be wrong. The boy who called wolf gets his comupence eventually.well enoughs enough, sod off you troll, i'm out. Sorry to the rest of PH who might have learnt something, and might have been interested to learn about these interesting vehicles, but i just can't be bothered any more.
RoverP6B said:
I consider it pretty likely that the Ur-Disco had some form of help... those don't look like Commonwealth bogies (no yellow Timken roller bearing covers), the railhead conditions are not ideal, too much friction to get the carriages rolling smoothly, tyres on the railhead again...
Remember the famous ad with the Series/Defender scaling the dam? That was faked too, there was a bloody great glider winch (funnily enough) on top of the dam, hauling the (IIRC engineless?) LR up the sheer rock face.
Remember Clarkson moving the Dunsfold 747 with the VW Touareg V10? That thing had a lot of torque, multiple tons of sandbags as ballast for stability, moving a stripped-out engineless carcass of a Jumbo, and even with the advantage of full traction on a very grippy old concrete surface, enabling the use of full engine torque without wheelspin, it took forever just to get moving at all. Now, try doing the same thing (weight reduced in proportion to torque) on a slippery, rusty railhead, with knackered old plain bearings putting up a fight...
So yes, these ads were and are fake... and now we've got Nude Offenders jumping like Baja trophy trucks in a trailer for the latest Bond film. Absolute bks.
Luckily not all advertising lies.Remember the famous ad with the Series/Defender scaling the dam? That was faked too, there was a bloody great glider winch (funnily enough) on top of the dam, hauling the (IIRC engineless?) LR up the sheer rock face.
Remember Clarkson moving the Dunsfold 747 with the VW Touareg V10? That thing had a lot of torque, multiple tons of sandbags as ballast for stability, moving a stripped-out engineless carcass of a Jumbo, and even with the advantage of full traction on a very grippy old concrete surface, enabling the use of full engine torque without wheelspin, it took forever just to get moving at all. Now, try doing the same thing (weight reduced in proportion to torque) on a slippery, rusty railhead, with knackered old plain bearings putting up a fight...
So yes, these ads were and are fake... and now we've got Nude Offenders jumping like Baja trophy trucks in a trailer for the latest Bond film. Absolute b
ks.
I'll start by saying I want a new Defender, can't afford it but still want.
I owned an 2014 F56 MINI Cooper from new, then replaced it with an R55 JCW Clubman. I mention these because I saw a lot of the same crap spouted regarding old diddy Minis versus new BMW MINIs, passed off as banter. Gets a bit tiring after a while, just like the 'Pretender' or 'Nude Offender' nonsense in here, especially since the Grenadier would be more suited to the Pretender label.
I've watched quite a few Youtubes on the 2020 Defender these past few weeks, and the more I see, the more I want one. It seems a very capable vehicle, one video in particular they drive for 3 days over desert, steep rocky trails and flooded river beds etc. No breakdowns, no real dramas (as far as we know), altogether very impressive. I'd wager if you did that in an old Defender, you'd still get there, but you'd be a sore/broken man by the end.
The only one I've seen so far that I wasn't keen on, was a young lady and her new Defender, rolling on big wheels. I think they look best on the steelies.
While I think most farm types around here will stick with their Jap pickups, I can see no reason why you couldn't use one of these, bung a few sheep in he back like you would with a Disco.
I owned an 2014 F56 MINI Cooper from new, then replaced it with an R55 JCW Clubman. I mention these because I saw a lot of the same crap spouted regarding old diddy Minis versus new BMW MINIs, passed off as banter. Gets a bit tiring after a while, just like the 'Pretender' or 'Nude Offender' nonsense in here, especially since the Grenadier would be more suited to the Pretender label.
I've watched quite a few Youtubes on the 2020 Defender these past few weeks, and the more I see, the more I want one. It seems a very capable vehicle, one video in particular they drive for 3 days over desert, steep rocky trails and flooded river beds etc. No breakdowns, no real dramas (as far as we know), altogether very impressive. I'd wager if you did that in an old Defender, you'd still get there, but you'd be a sore/broken man by the end.
The only one I've seen so far that I wasn't keen on, was a young lady and her new Defender, rolling on big wheels. I think they look best on the steelies.
While I think most farm types around here will stick with their Jap pickups, I can see no reason why you couldn't use one of these, bung a few sheep in he back like you would with a Disco.
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