Cars that have left your TVR standing
Cars that have left your TVR standing
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tvrolet

Original Poster:

4,746 posts

311 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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...and everything else this morning too!

Took a nack road to work to avoid the snarl ups and an Evo followed me. Not sure if he made it to the top of the first unploughed hill

Revenge of the 4wd turbo diesels!

What a great day for hooning about in the snow.



WB

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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I borrowed Mrs U's Jeep to get to work this morning. Stuck it in 4WD to get out of the village, now it wont go back into 2WD.

Local Jeep dealer has taken it away. Hope he fixes it before Mrs U finds out.

tvrolet

Original Poster:

4,746 posts

311 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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Wife's got a Jeep too - They all do that sir!

If you haven't used 4wd for a while they are sods to get back out. Trick is to change in to 2wd when it's still on a 'slippy' surface and blip the throttle on and off. It will usually come out in a few hundred hards. Same technique to get it out on dry tarmac (floor the throttle/lift off/floor throttle at 20-40mph), only it can take a mile or more before it decides to go back to 2wd.

I'm sure there's some chargeable dealer 'fix', but we've always 'worked around' it.

WB

anonymous-user

83 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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Thanks for that. Should have asked on here before I called the dealer!

monkeypilot

106 posts

274 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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had a go in a mates 911 GT3 at the weekend. Made my Chim seem very ordinary afterwards. Need to upgrade to a T350 RR or a Sagaris...Does anyone want to buy a kidney??

J_S_G

6,177 posts

279 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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For the first time in 3 years of having silly RWD Tivs/Lotuses, I had to give in and take the 206 today... couldn't even get the Tusc out of the allocated parking, let alone onto the road!

Can't wait till I get my offroader.

zumbruk

7,848 posts

289 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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tvrolet said:
Wife's got a Jeep too - They all do that sir!

If you haven't used 4wd for a while they are sods to get back out. Trick is to change in to 2wd when it's still on a 'slippy' surface and blip the throttle on and off.


Dunno if it's relevant, but my Disco is sometimes reluctant to unlock it's centre diff - the trick is to drive it a short distance in reverse...

morgala

327 posts

277 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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monkeypilot said:
Does anyone want to buy a kidney??


you only got about 5 to 8K for ye kidney, you could sell the two

fatboychim

979 posts

280 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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unrepentant said:
Thanks for that. Should have asked on here before I called the dealer!



In the cherokee i used to select neutral at the gearbox and roll to a halt, then it used to go 2wd again. Mine had the 4wd and lock not 4H/4L.Bit like Tivs these 4x4's

Extra 300 Driver

5,282 posts

275 months

Wednesday 23rd February 2005
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morgala said:

monkeypilot said:
Does anyone want to buy a kidney??



you only got about 5 to 8K for ye kidney, you could sell the two


Why not sell your Liver?

ratpit

229 posts

265 months

Thursday 24th February 2005
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zumbruk said:

tvrolet said:
Wife's got a Jeep too - They all do that sir!

If you haven't used 4wd for a while they are sods to get back out. Trick is to change in to 2wd when it's still on a 'slippy' surface and blip the throttle on and off.



Dunno if it's relevant, but my Disco is sometimes reluctant to unlock it's centre diff - the trick is to drive it a short distance in reverse...


I was going to say that.