What's all these pipes and gubbins on the back of this Landy about then?

[Jonny69]

Driving through Teddington and spotted this lashed up on the back of a Landy:

What you can't see from the photo is it's sort of bodged on with a bike rack and the pipe going over the roof pokes back in through the side window. A colleague at work says he's seen quite a few vehicles driving near Teddington with them on. This was a few months ago - the last spot was a 2013 Audi last night.

Any idea what they are, who's doing it etc?

 

[Lashout_UK]

That's one of Land Rover's Discovery press cars. The gear is from What Car?, as the car is undergoing testing for the "True MPG" section of the website: http://www.whatcar.com/truempg/

What Car? is based in Teddington, hence why your friend is seeing them often.

 

[Howard]

I queue at that junction every day.

 

[Lashout_UK]

More here: http://www.whatcar.com/truempg/how-we-did-it

 

[[TW]Fox]

Some very interesting figures on that site.

Looks like the best CO2 low-tax-troll car is the BMW ActiveHybrid5, the 'True MPG' comes out rather less than the quoted MPG

 

[Jonny69]

Wow, that was pretty quick and I had no idea What Car was in Teddington

Nice one!

 

[Lashout_UK]

Yea - Haymarket's based there so you've got magazines like Autocar, Classic and Sports car, etc., as well as things like Pistonheads and others...

 

[Howard]

They're based down by the river with the Pistonheads offices aren't they?


Edit: Too slow!

 

[s0ck]

Thank you WhatCar!
Surprised to see the modern Audi 2.0 TDI is making very close to manufacturer claims too!

 

[Jonny69]

Pistonheads have offices? I think I might need to take a wander down one lunchtime. There's more here than I thought

 

[Howard]

Where are you based Jonny?

 

[LizardKing]

I queue at that junction every day.

I go through there once a week to visit the NPL, right pita made even worse that the Mc D's is currently shut

 

[Howard]

I go through there once a week to visit the NPL, right pita made even worse that the Mc D's is currently shut

It's OK there's a new Nando's just down the road.

 

[Jonny69]

I go through there once a week to visit the NPL

I'm in that place

 

[Conscript]

Suicide van.

 

[LizardKing]

It's OK there's a new Nando's just down the road.

Excellent, next time i'm down i will be paying a visit!

I'm in that place

Its an interesting place that's for sure!! All i've ever seen of it though is the canteen as i'm based next door in the NMO office but they still have extremely cool labs.

Planning your next experiment??

 

[Maccapacca]

Have you seen Loopers yet it's the future

or past

 

[Draeger]

Forget the pipes - I'd be more concerned about the tree coming out of the roof.