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Jonny69

Jonny69

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I don't think I ever posted this back when it happened. At the end of Lemans 2004 two idiots came belting through the campsite on the gravel road at about 60mph. There was a huge sliding sound followed by a *BAAAANG* where they hit a tree. I helped pull the **** out the car...

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These guys were camped directly the other side of the tree and would have been all flattened if the tree hadn't been there. They weren't best happy about it:

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The Range Rover probably would have gone straight through that puny concrete fence onto the motorway the other side.
 
Sp00n said:
Not to mention all the effort thats gone in to that tower of beer! :eek:
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Indeed, there were a couple of hundred bottles there and only three lads drinking them :eek:
 
it's always amazed me the amount of people who seem to think that a 4x4 system on a car means that they can drive like an utter moron.

saw lots of it on the snowy night we had in birmingham recently, eejits in X5s, Touaregs, Discoverys and the like happily attempting to drive at their normal speeds when there's very little grip to be had because the 4x4 system makes them invincible
 
Sp00n said:
Not to mention all the effort thats gone in to that tower of beer! :eek:
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I can just imagine as the Range Rover comes sliding towards them "NOOOOOOOO NOT THE BEERAMID"

Silly fools thinking they're rally gods.
 
Heh, the last thing you want to hit is a tree, they're kind of "well rooted" for obvious reasons. Other cars and garden fences are a much safer option.

Then again, if you were that bright, you wouldn't by a Range Rover would you for offroad ability ;)
 
SB118 said:
Heh, the last thing you want to hit is a tree, they're kind of "well rooted" for obvious reasons. Other cars and garden fences are a much safer option.

Then again, if you were that bright, you wouldn't by a Range Rover would you for offroad ability ;)
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Why would you not buy a Range Rover for offorad ability?

I wish I'd taken some pics of the idiot in the eurobox metro that managed to slam into the front of my Rangey when I was driving up a country lane one evening. Idiot driver was speeding down a wet country lane in the dusk round a corner on a slight downward incline, they managed to lock the wheels and slid straight into the front of me. The metro had to be towed away from the scene, I just reversed and drove off. Young drivers :/
 
Trouble is Taske not everyone uses them on muddy country lanes and fields. Most of them are tearing about at 50 in the 30 zones in london, nailing it off roundabouts, from the lights etc and because they weigh so much can't stop as quick the likes of an equally quick car like a fast beemer. Tend to obliterate smaller vehicles when their drivers **** up. Seen one on its roof on a seemingly straight clear bit of road so can only assume it was going way too fast when it tried to change direction.
 
Weirdly, never seen a 4x4 on it's roof in the country but always get the idiots who think they can drive and end up going up a bank or into a large object.

It's all down to driving style, if you understand the limitations of wahetever you're driving and read the road it doesn't matter what you're in. Don't understand why everyone jumps on the ZOMGZ *** 4X4 R *** BAD bandwagon these days :/
 
taske said:
Weirdly, never seen a 4x4 on it's roof in the country but always get the idiots who think they can drive and end up going up a bank or into a large object.

It's all down to driving style, if you understand the limitations of wahetever you're driving and read the road it doesn't matter what you're in. Don't understand why everyone jumps on the ZOMGZ *** 4X4 R *** BAD bandwagon these days :/
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Chill out mate, all the replies referring to the bad reputation of 4x4's are talking about the likes of the chelsea tractors / people who buy 2 tonne tanks for no apparent reason, then proceed to drive them like morons.
 
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