Touraeg V8 Stuck in the desert!
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Im not much of an Off roader but bought a V8 Touareg where i live in Dubai and decided one day to take it out into the sand!
Very quickly realised that the 22inch wheels were pathetic in the Sand with the low profile tyres. I got the car stuck and took us a good few hours in the 45 degree heat to dig it out!
Very quickly realised that the 22inch wheels were pathetic in the Sand with the low profile tyres. I got the car stuck and took us a good few hours in the 45 degree heat to dig it out!
Ooooops 
Still, not quite as serious as one incident that happend to me many years back on a biking holiday in the Lake District.
Myself and the girlfriend stopped off at a beach near Cockermouth, well I'd had this idea about acting out the names of places.... but I digress.
We decided to take a spin up and down the beach on the motorbike, all was going well until I thought it would be even more fun to spin through the water too, throwing up lovely waves of cool sea water.
Needless to say, within about 5 metres the bike was up to its axles in the wet sand. Leaping off and trying to drag the bike out I quickly realised the tide was coming in at a fair rate of knots and what had been 3 or 4 inches of water was actually upto my knees by the time I got it out (the bike, not the original plan).
It must have been some sight to behold, the GF holding the bike up whilst I shovelled sand away from the back of the wheels with my hands then hauling the whole lot about six inches back towards the shore when it would sink again and I'd repeat the shovelling.
At one point I really thought 'I'm never going to get this out of here and we'll be on the bus home....' It seemed like a good idea at the time!
Still, not quite as serious as one incident that happend to me many years back on a biking holiday in the Lake District.
Myself and the girlfriend stopped off at a beach near Cockermouth, well I'd had this idea about acting out the names of places.... but I digress.
We decided to take a spin up and down the beach on the motorbike, all was going well until I thought it would be even more fun to spin through the water too, throwing up lovely waves of cool sea water.
Needless to say, within about 5 metres the bike was up to its axles in the wet sand. Leaping off and trying to drag the bike out I quickly realised the tide was coming in at a fair rate of knots and what had been 3 or 4 inches of water was actually upto my knees by the time I got it out (the bike, not the original plan).
It must have been some sight to behold, the GF holding the bike up whilst I shovelled sand away from the back of the wheels with my hands then hauling the whole lot about six inches back towards the shore when it would sink again and I'd repeat the shovelling.
At one point I really thought 'I'm never going to get this out of here and we'll be on the bus home....' It seemed like a good idea at the time!
61JASON61 said:
not really built for proper off roading though, eh. get a landy.
I seem to remember an article about Wadi bashing in Cayennes (which are basically the same thing under the skin iirc?) and they were extremely competent. I'd suggest in this case that the tyres were to blame, not the actual truck?Kermit power said:
61JASON61 said:
not really built for proper off roading though, eh. get a landy.
I seem to remember an article about Wadi bashing in Cayennes (which are basically the same thing under the skin iirc?) and they were extremely competent. I'd suggest in this case that the tyres were to blame, not the actual truck?
Anything that gets up to axles is going to get stuck, be it Touareg, Lanie or Unimog!I'm sure the VW would have done much better on smaller alloys and AT's or proper sand tyres.
I would have been fine had there not have been a 100ft drop a few yards on which made me stop and sink. The V8 was planted going up the hill hit the top and decided the car really would struggle to get back up if I went down so had to stop and u turn, thats when got stuck - Ended up calling a scottish life saver called Frank who dragged me out in a 20 year old Land Cruiser! made me feel about 3 inches tall!
Good fun any way!
Good fun any way!
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