Land Rovers are fookin incredible

[FunkyGibbon]

We've just had a day's off-road with a chap called Adam in a disused quarry at Wormersley, W Yorks.

Absolutely amazing what theses vehicles can acheive!

There were some places I wouldn't dare walk let along take a 4x4 there.

Damn fine day out.

FG and FGes.

[the corsa kid]

Glad you enjoyed; i have been trialing today near Hartington, came second (because of pilot error, i dont deny it lol) But i did better than a guy with simex and a v8!

Roland

[cerbman]

FunkyGibbon said:

We've just had a day's off-road with a chap called Adam in a disused quarry at Wormersley, W Yorks. Absolutely amazing what theses vehicles can acheive! There were some places I wouldn't dare walk let along take a 4x4 there. Damn fine day out. FG and FGes.

I see you have a Freelander, I'm considering one, should I?

[FunkyGibbon]

cerbman said:

FunkyGibbon said: We've just had a day's off-road with a chap called Adam in a disused quarry at Wormersley, W Yorks. Absolutely amazing what theses vehicles can acheive! There were some places I wouldn't dare walk let along take a 4x4 there. Damn fine day out. FG and FGes. I see you have a Freelander, I'm considering one, should I?

It's a good fun truck, handy for lugging stuff. We have the soft-top so it's fun in the summer.

We don't do any off-roading in it though, but Adam on the 4x4 course said they are not too bad at that. (Not as good as a real 4x4 Landie)

One warning though, I'd avoid the k-series 1.8 petrol, they can suffer frequent head gasket failures, ours has!. Go for the V6 or the diesel.

[zumbruk]

Many years ago, before we bought our first Landie, we were on a walking holiday on the Isle of Skye, and doing a walk over a *very* rough path (I can't recall the exact place, but it's opposite The Bad Step, on Iain Anderson's estate). As we scrambled over the boulders, I could hear the "tick, tick, tick" of a diesel engine at low revs, which got steadily louder, until we were overtaken by two blokes in an elderly LR tilt with, of all things, a set of patio doors in the back. We nodded good afternoon and they vanished into the distance. I was gobsmacked how well the LR climbed over the rocks...