Bob's off-roading skills
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No, no second car. I didn't take part in the trials, I just had fun driving up and down steep tracks and through 18" of water. These cars are made to be treated like this. I would have had a go at the trials but the gates were very tight and I would have risked scraping or denting door panels and wings so I decided not to take the risk.
Still waiting for 5/5 - I've got 1,2,3&4 *edit to say looks like its arrived.
After looking at some of the sections that was planned, a frontera wouldn't have made it through without suffering a scrape or two, so best alternative was to let Bob have a play in mine.
It doesn't matter if mine gets damaged, just chuck it back on the trailer and away.
Glad to see you still played enough in the frontera to get it thoughly muddy - result!
>> Edited by Byff on Sunday 14th March 21:47
After looking at some of the sections that was planned, a frontera wouldn't have made it through without suffering a scrape or two, so best alternative was to let Bob have a play in mine.
It doesn't matter if mine gets damaged, just chuck it back on the trailer and away.
Glad to see you still played enough in the frontera to get it thoughly muddy - result!
>> Edited by Byff on Sunday 14th March 21:47
Should cool down by Tuesday 
docevi1 said:Frontera are the cheap end of the real 4x4 market. Proper 4WD with locking difs and height & low ratio box. They have good road clearance so the short wheel base version is capable of clearing fairly high humps. There are plates underneath to protect drive gear from grounding and all essential drive gear is inside the chassis rails. I just didn't want to bend the body panels.
...I would never have said a Frontera was made for that sort of thing....
docevi1 said:
oh, tbh I would never have said a Frontera was made for that sort of thing, but then I wouldn't have said Byff's was either.
Sounds interesting
With the Suzuki, the Japanese did what the Japanese do best, took a Land Rover and miniturised it.
The military needed a 4x4, so Suzuki based the first SJ's on old Landie SIII - but smaller. They are fantastic off-road, but because the military couldn't mount large machine guns to them, they didn't buy any. So the Japanese could only sell them as recreational toys that unfortunately, only hairdressers seemed to buy and hence, the off-road ability was forgotten as they only ever went on tarmac.
My tiger certainly showed the Land Rover boys a thing or two. Smaller, lighter and more manouvable(sp?) make them a better competition vehicle. They are cheaper to buy and cheaper to run so it suits me down to the ground.
You only went off to play by yourself for a short while. Mr Friendly said:
Where'd all this happen?
Oh, It was just a 'normal' run out for the TVR's that TVRBob organised !!
Pictures are from the car park at the pub where we stopped for lunch, when it eventually stopped raining.
I've not been out with the troops yet when it hasn't pi$$ed down!
If you look carefully you can see Stefan on his hands and knees looking for his petrol cap.....
Well no actually!!
This was a 'byff' organised event though there are close comparisons to be made between this and our recent NY Moors run. The cars definitely needed washing after that one.
byff introduced me to the NorthEast 4X4 club where I was able to play but not compete. Competing requires a willingness to dent and damage your car. Something I was not ready for yet.
byff should be posting future events on here.
This was a 'byff' organised event though there are close comparisons to be made between this and our recent NY Moors run. The cars definitely needed washing after that one.
byff introduced me to the NorthEast 4X4 club where I was able to play but not compete. Competing requires a willingness to dent and damage your car. Something I was not ready for yet.
byff should be posting future events on here.
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