Freelander Off road capability proved!

Wasn't even anyone driving it!

BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Car slopes off on road to nowhere


C'mon tratter boys, beat that!






Wonder if the VCU worked after that?

The doors fell off on the way back up though

shouldn't of got them wet in that bog

Blew the head gasket trying to drive back up...

tasty! Thats what you call HDC

Looking the front valance, it looks like he got out cheap.
Can anyone track down this FL in Devon?

cashybai said:

Wasn't even anyone driving it!

C'mon tratter boys, beat that!

Click to expand...

When we takes are tratters offroad we aint scared to sit in em unlike the owner of the above Gaylander.

ratty said:

When we takes are tratters offroad we aint scared to sit in em unlike the owner of the above Gaylander.

Click to expand...

He's not in it 'cos the poor bugger's sh*t hissen.....

Was it an accident or an attempt at an insurance claim?

aussielander said:

Was it an accident or an attempt at an insurance claim?

Click to expand...

I would say it wuz an accident. Nobody takes a freelander off road on purpose.

Just out of fairness , and purely for test purposes i think we should take a deepender and shove it over the edge just to see how well it does

it would get down fine, and then reverse back up the hill with ease

it would do better than a gaylander any day

I notice that it didnt get driven back up though, now that would be a test!!

Steve

To scale that all you would need is power (FL has planty of that) and a decent set of knobblies, assuming it wasnt bogged at the bottom and a bit of run at it.
Might even tackle it in Mondo mode

Different story if it had to start halfway up, thats when defender would come into its own.

Anyone ever see Eurosports when the vertical ascent trials on scramblers. Guys would charge up and bail off when gravity overcame speed and momentum, great craic

cashybai said:

Wasn't even anyone driving it!

BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Car slopes off on road to nowhere


C'mon tratter boys, beat that!






Wonder if the VCU worked after that?

Click to expand...

The Freeloader has never been the problem... it's the people who drive them

Short back and sides then please, while I'm waiting

DTZ said:

The Freeloader has never been the problem... it's the people who drive them

Short back and sides then please, while I'm waiting

Click to expand...

just seen the freelander pulled up the bank on tv at a cost of 3 grand!! sum bloke jumped in fired her up and drove it .tough as old boots these freelanders ........

crap as well though

90boy said:

crap as well though

Click to expand...

pretty tough and they look good too..... ...

Who says he left the handbrake off. Mine headed off down hill the day after it passed MOT and the handbrake was all the way on. Its just a crap handbrake.