The dance of the roadside recovery.

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NJW5007

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Well I have owned my beautiful big blue buxom baby a month now, and my Range Rover as well.
In my youth, with few spare pound notes and a love of British vehicles, I learned the "dance of the roadside recovery".
These dances are usually seen at the side of the road in company with a *smoking, *steaming, *three wheeled, * on fire, car of some description. (*delete which is not appropriate)

The dance can take a number of forms from the "Hurry up I am bloody freezing shuffle" to the " Full bladder hop." as well as the "her fathers going to kill me waltz".
There are many variations of this dance and over the years I became proficient in many of them.in particular was the " Bloody car, I have just had to give my coat to my girlfriend whilst I pretend I am not bloody freezing and I bet she dumps me as well, tango."
I thought that my dancing days were over until recently when I had a Jaguar XF which went bang, where I relearned the "This is going to cost a fortune cha cha cha".
On to today and a brand new roadside recovery dance. This is the "Standing next to a steaming Range Rover whilst snotty little school kids take the mickey out of me waiting for the bloody AA two step" this was coupled with the "Annoyed daughter stomp", and the "Waving goodbye to my car on the back of a recovery truck whilst I walk home quick step"
Any way I have decided that as long as I have my Range Rover V8 Rogue I am going to have to take dancing lessons.
 
I wrote a short while ago about how even a Range Rover sitting on the side of the road in a puddle of it's internal fluid is still a beautiful thing. I tested that theory properly today and I am afraid to say that I have it bad.
I would still rather have my Range Rover on the back of a low loader than own a poxy Vauxhall Corsa. Put the fun back into motoring, my 'arris.
 
Yep you have it bad:)

Please Let us know why she decided to take a pee at the side of the road:eek:.

did it get a free ride home or to a garage?

J
 
I wrote a short while ago about how even a Range Rover sitting on the side of the road in a puddle of it's internal fluid is still a beautiful thing. I tested that theory properly today and I am afraid to say that I have it bad.
I would still rather have my Range Rover on the back of a low loader than own a poxy Vauxhall Corsa. Put the fun back into motoring, my 'arris.

Don't knock the Corsa too much, my wifes Corsa has been used a number of times to get parts for my LR products :oops:
 
Don't knock the Corsa too much, my wifes Corsa has been used a number of times to get parts for my LR products :oops:

This is was a corsa last week......
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That will be the wifes Corsa when the DMF finally gives up. It's been clanging it's arse off for years but refuses to die :D

Id happily chop all corsa's up....all day long every day 24/7 365 days 8760 hours or 31536000 seconds
a year every year lol I don't really like them lol did you guess:D:D
 
Yep you have it bad:)

Please Let us know why she decided to take a pee at the side of the road:eek:.

did it get a free ride home or to a garage?

J
Because the car was recovered it was taken to my local garage who I am now on first name terms with.
Fortunately the problem was a split pipe at the back of the engine. the pipe had apparently been cut to accomodate the LPG system and had split at the point of the joint. Because I was able to stop and switch off before Rangey overheated, there was no real damage done ( apart from my wallet and self esteem and father- daughter relationship.)
 
I occasionally use my daughters Corsa around town but I'm only here today because my last RR let me walk away from a pitch black A1(M) rollover after hitting a car and bouncing of the side of an artic trailer. Looked a mess after but only one window shattered. Did the walking around thinking WTF waiting for the recovery truck. A kind Policeman said driving at 70mph on dipped headlights you'll never see anything without lights until you hit it. He was correct. Ironically, oncoming traffic meant I couldn't use my Xenon spot lamps otherwise I'd still be driving a black RR. That's me leaning in to get my personal effects before it went to the crusher.
Tricky.
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I occasionally use my daughters Corsa around town but I'm only here today because my last RR let me walk away from a pitch black A1(M) rollover after hitting a car and bouncing of the side of an artic trailer. Looked a mess after but only one window shattered. Did the walking around thinking WTF waiting for the recovery truck. A kind Policeman said driving at 70mph on dipped headlights you'll never see anything without lights until you hit it. He was correct. Ironically, oncoming traffic meant I couldn't use my Xenon spot lamps otherwise I'd still be driving a black RR. That's me leaning in to get my personal effects before it went to the crusher.
Tricky.
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Did you get the supercharger off it.. You made a nice mess of it :eek:
 
Did you get the supercharger off it.. You made a nice mess of it :eek:
Sadly not, they stood over me the whole time and even mad a list of everything I took. If I'd had my way the new brake lines would have been off as they'd only been on a few weeks and the remaining three wheels as there was thousands of miles left on the Pzero's, the fourth wheel is in the undergrowth somewhere near Blyth. LOL.
Tricky.
 
Sadly not, they stood over me the whole time and even mad a list of everything I took. If I'd had my way the new brake lines would have been off as they'd only been on a few weeks and the remaining three wheels as there was thousands of miles left on the Pzero's, the fourth wheel is in the undergrowth somewhere near Blyth. LOL.
Tricky.
Lucky man!
 
Sadly not, they stood over me the whole time and even mad a list of everything I took. If I'd had my way the new brake lines would have been off as they'd only been on a few weeks and the remaining three wheels as there was thousands of miles left on the Pzero's, the fourth wheel is in the undergrowth somewhere near Blyth

That's very unreasonable. It's technically your vehicle, until you've got the insurance payout, and you're entitled to remove anything that the insurers aren't covering.

At least it saved you.
 
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