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Inclinometers. Do they work and do you trust them?
alaric:
Whilst I wouldn't go out and buy one, I have one fitted as standard to my Pajero, and I have used it on a few occasions.
On a gradually increasing side slope, I will have my passenger watch the guage, and tell me if I'm approaching 40 degrees. I know the car is good for this (and a bit more) but at anything past 35, I need to back the speed right down and look very carefully for low side dips/high side bumps.
I certainly agree that the driver has more important things to be looking out for though!
Alaric.
Bulli:
Yep , shoguns have em, they are simply a fun thing to watch on roundabouts...see what angle you can get by going faster!!!! Not that i would condone such actions,LOL
Dirty Gertie:
--- Quote from: "gords" ---As a newcomer (don't know about muddyjames) which I still feel like, I think they can serve as a useful reminder/warning. Like Tim says though, considering the different makeup of everyone's cars (new/old suspension, lifts, etc) they can only ever be a guide!
I don't have one myself - sometimes I think it would be nice to have one. Although I suspect I almost certainly bottle out way before the car's limits :oops:
Maybe having one would make me push it even more ... :-k ... nope, I definitely don't want one :wink: :lol:
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It's all about experience; This Pic was taken on my first trip to the sadly now closed Kirton Lindsey quarry; I had a mate riding shotgun and halfway through the axle twisters I'm not ashamed to say I bottled it; on some of the sideslopes it felt like we were going over; I told him "You got me into this, you can get me out!" - I'm the shocked looking person in the corner of the pic, going "OMG, MY CAR!!!!!!"
Twelve months later I laughed my pants off as I romped the same section with a 'newbie' passenger squealing by my side!! :(biglaugh):
muddyjames:
I always think it takes more guts to bottle out than it is too carry on and potentialy go out side your own limits or the cars.
I have done the opposite to you. I went to a course near Tadley in Hampshire and went down a hole that the front end went down and the back end followed and nearly went straight over the top. luckily I realised and floored it and the front wheels had enough grip to pull me out of the situation. Never again am I doing that hole. Well for now anyway. there is 1 hole I havent done as I have never had a snorkel. Next time it will be different!
Bulli:
Gertie, any news on Kirton? Im sure i chatted to you there, i was with muddibabe in my disco...great site real shame that its closed! I was hoping it would reopen.....
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