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Who broke what at Abingdon !
Smego:
Well I did the whole extreem (hardly extreem) course lots of mud up over the truck but no damage at all, the only hard bit was the mud run I had to ease off the let the water run out infront to allow enough traction to just drive out over the shelf, so many tried it with the full bow wave holding them back!
Didn't expect any damage after all I drive a Smurf not a Landie, also had the moo-ing in the arena with the landy rally crowd.
Had a great week-end, missed the actaul show but that was only -cause I blinked but the crowd and the off-raod-ing was good! < thanks all.
if they added a few stalls it would be great!
Skibum346:
Update:
Alternator has died...!
It was on it's way out anyway (Batt light glowing) but it seems the mud has done it in!
Ended up getting towed back home from a spot a mile or so from Solihull Mick's place (Having just picked it up after he put shiny new carbs on it! For a fee of course!).
Ah well... looking around for new alternator this morning.
Skibum
Gordo:
Well as an off-road virgin, I think it was the ideal place to give it a try. MuddyJames took me round in his Disco for a sighting lap, then (the mad fool!) he let me drive his Disco around...
After that I decided to take my own Land Rover around the course, and I was pleasently surprised how well it coped. Jibes about the lack of low-range and diff-lock were misplaced. In fact everyone who had a ride in the Freelander was very complimentary about it :D
I did decide to give the mud run a miss though - the tide lines on other LRs was considerably higher than the Freelander's wading depth. :-.
The only damage sustained was a bent bracket for my tow bar's electrics, so I'll sort that this weekend - after I've removed a large quantity of Oxfordshire from all over it.
Did someone say there were photos posted somewhere...?
Roll on next year!
DoubleTop:
this years official photos are up now at http://abingdonphotos.com/
So you were one of the people who thought they were the only Freelander :chuckle: As with all off-road, as long as you take the route suitable for you car then you'll be fine. As someone on here says regularly, if it needs a tank to drive through, use a tank don't try to modify you car to go through.
Controversial ;)
DT.
Gordo:
--- Quote from: DoubleTop on October 03, 2008, 13:38:48 ---So you were one of the people who thought they were the only Freelander :chuckle:
--- End quote ---
On the Saturday, I was the only Freelander (excluding marshalls).
The official photos support that assertion! ;)
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