Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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But he's got knobbly tyres on and everything.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Should have engaged diff lock.
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@Weathercam, ...having used a Suzuki sj410 (this model here) and the successor jimny all over the valais Alps I can confirm that the sj410 is notorious for falling over sideways - real lack of sideways stability - Jimny much better but still scary - can climb like goats - excellent low ratio box - but often feint and flop sideways....
They are tough as old boots but god you have to be careful re lateral stability
Hope this guy was ok ... not much room in the footwell for hiding in a rollover - but 'being thrown clear' not very realistic. From the damage just looks like one or two slow rolls - if no belt then enough room on the passenger side to hide while rolling...
Long walk out...
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Reminds me of a local who lost his car on a hairpin bend on the way down from Montalbert, he and the car ended up about 20ft up a tree, he climbed down with just a few cuts and bruises and walked the rest of the way home.
When we asked about the car there was a Gallic shrug and the response that the big recovery truck comes this way on a Tuesday
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@valais2, it's a Defender.
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Looks like he fitted red polybushes to the defender as well.
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@Norrin Radd, blimey you're right - expanding the photo the LR tdi logo is clear enough - apologies - grief you need to be a right twerp to tip a Defender.
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@valais2, yes if you look at the video on the link https://www.relive.cc/view/944700786 you'll see that I say it's a trashed Land Rover and there are a couple more photos in the vid.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Should have used a proper Japanese 4wd
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thank goodness it's a Defender... It means it'll buff out nicely
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Poster: A snowHead
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Exactly, nothing a little T-Cut couldn't sort out.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chassis looks in good condition.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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A few years ago, there was an exchange scheme between a Land Rover mechanic from Longbridge, and his counterpart in the Land Cruiser factory in Japan. At the end of the day in the Toyota plant, the mechanic ensured all the windows were shut, then put a cat in the LC and locked the door. He explained to the Brit that this was a test of the tolerances of the seals - if he came back in the morning and the cat had died of suffocation, he would know the seals were tight enough. The LR man thought this was a great idea, went back to Longbridge, put a cat in the Defender, closing all the doors and windows tightly, just as the Toyota man had done. He came back in the morning, eager to see if the tolerances would match Toyota's. The doors and windows were still shut, but to his surprise, although not to the surprise of anyone who's owned a Defender, the cat had escaped.
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blahblahblah wrote: |
Chassis looks in good condition. |
But the 30mm (M20 2.5) nut on the chassis-end of the front radius arm looks a little rusty.
He could do with DA2353 and he'll be fine.
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@WindOfChange, clearly right.
Tools needed for complete refurbishment:
Half inch spanner
Lump hammer
Some people to turn it over.
A few spares - probably just new glass.
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@Chamcham, obviously they had a Japanese NSPCA-equivalent observer....no cats were harmed during the death of the cat ....
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Chamcham wrote: |
A few years ago, there was an exchange scheme between a Land Rover mechanic from Longbridge, and his counterpart in the Land Cruiser factory in Japan. At the end of the day in the Toyota plant, the mechanic ensured all the windows were shut, then put a cat in the LC and locked the door. He explained to the Brit that this was a test of the tolerances of the seals - if he came back in the morning and the cat had died of suffocation, he would know the seals were tight enough. The LR man thought this was a great idea, went back to Longbridge, put a cat in the Defender, closing all the doors and windows tightly, just as the Toyota man had done. He came back in the morning, eager to see if the tolerances would match Toyota's. The doors and windows were still shut, but to his surprise, although not to the surprise of anyone who's owned a Defender, the cat had escaped. |
Yes, that was the decatted model.
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@Orange200, Cat A, B or C alarm?
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Schrödinger’s ?
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No, if it was Schroedinger's it would have escaped AND still be inside the car.
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@Orange200, But how would you know?
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@mcspreader, you wouldn't - that'd collapse the probability function. Now Pavlovs cat; thats easy - it'd be next door getting fed without any damn fool bells going off.
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mcspreader wrote: |
@Orange200, But how would you know? |
Because the little sod would be shredding the back of the front seat AND putting muddy paw prints across the bonnet AT THE SAME TIME.
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You know it makes sense.
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Found this today on the descent from Les Ayes to Melezin, wasn't there 2 days ago....
2 coppers were there, one looked at the road surface and said "Looking at the skid marks, he lost control"
Really???????????
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The car in front no more me thinks.
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Poster: A snowHead
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What skid mark?
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