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We have been having a giggle at the antics of J**p drivers of late so when I
saw this video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141956139879045886&q=land+rover
it reminded me of that other post of Austins
http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1124/
ouch! and a demonstration of why rollbars are such a good idea on trials
Derek

 

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Tom Woods wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:47:27 GMT, "Derek"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We have been having a giggle at the antics of J**p drivers of late
>> so when I saw this video
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141956139879045886&q=land+rover
>
> Thats put me off driving up very steep hills without having a roll
> bar!
>
> Weston Coyney looks almost exactly like the place in that clip. I've
> driven down a hill just like that. On the way down we hit a bump and
> my passenger managed to get from sitting in the passenger seat to
> having her head wedged between my knees and the steering wheel, at
> which point i stalled it because i couldnt move my legs. Thats why you
> wear seatbelts!

A likely story if ever I heard one!

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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:47:27 GMT, "Derek"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>We have been having a giggle at the antics of J**p drivers of late so when
>>I
>>saw this video
>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141956139879045886&q=land+rover
>>it reminded me of that other post of Austins
>
> actually, it's more "how not to fail a hillclimb". it's the backing down
> where he got it wrong - could be he braked - front wheels are light and
> lose
> grip, resulting in it going sideways.
>
> mind, it looks like it survived fairly intact.
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> Satisfying: Satisfy your inner child by eating ten tubes of Smarties
> from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

I've looked at it a few times there appears to be a section missing after he
stalls the engine (10secs) when it resumes he's already sliding with the
brakes locked + the backend coming round having lost it, difficult to say
whether it went sliding with the brakes locked on the restart attempt or he
broke adhesion trying to climb the last bit , paniced and locked up still
glad it wasnt me I've never liked going down backwards
Derek