Up here in Wigan weve had 6" of snow in the last 4 hours just been out in my RRS funny as hell watching all those cars stuck on a hill just put it in snow mode and off i went passed them all i love my RRS  "Remember its easier to say sorry than it is to get permission " especially off the Mrs !!

Nice. My wife's now 6 days overdue ! She won't let me go play in my 3 day old RRS  Newbie near Chorley.
TDV8

I've been out in it tonight, car drove pretty fine in normal mode, in snow mode was famtastic though! Even done a touch of offloading (climbing out of a car park up a snow covered grass verge about the height of the car, along it, then dropping down into a different car park )

Will post some pics tomorrow, its already started raining here, we don't get anywhere near as much snow as everyone else in other parts of the country  Current: 06 RR Sport HSE TDV6, Bonatti grey, black leather. Defender 90 pick up. Vito 110cdi

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Rain  Newbie near Chorley.
TDV8

I dont want to be a kill joy - there seems to be a few people on here giving 4x4 owners a bad name by thinking they can drive off road on public land.

Please dont do it or post it up - it is actually breaking the law and why we have lost greenlanes around the UK.

Sorry for the moan Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

What if you are stuck in a car park with an abandoned car blocking the only way in/out, and rather than risk freezing to death by walking 15 miles home along dangerous roads, you take the only way out that you can, while in the eyes of the law it might seem "illegal" but you do what it takes when it comes to it. Current: 06 RR Sport HSE TDV6, Bonatti grey, black leather. Defender 90 pick up. Vito 110cdi

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Mse, i thought 4x4 owners already had a bad name unless we are seen to be helping someone out in serious trouble. But i see where your coming from.

MisterAdam wrote:

What if you are stuck in a car park with an abandoned car blocking the only way in/out, and rather than risk freezing to death by walking 15 miles home along dangerous roads, you take the only way out that you can, while in the eyes of the law it might seem "illegal" but you do what it takes when it comes to it.

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Mse, i thought 4x4 owners already had a bad name unless we are seen to be helping someone out in serious trouble. But i see where your coming from.

Maybe, maybe not - but acting as complete d ks doesnt do anything but make it worse, where repairing the image can take a long time, but worth it in the end...and that happens when we help people.

i dont usually get worked up by it...but this sort of "i saw a mound and drove it" attitude really does

...maybe more so after years of being a RoW officer for a major LR club

also, dont do drugs  Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

mse wrote:

MisterAdam wrote:

What if you are stuck in a car park with an abandoned car blocking the only way in/out, and rather than risk freezing to death by walking 15 miles home along dangerous roads, you take the only way out that you can, while in the eyes of the law it might seem "illegal" but you do what it takes when it comes to it.

If the highway is blocked you can legally move any obstruction, as long as you only move it enough to facilitate the passage along the highway (or its not an official obstruction - official obstructions you cant move). You must avoid damage (unless your cutting down a tree) and all parts must be left. If you damage a car you should leave your details.

What if you don't have the ability to move an object that is blocking your way?

Good bit of info that though, learn something new every day  Current: 06 RR Sport HSE TDV6, Bonatti grey, black leather. Defender 90 pick up. Vito 110cdi

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I once had to bounce a car out of the way with 2 other drivers as it was blocking a b road in the middle of nowhere...it seemed like the owner had gone for a walk and half put the handbrake on. New ish car as well! Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Completely OT but w/regards to the last post, turned up at work on my m/bike to find that some inconsiderate sod had parked his car in the motorcycle bay. There were a couple of other bikers hanging around & a traffic warden who was quite happy to give it a ticket but couldn't get it towed away so we could park. What she did say though was that if it was causing an obstruction, then she could and that she would be back in 5 minutes. Fortunately I worked for a courier company, so called up a couple more bikers and we bounced the car into the middle of the road & parked up our bikes. Traffic warden duly returned, called in an obstruction and 15 minutes later car was towed away

Remorse? Nah!

mse wrote:

I once had to bounce a car out of the way with 2 other drivers as it was blocking a b road in the middle of nowhere...it seemed like the owner had gone for a walk and half put the handbrake on. New ish car as well!

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MisterAdam wrote:

What if you don't have the ability to move an object that is blocking your way?

Good bit of info that though, learn something new every day

That's why one should carry a tow rope in the boot...  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

RRSTDV8 wrote:

MisterAdam wrote:

What if you don't have the ability to move an object that is blocking your way?

Good bit of info that though, learn something new every day

That's why one should carry a tow rope in the boot...

true however most cars now have screw in out towing eye so no where to hook up to and with the courts been how they are theses days , after hooking up to something else on car and dragging it chances are youve snapped some of there trim off somewhere ,
youd be in more than if youd justdone over the bank of england

i do have a tow rope though only the dead truely know peace,
Bootneck its not a job its a way of life!

Had the pleasure of pulling a BMW X3 out of a car park. A farmer was going to pull him out with some baile twine so my mate aske if he wanted a proper length of rope which i always carry.
Came out no probs as expected, bloke said he will tell his wife she should have bought a range rover. I wonder who wears the trousers in that house!
Snow gone  Range Rover Vogue Classic 3.9 V8 1992
101 Forward Control GS 1977
Range Rover Sport SE 4.4 V8 2006