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RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
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2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

They include surfaces that have road salt applied. So we're looking at dry summer tarmac in perfect condition then!

Got to love LR's "get out of jail" weasel wording... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Tue Jan 14 2014 5:59pm

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2916

I wonder what my new wade sensors would have been saying during that!!

Glad you didn't have to stop though - it gets bad fast then without a snorkel etc etc...the moment keeps water away from so much

Good effort though and you made it, so no harm done to you Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Tue Jan 14 2014 7:10pm

bengunkel

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 42

2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 Autobiography Santorini Black

I know the road very well as I pass through it un-flooded several times a month so that gave me a degree of confidence but I have a very addictive personality and must be very very careful that I don't do anything stupid like try it again....

These are beautiful cars and I have a new love for her since taking her into a bog, over a moor and through a flood.

Its hard to justify the cost of a car like this until you take it to the limit I think!

MSE - Stopping was my biggest worry, well, second to being carried away toward the sea in the current!

Tue Jan 14 2014 9:08pm

RRSNUT

Member Since: 23 Jun 2013
Location: Deep in a South Wales Valley
Posts: 37

2006 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Java Black

Nutter!

I love it, that looked like great fun! It's worth pushing it to the limit......when you get away with it!

Legend North Wales Land Rover Club Member
RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE. MY06. JAVA BLACK. FULL BLACK NAPPA

- CLEAR SIDE REPEATERS - SIDE STEPS - PARROT BLUE TOOTH PHONE - GENERAL GRABBER AT's - EGR VALVES REMOVED

Tue Jan 14 2014 9:59pm

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2916

Quote:
MSE - Stopping was my biggest worry, well, second to being carried away toward the sea in the current!

I had to drive down a main road in the 07 floods in my water prepped disco, in the dark, water over the bonnet (no headlights, as they were under water!) and the number of floating cars and tractors towing lorries - I had to stop loads.

Other than taking some time to clear the exhaust out it was OK - I would have hated to not have snorkel and raised breathers etc etc. Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Tue Jan 14 2014 10:04pm

dobbo9

Member Since: 04 Dec 2011
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 108

Re: Deep Wading through Welney Wash Road January 2014

bengunkel wrote:
So, having carefully considered my own safety, the potential loss of a less than 1 year old Autobiography and the potential to cause a mass rescue mission, I plunged deep into Welney Wash.

I think I did OK and the car came out happy albeit reeds all over the grille - Inspected this morning by my dealer and all OK.

Have a look and please feel free to advise on how/what i can do better next time....

2ft at entry and 2ft 6in at the far end. I panicked and stopped filming (well the person holding my phone did!!!! ) for a few minutes but most of the journey is there.

I'm a novice.

What you should do next time is get a grip and stop being an idiot. Why on earth you would risk your own safety and car is beyond me. What's more, is that, should you have got into difficulty, you would have needed the attention of the emergency services to rescue you, and while they were doing that someone else who genuinely needed their help could have lost their life. You are an idiot. Please have some basic common sense next time and don't risk the lives of others for your own pleasure.

Wed Jan 15 2014 7:45pm

mse

Member Since: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 2916

This will probably put fuel on the fire...but anyway.

You could argue 80% of people who get into some form of difficulty and calls 999 for help could have done something stupid to put themselves there...at then end of the day, we (society) suddenly seem to go at people for things like this. There really seems a big list of H&S type stuff coming through where people seem to need some sort of law stopping anyone from doing anything because of a perceived danger - often justifying it by the worse outcome, death (which no one would want for anyone).

Yes there are idiots and yes they will sometimes seem to act like they have had a common sense bypass...but actually this - whilst maybe not fully thought through or sensible, shouldn't be attacked like that.

If the fire service cant rescue because they haven't got the resource, lets invest in them so they can? I would pay more for more ambulance and fire...not police, we have enough. Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Wed Jan 15 2014 8:01pm

bengunkel

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 42

Dobbo9....If you're looking for a reaction you're barking up the wrong tree.

However I take on board what you say and will be far more considerate in the future.

Wed Jan 15 2014 8:16pm

rigsby

Member Since: 20 Apr 2012
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 879

MY16 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Indus silver with some toys

2012 3.0 SDV6 Luxury gone, but a great motor

Wed Jan 15 2014 8:29pm

dobbo9

Member Since: 04 Dec 2011
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 108

bengunkel wrote:
Dobbo9....If you're looking for a reaction you're barking up the wrong tree.

However I take on board what you say and will be far more considerate in the future.

Look, sorry that's my view. I'm not looking for a reaction, I think the decision to take your RRS and drive through that was very risky. You know that. Testing your car in those conditions is not only crazy and risky for you but other people too.

and as for MSE "You could argue 80% of people who get into some form of difficulty and calls 999 for help could have done something stupid to put themselves there" I simply don't know where to start with that comment.

I'm lucky enough to have only ever called 999 in an emergency in my 43 years and that was a complication in my wfie's final stages of pregnancy, which thankfully for the speed of response by the paramedics, my wife and then unborn daughter's lives were saved. Not trying to be dramatic here but if they had been delayed on another job becasue someone had been stupid and done something that they didn't need to, then I would have just been supposed to shrug it of as, well, they are one of the 80% of people getting into difficulty thorough a stupid decision? Does that make it right or acceptable? If people want to prove the Darwin theory right then please don't risk my family's lives while you do it.

There are many other forums, not as good as this one, where stories and videos are posted showing the 'member' (pun intended) testing thier car's high speed capabilites on public roads. Equally as stupid, irresponsible and dangerous. I see no difference with this thread.

Bengunkle, I'm no kill joy and I bet you had a hoot driving through that. Normally I would laugh at something like this, but I could tell that the depth of the water was causing you some concern at one point and maybe you regretted it half way. I just wanted to make my point.

That is all.

Thanks, Michael.

Wed Jan 15 2014 8:56pm

bengunkel

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 42

Understood Michael, sorry to hear of your wife's complications in pregnancy.

Wed Jan 15 2014 9:10pm

dobbo9

Member Since: 04 Dec 2011
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 108

I appreciate that reply bengunkel.

Wed Jan 15 2014 9:12pm

bengunkel

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 42

This is a small community mate. Are you a RRS driver yourself Michael?

Ben

Wed Jan 15 2014 9:30pm

dobbo9

Member Since: 04 Dec 2011
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 108

Hi Ben, not yet. Been contemplating for a few years but not yet gone for it. Still swaying between a 5 series Touring or a RRS. Love this forum and the folks on here seem great. I sometimes want to buy one to feel like a fully fledged member on here!! How mad is that?

Wed Jan 15 2014 9:34pm

bengunkel

Member Since: 26 Dec 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 42

Do it. You simply cannot compare a 5 series to an RRS. There is something about the RRS which you can't put your finger on and I guarantee and so will others that it will be the best car you ever owned. Just don't buy a lemon!!!!

Wed Jan 15 2014 9:59pm

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