Member Since: 26 Feb 2013
Location: Harrogate
Posts: 128
Landrover Spring Adventure
Haven't posted much on here since I bought my car over a year ago. On the first long run I had to be recovered on a trailer, but since then its given me 14 months of trouble free motoring.
Anyway, I took it to the Landrover Spring Adventure show at Ripley Castle today. They had a pretty impressive purpose built off road course that you can have a go on for £15. To be honest the show was mostly Defenders and Disco's, but not many seemed to want to get their cars dirty, so it was really quiet in the off-road bit. The marshals warned me to take it very easy, but the car coped perfectly well with the dial set to mud and ruts, low range box and big high ride height (I also have AT tyres but it was pretty dry anyway). Hill descent control is pretty amazing! I stuck to the green route on the advice of the marshals but got some appreciative/you must be nuts comments from other, more serious, off-roaders.
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
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Good stuff and well done for getting your RRS muddy
It's always fun to show the unbelievers how capable the Sport actually is off road. Many, especially Defender and D1/2 owners, seem to think that the Sport is a footballer's car and all show with no go. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed
Sun May 18 2014 4:35pm
Garage Door Medic
Member Since: 02 Feb 2014
Location: North West of UK
Posts: 197
I also went to Ripley Castle yesterday, and I also took mine "Off Road" but only as far as the car park MY 13 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition
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Sun May 18 2014 4:44pm
Camelrock
Member Since: 31 Aug 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1003
Was there for the two days on the G4 stand, though was in another part of the show when the accendent happened..
2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
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Sun May 18 2014 10:02pm
sagalout
Member Since: 26 Feb 2013
Location: Harrogate
Posts: 128
I heard about that (was after I left). What happened? Was it in the main arena or the technical one?
Mon May 19 2014 6:22am
Camelrock
Member Since: 31 Aug 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1003
Hi sagalout it was in the technical one the commentator was run over by one of the winch trucks, didn't see it happen but the air ambulance where there as where the police, bad do !!!2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
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