Sandringham 6x6

[bourbon]

scares me how people brake really late. I grew up with cars with brakes that were, lets say, not exactly the best, so I automatically use the gears and brake gently

 

[Robotstar5]

scares me how people brake really late. I grew up with cars with brakes that were, lets say, not exactly the best, so I automatically use the gears and brake gently

I too brake gently and early, I call it "mechanical sympathy" which Mrs Robo lacks completely, she will stand on the brakes at the last minute, spin the steering whilst stationary etc.

 

[Robotstar5]

I too brake gently and early, I call it "mechanical sympathy" which Mrs Robo lacks completely, she will stand on the brakes at the last minute, spin the steering whilst stationary etc.

A good example has just come to mind, driven sensibly I can get about 300 miles from a tank of fuel so when we go on hols to Cornwall it's normally 250 - 260 miles and I will have enough fuel left to find a local garage with decent prices, one year I had a bad neck making driving painful so Mrs Robo drove, we had to stop on the A30 for fuel before we got there

 

[RWD3M]

A good example has just come to mind, driven sensibly I can get about 300 miles from a tank of fuel so when we go on hols to Cornwall it's normally 250 - 260 miles and I will have enough fuel left to find a local garage with decent prices, one year I had a bad neck making driving painful so Mrs Robo drove, we had to stop on the A30 for fuel before we got there

I feel your pain sir!

 

[Robotstar5]

I feel your pain sir!

Coming back up the M5 in my Freelander one year I said "why are we going so quick?" (well in excess of the speed limit) her with a determined look on her face "I'm not gonna let this van get past us"

 

[fizzy]

Coming back up the M5 in my Freelander one year I said "why are we going so quick?" (well in excess of the speed limit) her with a determined look on her face "I'm not gonna let this van get past us"

I had a Freelander 2 for a few months. I whinged at the lease company. I dont want that. I wanted a proper Landrover. We were lucky that year. Loads of ice and snow. It was truly incredible on the slippery stuff. Also the most aquaplane resistant vehicle I have ever driven. Only 2 things I didn't like. Steering too light and seats a bit short.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I had a Freelander 2 for a few months. I whinged at the lease company. I dont want that. I wanted a proper Landrover. We were lucky that year. Loads of ice and snow. It was truly incredible on the slippery stuff.

It pains me to say this... but the Freelander 2 was kinda visionary in a lot of ways.

It is possibly the first commercial implementation of computerised adaptive traction control (as "terrain response") with an all open diff permanent 4x4 system.

Whilst not as good as permanent 4x4 with lockers in deep mud or such, for on-road traction it's actually far better, and is now implemented in pretty much all AWD performance cars (and lots of less fancy ones).

Having been driven across Finland by a colleague in his wife's Q7, it's flipping astounding how much control that kind of system gives on sheets of ice (with proper winter tyres)...

Also the most aquaplane resistant vehicle I have ever driven.

There's more than one way to skin a cat in that regard though!

After a few very wet motorway drives in the last year or so, I'm pretty sure that with the narrow tall open tread tyres fitted, the truck basically can't aquaplane (at least not at any speed that you would willingly drive it)

Admittedly the on-road wet grip from those tyres is adequate at best, and it's not exactly a high speed vehicle, but still.

My mate's Citroen C15 is much the same, very narrow tyres, limited top speed, you can't really set up the conditions for planing to occur... In that case the sluggish XUD7 with a 4 speed gearbox might be the primary factor rather than tyres.

 

[fizzy]

It pains me to say this... but the Freelander 2 was kinda visionary in a lot of ways.

It is possibly the first commercial implementation of computerised adaptive traction control (as "terrain response") with an all open diff permanent 4x4 system.

Whilst not as good as permanent 4x4 with lockers in deep mud or such, for on-road traction it's actually far better, and is now implemented in pretty much all AWD performance cars (and lots of less fancy ones).

Having been driven across Finland by a colleague in his wife's Q7, it's flipping astounding how much control that kind of system gives on sheets of ice (with proper winter tyres)...


There's more than one way to skin a cat in that regard though!

After a few very wet motorway drives in the last year or so, I'm pretty sure that with the narrow tall open tread tyres fitted, the truck basically can't aquaplane (at least not at speeds any speed that you would willingly drive it)

Admittedly the on-road wet grip from those tyres is adequate at best, and it's not exactly a high speed vehicle, but still.

My mate's Citroen C15 is much the same, very narrow tyres, limited top speed, you can't really set up the conditions for planing to occur... In that case the sluggish XUD7 with a 4 speed gearbox might be the primary factor rather than tyres.

I remember many years ago I was driving a Rover SD1 Vitesse and chap in front was in a Bentley. Terrible rain on the M4. Couldn't go over 50mph without aquaplaning. What flies past us? A Citreon 2CV

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

I remember many years ago I was driving a Rover SD1 Vitesse and chap in front was in a Bentley. Terrible rain on the M4. Couldn't go over 50mph without aquaplaning. What flies past us? A Citreon 2CV

Citroen's answer to the Landrover, literally!

One of my old colleagues had a photo in his office of him stood next to a company 2CV at one of ICI's quarries near Buxton.

He kept it precisely because people refused to believe that's what they used as runabouts.

 

[Wildefalcon]

The 2 CV was standard issue for the SAS for a while, if I recall.