Why its good to have a 4WD :-)

[stevo68]

G'day All,

Went to the Mudgeeraba Show yesterday and paid/ parked on the grass at the church across the road. I got to put Smokey in low range :D. They were turning around "normal" cars as was now deemed 4WD territory only. In front of me a "4wd" Cayenne...with its 20inch bling rims had to turn around as well.

Anyway had a great day at the show and came back to the carnage. Ford Territorys sitting there....all wheels just spinning....a BMW sedan....stuck to the axles.....a commodore being pushed along to no avail. Jumped in Smokey.....packed 4 kids, Sharlea and her dad into Smokey ( stuck the diff lock on....jusssstttttt in case). Bloke in the mini tractor asked if I'd be ok...."No worries mate....its a Land Rover". Reversed out.....bit of wheel spin, then proceeded to wind my way around all the stranded vehicles :cool:. Thats whats great about a 4WD...will get you from A-B....like any other vehicle....but then unlike most vehicles...will also get you to C,D and out of the S ;).

I would have liked to come back and helped recover some of the vehicles....but to be honest...with them being sedans....didnt know how one would have and didnt want to risk damage to Smokey. Would be good to know....as I did ( and always do) have my recovery gear with me.

Regards

Stevo

[stevo68]

I used to go down to the Gold Coast spit every day and would always be pulling "ordinary" vehicles out of the sand in the car parks.:DWould only do it if they had a tow bar,otherwise nowhere to get a hold.Remember one guy sitting there spinning his wheels in a suzuki sierra,said he had borrowed his daughters car,bloody useless he said and asked if i could help him out.Said certainly and locked his freewheeling hubs for him.:pHmmm, as much as I would like to snicker at the guy in the Suzuki....it would make me a hypocrite. Here I am with my 2 week old D3....bogged to the rafters on Bribie Island. First time off road.....anytime.....was umm...errrr....in High Range....full air in tyres.....and unbeknownst to myself at the time....should have had DSC switched off :angel:

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Long story short....and lots of sweat and panic...as high tide was coming in...was finally snatched out....only to bog again. Still was all those things above. Put into Low....switched of DSC and let air out of the tyres ( on instruction from a nice bloke in a cruiser.....and his young son :o).....this time D3 popped itself out. Then I went and bought recovery gear and joined GCLRO....almost 3 1/2 yrs ago now.

Regards

Stevo

[Camo]

So true cooper.. I wouldn't tell anyone that story..

but whilst we are talking about stories..

reminds me of the day at fraser 3 years ago when my wife zoe in the P38 raced stevo in his new V8 D3 and beat him... long story short he had in manual mode and forgot to change out of 1st:D

ahh good times:p

Camo

[harry]

good one stevo,
i bloody well forgot the show was on,
your island trip should go in the stuff ups section!!
and i won't even comment on camo's story.