Thread: Fitting a Bullbar

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

X2. And did the learner driving walk away?
took me a while to spot the plate.
I've heard of a few junior drivers having bad accidents in Discos

Locked my breaks twice in the wet today, came within inches of hitting the bloke infront of me who decided to stop in the middle of the road. Tires probably to blame for that though!

Cheers
Muppet

Sorry Mate not tyres distance! if you nearly hit the person in front its more than likely you were travelling too close behind. more than often the person in front is in a newer car with better brakes etc, or perhaps your tyres are **** but you just have to accomodate that by increasing your gap for braking distance especially in the wet

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

X2. And did the learner driving walk away?
took me a while to spot the plate.
I've heard of a few junior drivers having bad accidents in Discos
Locked my breaks twice in the wet today, came within inches of hitting the bloke infront of me who decided to stop in the middle of the road. Tires probably to blame for that though!
Cheers
Muppet

Didn't want to hijack the thread, but yep. We both walked away.
Driver drifted wide on the exit of a long left hand corner. No lines marked but he'd crossed the centre of the road slightly. Realised we were about to head on a semi so he swerved left, overcorrected right and we went off the road, over a ditch, into a bank and rolled. I kicked out the windscreen and we crawled out. Just a few cuts and scrapes from the glass, otherwise OK.
Cost me a bit though. Insurance company took a huge chunk out of the repayment because of the Learner driver. He paid me back what he could, his girlfriend (now wife) paid some, his girlfriend's family helped too.

I bought another D2A

Spot the younger generation...

Its TYRES not Tires...

You take Coffee Breaks... Your 4wd stops using BRAKES or when offroad and you hear a crunch it can be because something breaks..


And sorry young fella... But you are following too close if you can't stop in time... As the saying goes "A poor tradesman blames his tools..."

AHH ron has a friend

Easy to blame the driving style...
I was more than 3 car lengths behind this guy...
I didn't stand on my BRAKES, these weren't panic stops...
I know my car, and I know my driving style.
If I was following too close I would have hit him.
The TYRES I run are shocking in the wet.
I'm sorry if I'm coming across as an "I know it all" P plater, but I was following at a safe distance.
The second time was pulling up to a red light...
This all sounds terribly conceited of me but that's not the way I drive.
It is possible, likely even that I exaggerated how close I was to him...
RE grammer Sorry. My iPod runs the word predict thing.

However in the interest as not coming across as arrogant, I shall accept what you say in that I was following too close.
I could do a test of the tyres in the wet if you would like proof?
Cheers
Muppet

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Easy to blame the driving style...

I was more than 3 car lengths behind this guy...

I didn't stand on my BRAKES, these weren't panic stops...
I know my car, and I know my driving style.
If I was following too close I would have hit him.
The TYRES I run are shocking in the wet.
I'm sorry if I'm coming across as an "I know it all" P plater, but I was following at a safe distance.
The second time was pulling up to a red light...
This all sounds terribly conceited of me but that's not the way I drive.
It is possible, likely even that I exaggerated how close I was too him...
RE grammer Sorry. My iPod runs the word predict thing.

3 car lengths is 3 seconds there or there abouts your should be 4 seconds between you and the car in front in the dry not the wet.

but none of us are angles we have all done it at one stage or another, I have done it pulling up very tight to the car in front with my disco the difference Is I didnt blame my tyres (very aggressive muddies) I blamed myself for being an idiot and not leaving enough gap knowing my tyres dont pull up as well as road tyres and lapsing in concentration

I'm glad to see your not taking it as an attack though......

Are you going to fit the bullbar yourself? they are not hard and what your mate is saying about the chassis as im sure you are aware already is incorrect the landrover ladder chassis is well known for its strength.

you might have issues putting a bullbar on if you have the disco parked up on a cross axle because yes then you might have a bit of chassis twist

Yeah ill fit it myself. A few bolts, a bit of drilling, not worth $180 IMHO.
Ill do UHF + Aerial myself, and ill mount the lights but might leave the wiring up to a sparky.
And I should clarify- I wasn't blaming the tyres per se, rather I was saying they contributed driving around roundabouts just then you could feel them slipping.
Probably won't pass rego with these ones on...
And, unlike many bearing p plates, I can accept that I'm not God behind the wheel
So no reason for it to be taken as an attack.
And skuilnaam please don't be offended by my iPod's grammer, it won't happen again!
Cheers
Muppet