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Thread Author: VxFan Replies: 6
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 10:14 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - VxFan
A hapless motorist tried testing the capabilities of his new £70,000 Range Rover on the beach at Weston-super-Mare – but got bogged down in the treacherous mud 400 metres from the shore and was forced to call for help on Monday.

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/driver-tests-70k-range-rover-125138
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 11:18 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - Boxsterboy
That sort of behaviour is typical of the Range Rover Sport drivers around our way. A small part of me wishes the car had not been rescued from the tide - I would have loved to see an insurance claim for that!
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 11:48 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - No FM2R
Right, because none of us have ever driven a 4WD vehicle somewhere we shouldn't just to see what it was like. And certainly none of us ever got it stuck.

Well, I've done both. Although I did manage to get it out myself and it was well above the tide line so no risk of flooding.
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 12:04 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - Cliff Pope
I once got my LandRover bogged down in a wet field after rain. I'd been collecting logs, which I then had to unload and use to fill up the ruts. It felt a bit like sinking endless tree trunks into a marsh to build St Petersburg.

I was looking at an original RangeRover recently. A lovely vehicle, comfortable and fast, yet still every inch a workhorse. With a proper drop-down tailgate for extended loads, always a tell-tale of a real 4WD.
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 12:16 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - Lygonos
>>With a proper drop-down tailgate for extended loads

And portly bottoms when out shooting.

Also single figure mpgs were very attainable with the 3.5 V8 lump!
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 18:57 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - Bill Payer
The most suprising thing about that story is he managed to get out that far.
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New Thu 22 Jun 17 19:44 
 Range Rover. Not quite the 'go anywhere' vehicle - CGNorwich
Reminiscent of that classic Fast Show sketch, "The Offroaders"
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