Roffle Range Rover Roffel - It's All Over Now! Caution: Victim established!

[barefoot]

TBH that's what puts me off them, the lack of ability to corner fast and flat.

[beko1987]

TBH that's what puts me off them, the lack of ability to corner fast and flat.

Is that all?

[billyboy406v6]

Yes, but if you do fly off the road into a field, you have an excellent 4x4 to recover the road surface and thus continue waftering. Sat nav may get upset with this departure from suggested route ?

[Tayne]

It's not wobbling, at least not as pronounced as the Classic on oinga oinga springs did.

Lean is very pronounced, though (I bet this will now trigger another avalange of borked suspension pub tales).

In fast left handers, you fear falling out of the window, which would be rougly the equivalent of falling from a tower block.

 

 

 

Thought you would have been ok with a bit of body roll.

 

[richardmorris]

You're obviously not trying hard enough.

[barmatt]

I still say the P38 is probably the best looking RR and no matter how many tales of woe I hear about them I will definitely own one in the next couple of years.

[cort16]

I have to confess I'd love an early L332 v8 Range Rover with tiny wheels. 

[EssDeeWon]

This thread reminds me of the 1/18 scale models they did some years back.  They were about £50 new, seems they have now gone up

 

http://silentautosmodels.com/AUTOart-70011-Land-Rover-Range-Rover-Green-1-18-diecast-scale-models

[Tayne]

I have one of those.

 

I should probably sell it.

[scruff]

I have to confess I'd love an early L332 v8 Range Rover with tiny wheels. 

 

Me too M8, they are in a different league (except for the borkage level obviously). 

[Asimo]

I have to confess I'd love an early L332 v8 Range Rover with the correct 16" wheels.

 

E.F.A.

[Junkman]

TBH that's what puts me off them, the lack of ability to corner fast and flat.

 

Are you in a hurry? If so, why?

Also, you might be surprised at what speeds you can throw it into a corner.

It'll lean, yes, but remain incredibly planted.

 

 

 

Thought you would have been ok with a bit of body roll.

 

I can't remember one single instance where I said I'm not.

[dollywobbler]

Cornering flat is UTTERLY BORING. I know I might be slightly biased, what with my 2CV tendencies, but I had huge fun chucking my wallowy Rangie (and P6 for that matter) around. Roll is all part of the fun.

[RoadworkUK]

This thread reminds me of the 1/18 scale models they did some years back.  They were about £50 new, seems they have now gone up

 

 

http://silentautosmodels.com/AUTOart-70011-Land-Rover-Range-Rover-Green-1-18-diecast-scale-models

 

Aye, this is my one

 

 

It really is an outrageously good model and I picked mine up for some ludicrously attractive figure. Obviously, or I wouldn't have it.

[Captain Furious]

Years ago I had a mk3 Golf GTi (yeah I don't know why either, I was going through a 'try lots of cars out that I didn't own when I was younger' phase)

 

Anyway the journey home from work was one I knew well, a twisty country road, prime GTI territory with its lowered spax suspension and TSWobbly wheels. Quite regularly I'd follow a guy in a Citroen Dyane, Jesus H he was shifting, I could barely keep up, this thing was practically on it's side in the corners, it was a fantastically hilarious spectacle.

 

Bet he was having far more fun than me

 

As for the P38, I'm still in, but watching this thread intensely

[Junkman]

Cornering flat is UTTERLY BORING. I know I might be slightly biased, what with my 2CV tendencies, but I had huge fun chucking my wallowy Rangie (and P6 for that matter) around. Roll is all part of the fun.

 

That and even if I wanted something to corner flat, a Range Rover would possibly not be among my primary choices.

It'd be a bit like bringing a St. Bernard to a dog race.

[Tayne]

TBH that's what puts me off them, the lack of ability to corner fast and flat.

I'm under the impression you're old enough to remember police presence on the motorways?

The original Range Rover served as a motorway patrol vehicle with every police force in Britain between 1971 and 2001.

It's had a torquey V8 so 100mph is comfortable even when laden, excellent visibility, neutral handling from permant 4wd and tyres giving a generous contact patch yet carrying enough sidewall to not get upset by large potholes.

It might look hilarious as it lists in fast corners but a Classic will shock chavs in an Evo.

 

The p38 is a superior vehicle in terms of handling and almost all other areas.

Well perhaps not reliability.

Or economy.

[Tayne]

 

I think you might struggle with brake disc clearance....

[Junkman]

Right.

 

The P6 of much blue is ready, so the Range Rover will break down tomorrow on the way to pick it up.

Should it make it there nevertheless, it will remain there for an MoT, which is a change to the original plan,

namely breaking down on the way to the ASITC-ASMM-SVM-GGG-Cannock event.

[barefoot]

Cornering flat is UTTERLY BORING. I know I might be slightly biased, what with my 2CV tendencies, but I had huge fun chucking my wallowy Rangie (and P6 for that matter) around. Roll is all part of the fun.

 

 

I'm sorry to be dull, but my little old Scarecrow leaves all the roly poly 4x4s for dead thru the corners and makes me chuckle.

 

Enough of this and on with the exciting FTP fun.

[Junkman]

I'm sorry to be dull, but my little old Scarecrow leaves all the roly poly 4x4s for dead thru the corners and makes me chuckle.

 

Who in his right mind would expect a hippopotamus to corner like a squirrel?

If cornering fast is what makes you happy, do not buy a cement mixer.

[JohnDeere]

Remind me, when Is the roffle?

[Royale80]

Here's a few more of mine.

 

 

The rag on the floor in the last pic has been catching the odd drip from the heater matrix "O" rings for the last 7 years.

 

Steve

[brickwall]

lush

[Junkman]

That looks rather tasty that. I bet the HVAC shows the book too?

Well, mine made it to the Rover Sanatorium today without a glitch.

Sadly it didn't self repair the SRS light on the way, which I actually kind of expected to happen.

[brickwall]

Have you checked the yellow plug? It 's under one of the seats. I've fixed thid several times by fiddling with wiring entering the connectors. The crimping is terrible, but the connectors seem fine.

[Junkman]

I haven't checked a bloody thing. I have checked enough in my life.

I have my servants check things now while I wait in the club until they are finished checking things.

[EssDeeWon]

Relax its a nice old Rangie.

 

Friend works at Mercedes servicing/repairing new and almost new Mercs, far worse stories are told than the odd iffy SRS warning like.

 

Waft and waft alike, I am actually quite jealous of this WBoD

[Junkman]

Actually, I'm quite jealous of myself.

[Royale80]

That looks rather tasty that. I bet the HVAC shows the book too?

Well, mine made it to the Rover Sanatorium today without a glitch.

Sadly it didn't self repair the SRS light on the way, which I actually kind of expected to happen.

No warning lights or symbols are present!

 

Steve