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Location: Cornwall
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Sun & Sand
Q: What's the smallest dune you can get stuck on
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& now, what would you have done differently?Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
used more cement and aggregate.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
10th May 2011 10:00 pm
PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317
Drove around it
Kudos for trying though 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
10th May 2011 10:03 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
Foot off the gas a tad too early there methinks 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
10th May 2011 10:10 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
DG, I also tried ' foot off the gas a little late'
But no one got a photo of that one
Anyone know the lowest pressure for GG AT 19" for sand driving?Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
10th May 2011 10:26 pm
discocuzzy
Member Since: 02 Feb 2008
Location: surrey
Posts: 2752
15-18 psi Dave
Good effort!"you cannot teach stupid people to do clever things"
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small enough...? (well in my defence it was my first ever attempt at anything offroad...)The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeksnearly 4 weeksover 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
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11th May 2011 6:22 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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John that's even smaller than the dune I got stuck on at the end of the last Tunisian trip. I made the classic mistake, parked on a small dune, normal height and brain switched off!
11th May 2011 6:59 am
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...
Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeksnearly 4 weeksover 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..."
11th May 2011 2:24 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
discocuzzy wrote:
15-18 psi Dave
Good effort!
Thanks Steve.
At the time of that photo I was at 25psi & struggling = main cause of being temporarily immobilised on top of a wheelbarrowful of sand . Then dropped to 20 & made reasonable progress.
Reckon I need to go back and have another go Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
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