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| Inigo Member Since: 13 Nov 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 617   
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I was at a T-junction, waiting for a gap in the traffic to pull out, momentarily distracted by waving at a Defender coming the other way and accidentally engaged reverse instead of first.
Defender driver laughed like a drain as I ploughed backwards, driver in fiesta in the queue behind my, not so amused. Thankfully, I stopped before I hit them. |
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25th Sep 2012 12:46pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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Oh Dear! 
Wonder what would have been worse if you had hit him: The damage to his car or the damage to his trousers !  An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"  |
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25th Sep 2012 12:54pm |
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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789 
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Heading back home from the pub Xmas eve in 3ft of snow down the back lanes, thoughtfully pulled over into a side road to let a tractor past coming the other way. Stuck and slid sideways further down the bank. Decided to winch out before it got any worse, put the wife behind the wheel while connected up to a handy telegraph post. Started winching and the wife started waving frantically "just steer thats all you need to do" I shouts. Then it dawned on me the winch was going round but the 90 wasn't moving
 , 45 degree telegraph pole. Found a suitable tree and made a quick get away. Original Member Pie n Pea Club.
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25th Sep 2012 1:25pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382 
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That's why I like to have reverse lights on a separate switch, not on the gearbox. That way you can flick them on as the lights change and watch the bloke behind panic as you drive off! |
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25th Sep 2012 2:39pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382
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When I was at school I once watched one of the teachers (who wasn't particularly well-liked) load a long scaffold board into the back of one of the school's Land-Rovers, an ex-military Series 2 109" soft top. Since the plank was longer than the loadspace and resting on the passenger seat backrest, the front end was close to the windscreen and the back end stuck about 3 feet out at the rear. He then proceeded to do a 3-point turn and whilst doing so reversed up against a wall, pushing the plank straight out through the windscreen. I nearly wet myself laughing!
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25th Sep 2012 2:45pm |
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| d j hutton Member Since: 30 Jul 2009 Location: Dorset Posts: 1044 
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That reminds me of a nice chap I did some work for a few years ago, My price to cut his 20 ft high hedge was a little too much for him, so he bought a nice heavy wooden step ladder from a car boot sale, loaded into his van, emergency stop - through windscreen 
Not deterred by that, whilst having a new one fitted, he set up step ladder, climbed up, one of the treads collapsed and fell, breaking leg. So I was called in to cut the hedge while he was in plaster, and to dispose of the step ladder. So Cost Ladder windscreen broken leg rather outweighed the small cost to have the hedge done to start with 
DJ 1989 200tdi 90 csw 2011 110 usw Orkney grey Buy British 🇬🇧 Defender Clothing Designs available at http://www.rangesports.com/acatalog/Defender-Stuff.html |
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25th Sep 2012 3:19pm |
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| megatoad Member Since: 07 Jan 2012 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 358 
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Years ago in I took my S11 to the jet wash after a day in Tong, gave it a good wash, including opening the spare wheel carrier to do the rear door ..... yes as I drove of there was a snatching feeling and I had the whole lance and hose still connected to the Landy
An even earlier situation was when I first bought the S11 and it snowed, so I went down the video store to return a video (remember them), well as we all know 109 safaris steam up every window in the cold so you cannot see out, as I was reversing I felt the rear snag on what I thought was the kerb in the snow, so bottom box a few revs and I straigtened up no problem. when I pulled forword it felt like I had just caught somthing, on closer investigation I had damaged the rear corner capping, pulling about 2 inches off, then I saw the Montego estate  I had taken then entire side out of a brand new Montego Countryman estate  I went into the shop and asked if anyone owned a Montego, but noone responded so I legged it. In the extraordinary event to this day 20 years later I see a green Montego estate I still feel guilty  |
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26th Sep 2012 8:09am |
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