The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

@Drago

Have you seen this one before, of Trumpton on a shout, in a Rangie, in Londinium

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epME8YCNrR0


Not quite 'The Liver Run'. but good

 

[Drago]

We weren't allowed to call them Trumpton, although that didn't stop them calling us the Jellystone Rangers.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We weren't allowed to call them Trumpton, although that didn't stop them calling us the Jellystone Rangers.

Nor
Water-Fairies?
I know some of the Nurses dislike being called 'Doctor Helpers'

 

[icowden]

Electric SUVs are welcome, although they don't go very well on the mandatory lumberjack shirt, and none have a quoted wading capacity for some strange reason...

Maybe because BEV's tend to float, and there is no exhaust to flood the engine that doesn't exist?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hNGwuOy8Hs

 

[MrGrumpy]

Maybe because BEV's tend to float, and there is no exhaust to flood the engine that doesn't exist?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hNGwuOy8Hs

Wouldn’t want my car to float crossing a river .

 

[Drago]

I'm flood driving and response trained, and there's a technical term for cars that float and become uncontrollable.

Boats.

 

[icowden]

Wouldn’t want my car to float crossing a river .

i’d prefer that to the alternative….

 

[gzoom]

Maybe because BEV's tend to float, and there is no exhaust to flood the engine that doesn't exist?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hNGwuOy8Hs

Humm, isn't that just driving in water rather than 'float' .

Anyways you wouldn't be finding me trying any shenanigans like that in our Model X. The raised ride height, massive size is all designed for kerb mounting and parking across one bay whilst just really taking up two at the local M&S Foods

Far more importantly I managed to secure a bin the back for my daughter to try and stop the car looking like a skip on road trips.

 

[Drago]

A grudging trip to B&Q today for all sorts of bulky and large stuff. Luckily my capacious large SUV will swallow it with ease and has 200kg of load capacity on the roof for good measure.

 

[KneesUp]

A grudging trip to B&Q today for all sorts of bulky and large stuff. Luckily my capacious large SUV will swallow it with ease and has 200kg of load capacity on the roof for good measure.

Do you carry little caravan steps so you can actually get stuff on the roof?

 

[MrGrumpy]

Do you carry little caravan steps so you can actually get stuff on the roof?

I just lower the suspension

 

[icowden]

Humm, isn't that just driving in water rather than 'float' .

It is, but Elon did confirm that the Tesla should be able to act like a boat for a period of time (although it would invalidate the warranty)

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/tesla-model-s-floats-boat-video/

 

[Bonefish Blues]

It is, but Elon did confirm that the Tesla should be able to act like a boat for a period of time (although it would invalidate the warranty)

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/tesla-model-s-floats-boat-video/

If it's worth doing...


View: https://youtu.be/QRxCfEnScZk

 

[Drago]

Do you carry little caravan steps so you can actually get stuff on the roof?

Fortunately I'm proper man size, a kind of Desperate Dan figure. Getting a bike up there and clamped in is a stretch, but I can do it.

 

[Badger_Boom]

It is, but Elon did confirm that the Tesla should be able to act like a boat for a period of time (although it would invalidate the warranty)

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/tesla-model-s-floats-boat-video/

I wonder if Elon has considered a duplex drive option for a couple of propellors, like one of these:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XuSneN1W8U

i’d prefer that to the alternative….

The 'alternative' is often being swept downstream to you doom. I prefer the safer option of not entering fast moving water.