Joe24
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very-near said:They don't do it in Skoda's Joe
The Skoda could pull the offroader on a trailor though Dr Linf
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The Skoda could pull the offroader on a trailor though Dr Linf
Joe24 said:The Skoda could pull the offroader on a trailor though Dr Linf
A car trailer weighs in at least 1 metric tonne (maybe more). Unless you are towing a kit car of less than 800kg, you would be overweight with a 2.0TDi Superb which has a towing limit of 1800KG in a braked trailer.
If your old man is exceeding the MAM with all his generators and other gear, you might well find he is actually towing illegally.
Don't take my word for it of course, the Skoda website give all the numbers on maximum towing capacity when you look at the weights section. http://www.skoda.co.uk/ourcars.aspx
No, the car was immaculate when I bought it. It had only been imported a 18 months before from Japan. The first person to take it offroad was me.
Do you honestly think he would have been taken seriously by his employer if he turned up to collect the footballers family in a Tino ?
The guy was most certainly not macho in demeanour, or build. I had no idea that he was until I went into the study to sort the docs out and saw the pics from his army career on the wall and I asked him why he was selling it.
He just looked like an average guy.
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
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Actually linf he wasnt and he could have towed more
Joe24 said:Actually linf he wasnt and he could have towed more
The trailer wasn't that heavy then was it
Perhaps we can set up a test one day.
I'll hook up both cars with a recovery strap in a nice soft field in the middle of winter, Drag the skoda into the middle of it and then he can drive it out under its own steam
Well done, I think the Hummer is shyte as well.
I'm not defending the footballers own driving.
What law is there against using reasonable force to avoid an abduction attempt ?
If you recall, there was a couple of kidnap plots on the Beckhams a few years ago. If these footballers want a bodyguard service, what is wrong with supplying them with it ?
When you are earning £100k per week and live in the public domain, you become a target for all sorts of types.
jimboalee said:He bought a Japan spec re-import? Cheapskate
Why didn't he go for a kevlar lined, armour plated, toughened glass 'Special Vehicle Operations' car direct from Solihull if the job was THAT serious
It wasn't that cheap when he bought it. I've had the car myself since 03.
After watching them in action off road (at a few of the the abingdon meets organised by Abingdon landrovers club), I've changed my opinion of Landrover as a class leader - most of them broke down as soon as they hit a puddle, and were no more capable than any other make or model on the course.
Give me a Japanese 4x4 any day.
How much did you say these armoured Lawnmowers cost ?
So you say that everyone who buys a 4x4 does so to portray the image of a hard man - have you any idea how ridiculous you are sounding
He most certainly didn't come across that way. He was public school and in his 50's. He sold it because he wanted a change of direction. He gave me the impression that the most valuable asset was being able to assess and act upon a situation, and not just throw ones weight around. The ability to use the mass of a vehicle to move another one is obviously a last resort.
When bank robber types go ram raiding (IE need something heavy to go through an obstacle), they use 4x4s, not Grand voyagers or Nissan people carriers or 2CV's
The heavier the vehicle, the easier it is to push something else out of its way. That is the reason he chose it, and I chose it because it is heavy enough to tow a heavy trailer with a good margin of safety. It's not rocket science
I did ?
Would you say that a footballer earning £100k per week is at greater risk of robbery than someone like you ?
Also given that he was selling it to buy a Fiesta so he could teach people to drive indicates that ego is not a problem to him.
So if you pissed someone off in your Tino, and they did a road rage thing, came at you and your family with a knife or baseball bat, and you could get away by pushing their car out of the way with yours, would you just sit there or put your foot down ?
I think you will find that most of these high profile types use the services of private security firms.
I saw Jordan walking through the Bullring a few years ago with a couple of enormous bodyguards. Using a big lump of a car for this type of work goes with the territory.
The customers of these firms expect a visible physical presence from those guarding them at the end of the day.
I think your ego takes a real hammering when faced with someone with those sort of credentials - which is sad
I accepted his credentials given what I saw and what he said. I have no reason to doubt him.
Why would he want sell it to spend his days driving a Fiesta with L plates if image was a primary concern ?
You are like this with Bikers, you are like this with regular 4x4 drivers, you are now like this with people who work protecting other people. You see something you don't have the skills or bottle for as an affront to your sensibilities.
You come across as very insecure.
