Top Gear

Mark S posted ...

Maybe not, but the equivalent 'truck cab' Defender might .. ;)

Did anyone notice any bracings in the windscreen when they dropped the caravan on it? Or was it just me?

|| Was well impressed at the stick that hilux took!! || || Cant see the rangie performing as well :(

Never thought I'd actually feel sorry for a Toymota! I was pretty impressed too - especially after total immersion in the Bristol Channel, not just a soaking but a sinking. I thought setting it on fire was a bit much.

A guy entered one (totally standard) in a CCV trial we held last year. The huge rear overhang and road tyres meant it didn't score well, but it got round most of it. Looked similar to the Top Gear one by the end as well.

no, they were there............

They must of put out the fire as soon as the director cut the scene!

Noticed they only set fire to the flatbed and the cab, not the engine bay! Very tough, very capable, but I suspect not so good in deeply rutted mud!

Neil Cummins

Ya it definately surprised me!

recon the RR would cope ok ( would have to be diesel mind )

Jinx

Wolverine posted ...

Yeah, but I think that was because they were only bracing the perspex put on after the windscreen got pushed out by the sea .. I don't think they were bracing the roof at all ... ;)

Lets face it though, in this day and age they'd have had to have removed all fluids, battery etc. before immersion in the sea or they'd have had greenpeace and all on their backs. That being the case, it's a fairly simple matter to drain the water and replace the fluids to get it running again, with a bit of bleeding. I for one would be very interested to see if a defender 110 pickup could cope with the same treatment. Badger.

They wouldn't really need to be braced against a caravan, have you cut into one to see the gauge of the metal ? It's about as thick as this capital "I"

Presenter Richard Hammond is a huge LR fan & owner. Write to the show and suggest it!

Cheers,

Rich

This has been done before, the imersion bit that is..... A bloke left his Meastro on the beach some years ago and the tide came in and covered it. Next day the local Rover garage went and recovered it. They changed all the fluids and it started first time. It was headline news at the time.

Richard

I watched somebody park an excavator on a slipway once and walk away for the day. Predictable result. At high tide you could see just the top part of the arm peeping out above the water. Once the tide went out, it restarted, to my considerable surprise. Not sure the salt water would have done it that much good though.

David

But, to be fair, it was headline news because a Maestro started first time, not because of the immersion :-P