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mejdisco
Member Since: 10 Dec 2006
Location: St Albans
Posts: 2
 
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Any comments on how best to get out of a ditch? left wheels were sinking in mud, right hand wheels were starting to lift ... pitch black country road ... recovey truck eventually got us out but I'm not convinced I did everything I could have done with the disco offroad settings ... anyone got any views? Thanks.
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 10th Dec 2006 11:11 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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If your stuck...then your stuck  You say the wheels were starting to lift  Elaborate please 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
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| 10th Dec 2006 11:16 pm |
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azure111s
Member Since: 20 Sep 2006
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 155
 
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One wonders what type of surface might have been encountered on this country road. Tarmac, quicksand, or something inbetween
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| 10th Dec 2006 11:25 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26704
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Sounds like the ditch was so deep as to ground the chassis.
If you had selected off-road height, and tried to move, the car would have eventually gone into extended mode (says in the message centre), you could then have held your foot on the brake and held the suspension switch into the raise position for 5 seconds and super dooper extended stilt mode would have ensued, if it still won't move your f***ed
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| 10th Dec 2006 11:27 pm |
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mejdisco
Member Since: 10 Dec 2006
Location: St Albans
Posts: 2
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Thanks. Steerling wheel now shakes above 40mph so its back to the garage and hello hire car .... :cry:
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| 12th Dec 2006 9:15 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Its pretty obvious that since you had two wheels sinking in thick mud, that two of your wheels have mud caked in the back of the wheel, hence the wobble.
It does not take a dealer visit to sort this out, just a hose pipe.
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| 12th Dec 2006 9:17 pm |
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azure111s
Member Since: 20 Sep 2006
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 155
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But is there a hosepipe ban in St Albans?
Maybe this counts as an exemption under 'safety' rather than 'cleaning car'
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| 12th Dec 2006 10:54 pm |
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tlt
Member Since: 02 Sep 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 262
  
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Then use a stick and fingers and break away all the dried mud.
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| 14th Dec 2006 6:13 pm |
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DickyH
Member Since: 07 Aug 2006
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 81
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By heck, and they say that Americans have no sense of humour eh!
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| 14th Dec 2006 6:16 pm |
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