Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?

[hash tag]

A chameleon that changes colour in order to try and hide itself from the authorities Etc.

 

[Leafster]

 

[dessiato]

Reviews of the Panda 4x4 say it’s a very capable car. Looks like it is from this.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Reviews of the Panda 4x4 say it’s a very capable car. Looks like it is from this.

It’s a great car, and the perfect answer to twats who insist they “need” a 4x4.

 

[HAL9000]

or get yourself some snow socks

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

That is word for word from The Parable of The Kabbes

 

[kabbes]

That is word for word from The Parable of The Kabbes

I’d say that somebody has been filming me around these parts one of these last winters but mine is a horrendous vomit yellow colour because I was too cheap to pay out for a custom colour.

 

[weltweit]

That is simply hilarious

A bog standard Renault or something, no matter what tyres, pisses over the pride of the Chelsea Tractor Set

 

[weltweit]

dp

 

[dessiato]

That is simply hilarious

A bog standard Renault or something, no matter what tyres, pisses over the pride of the Chelsea Tractor Set

It's a Fiat Panda 4x4

 

[weltweit]

It's a Fiat Panda 4x4

even better .. cheapo budget Fiat 4wd car beats mega 4wd Range Rover bus on a little snowy incline ..

Perhaps the Fiat should have offered the Range Rover a tow

 

[not-bono-ever]

I heart 4x4 pandas - they are Steyr built IIRC? I do remember a back to back test done in the late 80s with a panda and a RR off road in some car mag- the panda shit on the RR that cost about 8x the price. the electrics on the fiat are probably on par with the RR TBF

I would get a old panda in a heartbeat but ULEZ and shit in London

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Had one as a works car. They really are good in the snow and ice. Could have done with a bigger engine for the hills though.

 

[Part 2]

Ogmios buys a 4x4 Panda in episode 4 of the new BBC4 series...

Zen Motoring - Series 1: 4. Milton Keynes

On the hunt for a new car, Ogmios explores life as a scooter boy and meets an old friend in the strange land of Milton Keynes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DownwardDog]

Dual dually Chev Silverado with a Cadillac Escalade grill.

 

[rubbershoes]

Dual dually Chev Silverado with a Cadillac Escalade grill.

Perfect for weddings and fun shows

 

[High Voltage]

Dual dually Chev Silverado with a Cadillac Escalade grill.

Overall I quite like this. Shocking choice for wheels though

I do wonder how much of the bed is usable with the dually wheel wells

 

[hash tag]

You could fit a hot tub in the back.

 

[hash tag]

This is a shocker. £15,000 for a cat C write off from 1982 and hand painted! RESERVE LOWERED -1982 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon For Sale By Auction | Car And Classic

 

[hash tag]

Last but not least

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

26 minutes so far….

 

[hash tag]

Where else is there for posting crap cars. It's a Tesla. A pink one

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Last but not least
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Christ almighty, Enzo would not approve.

 

[DownwardDog]

The sensitively named 'Apocalypse Hellfire' 6x6 Jeep conversion.

 

[High Voltage]

There now follows a genuine question

Looking at the tyres on the jeep conversion above. TO MY EYE they look on backwards. I know they're not but they look like they'd grip better ie dig in if the V of the tread was going the other way. It's the same with tractors the V points backwards

Why am I wrong. Or is it simply I just am

 

[SpookyFrank]

There now follows a genuine question

Looking at the tyres on the jeep conversion above. TO MY EYE they look on backwards. I know they're not but they look like they'd grip better ie dig in if the V of the tread was going the other way. It's the same with tractors the V points backwards

Why am I wrong. Or is it simply I just am

The pattern of grooves is designed to clear water off the wheels, not to 'dig in' to the ground.

 

[High Voltage]

The pattern of grooves is designed to clear water off the wheels, not to 'dig in' to the ground.

But tractor tyres are oriented the same way

OK the jeep isn't a great example. Just refer in this case to tractors tyres where dispersal of water at speed isn't a requirement but getting grip / digging in very much is

 

[SpookyFrank]

But tractor tyres are oriented the same way

OK the jeep isn't a great example. Just refer in this case to tractors tyres where dispersal of water at speed isn't a requirement but getting grip / digging in very much is

You don't actually want tyres to dig up the ground though, you want them to flatten it to improve traction. Traction comes from weight, ie downward force, rather than any lateral force exerted by the tyres.

Think of a train, which has smooth wheels on smooth rails but still creates traction just by being really heavy. It fundamentally doesn't work above a certain gradient mind you, as too big a fraction of the weight force will be pulling the train backwards. This is where the increased friction gives tyres an advantage, but still that friction won't be there if you dig away the surface under you as you apply force.

 

[DownwardDog]

There now follows a genuine question

Looking at the tyres on the jeep conversion above. TO MY EYE they look on backwards. I know they're not but they look like they'd grip better ie dig in if the V of the tread was going the other way. It's the same with tractors the V points backwards

Why am I wrong. Or is it simply I just am

This thing will have so much mechanical grip form its vast contact patches that the tyre orientation will be irrelevant.

 

[A380]

It’s to confuse people who are really bad at tracking things. They would follow the arrows on the ground and do go the wrong way. It’s like those Clarke’s animal footprint shoes…