Stelvio Pass

Subject: Stelvio Pass Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:08 pm

How would the Stelvio pass be for a dutch stretched 130. ( real measerurement 133 inch)?
get the feeling i can't make the turns in one time Smile

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:20 am

stelvio might be possible but the Gavia Mad

not much of a chance affraid

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:39 pm

Great

Looking forward too this..
Since i"ve joined several winch events with the same car, I hope I've learned enough to be able to make the turns,
Groundanchor onboard in case turn too sharp Wink

Jaap

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:21 pm

Stelvio has walls, Gavia has
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Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:37 am

Ah, bouncing off those walls will help me, otherwise i will have to drive backwards i suppose, but driving backwards near those slopes seems to dangerous.
Will take the highlift also, can always lift the car and set it aside. I am sure i get on top
Jaap

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you will be fine on all the tracks! fred got his caravan round them ( i have no idea how? scratch

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Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:02 pm

Maybe on his roofrack?
Makes you a hell of a lot shorter

Jaap

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:14 pm

Yeah, but don't forget Fred's was articulated, whereas Jaap's "Dutch Barge" is nearly as long as that coach they used in the Italian Job (the real 1969 film, not that crappy 2003 remake), and we all know where that ended up!!! affraid

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:44 pm

Well I've been there, done that.
It was a hell of a lot of work getting up there. Marvellous track it was. 3 Hairpins we could't make in one time, the rest of them within 1 or 2 inches to the wall.
Those guys from Topgear are right, one of the best roads there is

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Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:03 pm

Yep
Deserves an explanation.
Going up i found myself facing a car coming down. The driver obviously didn't know the rules of the mountains, anyway he didn't give way.
I had to back up. After that engine suffured of a lack of oxigen i suppose, it did't come back at turbopower. Not trusting a Landrover handbrake, i decided to park the car gently against the wall. After a little playing with the throttle engine started to run smoothly again. And of we were.

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Don't you have a handbrake for the corners?

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:39 am

There are few Land Rovers with a handbrake that actually works for longer than the MOT test as far as I can tell !! Twisted Evil

That's one reason why Lenny keeps rolling along ....

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:46 am

Land Rover + house brick = Handbrake! Wink

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:46 pm

Tom Mc wrote:: Land Rover + house brick = Handbrake!

i didnt realise we was playing maths, can we re-arrange the formula?

Land Rover + Hand brake = house brick?!? :king: :king: jocolor

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:49 pm

Smego wrote:: Don't you have a handbrake for the corners?

As I stated in the thread I didn't trust the handbrake, as no landydriver should. Not even the discbrake.

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:19 pm

I agree Cardan. When parking on a slope I always turn the wheels so in the event of failure the vehicle would roll into a wall rather than over the edge.

Never rely totally on the hand brake.

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It's a Land Rover thing !

They leak oil all over your drive
They then pass MOT with fixed handbrake

THEN just when you think its safe one of them rolls over the corner of your son's tent at 4am on the first night of last years Landy Rally.

Why do we have them ?

WE LOVE THEM and even give them names !!

From the home of Lenny and Pinky

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:43 pm

Sylvia Johnson wrote:: It's a Land Rover thing !

They leak oil all over your drive

From the home of Lenny and Pinky

They don't leak; they mark there teritorry

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Pinky definitely does that ! We had a brand new drive when we first moved into this house although you wouldn't believe it now. We have plenty of oil, steering fluid, not to mention yellow paint stains on the drive.

Mind you we have lived here since Kieran was 11 weeks old !

lol!

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:32 pm

Stains since he was 11 weeks old ... couldn't he crawl to the loo in time? Not a pretty thought.

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Tom you've forgotten what 11 week old babies do ! They sleep, wake up shout feed me, want a clean nappy and then back to sleep again. Not much time for crawling at that age ! Although he soon made up for it !

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:45 pm

I was going to say, sounds just like a student! Razz

Subject: Re: Stelvio Pass Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:40 pm

Sylvia Johnson wrote:: Tom you've forgotten what 11 week old babies do ! They sleep, wake up shout feed me, want a clean nappy and then back to sleep again. Not much time for crawling at that age ! Although he soon made up for it !

Kieran still does that...and crawing to the loo...im sure he still does that..probably for different reasons nower days! :king: :king: