Cars And Caching

March 18, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

:mad:

1.6k · March 18, 2006

Don't think mines as bad but

Dented car door

Lost half a front trim

Numerous scratches to paintwork

Puncture

Smashed door mirror.

Oss!

3.8k · March 18, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

Have you got something against ford's by any chance?

Although I wrote my car off a year & a half ago, I haven't damaged any vehicles whilst in the pursuit of that elusive sandwhich box. Touch wood. :mad:

March 18, 2006

Mmmm, done too many miles, drove through too many puddles and did £1500 worth od damage to the engine, on the plus side those miles have been done on LPG so not as costly as some. :mad:

March 18, 2006

Not as bad as some; just a small dent on the boot lid - saw the tree stump, but not the branch sticking out.

March 18, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

Have you got something against ford's by any chance?

Although I wrote my car off a year & a half ago, I haven't damaged any vehicles whilst in the pursuit of that elusive sandwhich box. Touch wood.

Should that not read 'touch plastic' :mad:

B.

3.8k · March 18, 2006

Have you got something against ford's by any chance?

Although I wrote my car off a year & a half ago, I haven't damaged any vehicles whilst in the pursuit of that elusive sandwhich box. Touch wood.

Should that not read 'touch plastic'

B.

Nope as I have a wooden computer desk

March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then :mad:

Edited March 18, 2006 by wizard1974uk

March 18, 2006

Bumper damaged in car number one, nearly trashed the engine of the mini on a long detour from a mini show to collect a tempting distant geocache. :mad:

6.2k · March 18, 2006

Lots and lots of mud, but no damage beyond my exhaust falling off, and that was while caching, but not because of caching. Oh, and a small dent where I bumped Sensei's car three times :lol:

March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

Now you can see you are now being sensible!

Why do you think I drive Range Rovers?

Regardless to what others think about Range Rover type vehicles and off road use,

A. we hadly ever chew up the ground because we are stuck and skidding in very soft mad.

B. we drive over tree stumps, so hardly ever need new tyres because of punctures. or replace expensive to manufactor as well as not eco friendly production of body panels.

C. we can see well ahead, so as to make the cache easier to find.

D. we like a challenge to find caches in more remote places, taking our vehicles with us, and not returning to a broken in vehicle!

The down side is, we do get a lot of moans about the damage we made? Sorry! but not me! I drive on road tyres and respect the countryside by doing repairs to lanes, footpaths and bridleways for the council. Infact if you belong to a reputable car club, the councils as very pleased of any help you can give, right down to dragging burnt out cars from lanes to the road, where a pickup truck can get to them, through to helping to move fallen tree's and deliver vital goods to lanes being repaired etc.

So, go on and get yourself a good LPG (Very low on emissions) Range Rover and have more fun than ever.

This isn't a dig at anyone, but did you know the life of a Range Rover tyre is usually over 4 times the life of a car tyre. Thats a lot less wasted tyres to dispose of! meaning the Range Rovers tyres are more 'green' than a small cars!

Edited March 18, 2006 by Roving Rangies

March 18, 2006

Driving a Mitsubishi L200, I can echo their comments. Except the bits about Range Rovers :lol:

Only to add, that we only drive tracks that are know to be legal public rights of way. :lol:

1.2k · March 18, 2006

I took my Laguna down a chalk downland track that the sat nav said was a road. It ended up going downhill with the tyre ruts getting deeper and deeper with little rivulets in them and the banks 4 feet up either side so that after a while I realised that reversing was not an option, but forward was slippery - I ended up just hoping for the best, two wheels on the central area and trying to keep the other two on the upward slope towards the bank. I'd have been entirely stranded if I had slipped off.

I emerged onto a road and felt like when James Bond drove the Lotus out of the sea.

I don't think I damaged the car on that journey, but I think plenty of driving down tracks did cost in the end - plenty of mechanical failures totally up to £4000 work in months 24 - 30, immediately after I passed the 60000 warranty.

I'm looking forward to the day I can have a 4wd!

March 18, 2006

Not sure why people want to drive off road for caching. Most of the enjoyment for me is the walk and getting away from vehicles!

March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

and pay the extra car tax that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to slap on them. :lol:

1.9k · March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

and pay the extra car tax that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to slap on them.

Yep i saw that.

What was it ? A car tax of £200 per year for em !

March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

and pay the extra car tax that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to slap on them.

Plus the mileage tax that will be anounced very soon, for vehicles that do more than 15000 a year.

Nige :lol:

March 18, 2006

i totaly agree with the roving rangies as i enjoy the off roading. ex bf had a few defenders with all the toys. greenlaining an caching go together very well lots of mud an lots of fun.

i currently drive a mk3 golf shes my pride an joy so dont like getting her muddy though it dosnt matter to much as it gets a full valet every week

LMN

March 18, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

Maybe you should spend more time looking at the road, and less time looking at your GPS to see where the cache is! :lol:

Have been caching for over a year and not done any damage to any vehicles, exept the mud on the carpets after some of the walks...

About the 4X4 aspect;

I like them, and wouldn't mind getting one myself. I think the bad names come from the fact they do have a very poor mpg (except the few that have got LPG conversions) and the fact 95% of them never go off road, except up onto the pavement outside schools to pick one child up at a time!

Oh, I think I have just opened up another can'o'worms and got myself in the line of fire!

March 18, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

:lol: Looks like its not a good idea to go out caching with the Cantor clan if you want to live!!!!!!!!hehe

March 18, 2006

Dave I`ve seen the way you drive,and the main reason my car takes such a battering is because of certain people telling Paul about these short cuts down muddy tracks :lol:

3.3k · March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

Just sold mine.... way too thirsty for caching.

March 18, 2006

I used to have a Diahatsu (sp?) Fourtrack, ended up scrapping it because the bodywork was falling to bits.

March 18, 2006

My Alpha 156 got bashed twice in an hour in a car park in Lichfield whilst doing the Rabbits cache last year. A dented front wing and an opposite rear wing resulted.

Two days later whilst caching in Leicester a 4x4 reversed into me apparently not knowing i was there whilst i watched from a cache.

That's all four corners with a dent now. :lol:

I suppose i'm just unlucky.!

March 18, 2006

I'm eventually going to get a big meaty 4x4, no worries about muddy tracks then

Just sold mine.... way too thirsty for caching.

I pay 38p a litre for LPG, and it goes the same distance per litre as petrol. Miles per poundage means it does the same miles per petrol gallon as a Mondeo. The diffrence.....I travel in complete luxury! Cross my palm with £400 and I can give you a Range Rover Taxed till June 2006, MOT'd till late November 2006. No Gas fitted, but its a cheap car, what else do you want?

I do know of other Range Rovers for sale as well, Good ones! LPG can be fitted for about £800.

Edited March 18, 2006 by Roving Rangies

March 18, 2006

That's all four corners with a dent now.

I suppose i'm just unlucky.!

There not dents! they are charactor marks!

3.9k · March 18, 2006

I've never got stuck in the mud with my little rear-wheel drive MX-5, nor done any damage worse than scraping the bottom a couple of times.

OTOH I've had to have my front-wheel drive Renault Scenic pulled out of feet-deep mud with a tractor.

March 18, 2006

This thread brings back memories! :lol:

2.2k · March 19, 2006

too many miles!!

a nasty scratch to the rear nearside wheel arch.

and a general desire for a 4x4 but can't justify a second car on the drive.... can't drive a dadgum thing at the moment anyway... :lol:

March 19, 2006

so who wants to give me £23k for a brand new landrover? :lol:

March 19, 2006

Driving a Mitsubishi L200, I can echo their comments. Except the bits about Range Rovers

Only to add, that we only drive tracks that are know to be legal public rights of way.

I'm only bias because I have Range Rovers, like you are with yours. All 4x4 cars are equally as capable, its just some drivers are not!

As for the byways....I just can not understand anyone else going off them. I have a cache sat by a byway that crosses with a foot path and a bridleway, it can be reached by anyone who wants to do a cache. on two or 4 feet, 2 or 4 wheels.

You will see a small network of caches for 4x4's appearing, I like to do them, as I do have arthritis issues that mean I can not walk far, so my feet are my wheels.

March 19, 2006

This is taken from our log for the Nor Hill cache.

This was going so well. Last in the series to get the final clue.....

....................... and then disaster struck. Tomtom (dumdum) decided to send us up a farm track about a mile from the cache. Wrong turning, farmers track/house/field. Tried to turn round, got bogged in. Very nice and friendly farmer stopped his sunday dinner to tow us out with his tractor (see piccies). Didn't even complain that I had turned his sheeps grass into a quagmire.

We will be back.

No damage to the car but a lot of dented pride.

2.3k · March 20, 2006

I have to agree with the Roving Rangies you can't beat a bit of off roading and if you belong to a reputable 4x4 club they actually to a lot to put back into the environment

you haven't lived until you have literally been up mountains and through rivers in a 4x4 we have been to some amazing places and it beggas belief where the 4 wheel drives can get to, and before we get the sly comments .........yes i did have it on its side trying to get somewhere it did not want to go lol

we have just sold our daihatsu four trak and bought a "disco" and now we are actually using that instead of my 1400 rover as the "disco" is getting more mpg

back on topic we have had a few slips and slides but nothing major (touch wood)

M

March 20, 2006

we have been caching for nearly a year now and looking back over that year we have written off one ford mondeo wrecked a ford fiesta so badly we had to scrap it michelles pride and joy was a nice ford escort we have smashed the front bumper driven 1000`s of miles down muddy tracks and little country lanes all in the name of caching are we the only ones or are there more people out there who have done the same or worse

..Exactly why I bought my 4x4 for caching and camping. I used to cringe why I had a nice new Astra SRi and would end up parking down bridleways etc. (as per cache instructions!) - It was too nice for that. The freelander gives as much MPG as the Astra did, just at half the speed. I save money now on speeding tickets! I enjoy driving safely, legally and considerately off-road, when it's appropriate.

And if you every feel pressurised by the eco-argument, don't forget it's not all about your car. My Astra was just as 'unfriendly' because I drove it 'badly'. I recycle, insulate my house, buy energy-efficient appliances, car share and also use my vehicle for voluntary community services. But no-one ever talks about that on the 4x4 lobby websites!

Edited March 20, 2006 by Team 'James W'

March 20, 2006

I've been caching for 9 months now and as yet I am scratch or dent free. Although I think my tracking is out from a recent pothole (must get that fixed).

My TOMTOM took me down a 'local' road in Staffs which was 1.5 miles long and potholed all the way. I kept saying to myself " It will turn into tarmac round the next corner"..... it never did.

happy caching

Gazooks

1.3k · March 20, 2006

Range Rovers are very eco friendly... when the body eventually rots away you can replace the bodyshell with a rollcage and fibre glass body, and call em a Dakar!

J

March 20, 2006

Range Rovers are very eco friendly... when the body eventually rots away you can replace the bodyshell with a rollcage and fibre glass body, and call em a Dakar!

J

Out of couriosity, how much did the demo car that has been sold now, go for?

Roving Rangies

1.3k · March 20, 2006

RR, you have PM. J

March 20, 2006

RR, you have PM. J

Yes, cheers,

Vivien

Range Rover Register Ltd

www.rrr.co.uk

March 20, 2006

Driving a Mitsubishi L200, I can echo their comments. Except the bits about Range Rovers

Only to add, that we only drive tracks that are know to be legal public rights of way.

I'm only bias because I have Range Rovers, like you are with yours. All 4x4 cars are equally as capable, its just some drivers are not!

As for the byways....I just can not understand anyone else going off them. I have a cache sat by a byway that crosses with a foot path and a bridleway, it can be reached by anyone who wants to do a cache. on two or 4 feet, 2 or 4 wheels.

You will see a small network of caches for 4x4's appearing, I like to do them, as I do have arthritis issues that mean I can not walk far, so my feet are my wheels.

It's the one's who go off the rights of way that give us a bad name.

There's one or two caches out in North Wales that are close to byways and can be reached by what ever method of transport you choose.

Will watch with interest for the network of caches for 4x4s - it'll give me an excuse to do two of my hobbies in one go !!! Already have the Wiltshire Greenlanes caches set up as a PQ and will (hopefully) get round them soon.

Maybe we could have a green laning / caching event one day ?

A friend of mine is wheelchair bound, but is able to drive. It's amazing the places he can get his Freelander to and it's the only way he gets to enjoy the country side. Those who complain about "off roaders" sometimes miss this point when the go on about (legaly drivable) tracks being destoyed by 4x4s.

I sometimes wonder at cache logs that say they drove almost to the cache - I wonder how many of them actually realise that, for some, they were driving on private tracks or drives and even more wonder at what car they were driving !!!

March 20, 2006

We have a Landrover Defender 110,it takes us to caches,other cachers can only walk to......... legally of course. :rolleyes:

1.3k · March 21, 2006

The cachemobiles, only used on RUPP's that are open and when the conditions are such that no surface damage will result in driving them.

March 21, 2006

Two good looking caching mobiles you have there Dakar....

Heres our caching mobile...

1.3k · March 21, 2006

Awesome 300Tdi Landie. Love the number plate too! Wondered when I first saw your tag if it was refering to a LR Defender - now I know :rolleyes:

Seems that Geocaching & 4x4 vehicles are common interests... I've spotted several Ham Radio users who cache as well... I wonder what the connection is?

J

March 21, 2006

Seems that Geocaching & 4x4 vehicles are common interests... I've spotted several Ham Radio users who cache as well... I wonder what the connection is?

.

My old man is a listener, not a answerer! (What dreadfull English, but I know you know what I mean!) He just sits and scans.

We are about to place a cache near RAF Lyneham Wilts, for scanner fanatics

When it comes to the caching side, I usually sit with maps and an old GPS that does not have any maps to see, just numbers etc, while he has his Maggellen Meridian Colour GPS.

I have to sort all the bits out for the caches, while he prouncers around like a 6 year old because he has found the spot for the cache, not actually the cache itself!

I have recently objected to always being a passenger when out caching, so now I get to drive as well as hold maps and an antique GPS!

As for pictures of caching machines, I will have to see what I can do!

Vivien

Roving Rangies

March 21, 2006

Awesome 300Tdi Landie.

Do you watch Petrolheads?

How do you know the model ?

1.3k · March 21, 2006

Do you watch Petrolheads?

Nope... What is that? sounds a bit sky tv to me?

How do you know the model ?

Very sad to say that I saw the air intake for the snorkel is on the drivers side, so is a 300 Tdi.

J

March 21, 2006

Do you watch Petrolheads?

Nope... What is that? sounds a bit sky tv to me?

How do you know the model ?

Very sad to say that I saw the air intake for the snorkel is on the drivers side, so is a 300 Tdi.

J

Petrolheads is to cars as 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks ' is to music. Sunday BBC2 10 PM after TopGear.

You are the Richard Hammond of Geocaching, but probably taller

Respect

Edited March 21, 2006 by Nebias

March 21, 2006

My Geo-transport used to be a BMW C1 scooter 'til I blew it up doing one of SP's caches.

My progress has been a bit stunted since.

Hopefully cleared from the garage this weekend and I can get a new steed. Watch this space.

March 21, 2006

Do you watch Petrolheads?

Nope... What is that? sounds a bit sky tv to me?

How do you know the model ?

Very sad to say that I saw the air intake for the snorkel is on the drivers side, so is a 300 Tdi.

J

Petrolheads is to cars as 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks ' is to music. Sunday BBC2 10 PM after TopGear.

You are the Richard Hammond of Geocaching, but probably taller

Respect

Range Rovers are my specialist subject, although I can tell a Landie what it is by looking it at the rear!

Now that is sad! Me a 48 years 11.5 months old woman at that!

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