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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

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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:

 

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

 

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:

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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

:D

 

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

 

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:

 

Should that not read 'touch plastic' :mad:

 

B.

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

 

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!

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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!

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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:

 

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! :):)

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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:

 

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

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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.!

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

 

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.

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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. :P

 

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.

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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.

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I have to agree with the Roving Rangies you can't beat a bit of off roading :D 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 :D

 

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 :D

 

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

 

M :D

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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

:D

 

..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! :D 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! :D

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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 :D

 

Gazooks

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

 

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

 

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 !!!

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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

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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

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Do you watch Petrolheads?

 

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

 

How do you know the model ? :P

 

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 :D

 

Respect :ph34r:

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Do you watch Petrolheads?

 

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

 

How do you know the model ? :ph34r:

 

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 :P

 

Respect :D

 

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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