'4x4's in tug of war fight'

[donk_83]

for those who didnt see todays sun newspaper i thought i'd let you know about one of there articals, it goes like this ...................

' Two daft drivers trashed a parked car during a bizarre tug-o-war battle in their 4x4s.
  Mark fouracres, 27, challenged a stranger he had met in a pub to see who had the toughest motor. They roped their vehicles together and tried to drag each other down the main road in mayfield, east sussex.
  Dad of two fouracres lost as his Nissan Patrol was dragged uphill by his opponent's Toyota Hilux- and into a parked car.
  Fouracres, a carpenter was sacked when his boss heard of the crash. And yesterday he was fined £100 with four penalty points by lewes JP's. He admitted careless driving saying: "It was stupid"
  A 26 year old Eastbourne man is also due in court later this month'


Now i would of loved to of seen that !!!!!!!!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[TUFFTEE]

You and me both!  I would loved to have seen it! probably  have paid to watch it!  :D  :D  :D

[hobbit]

Hmmm, 4wd road rage, like trolley rage with engines :lol:

[Jake]

Fools
I would like to have seen it though
 :lol:

[Wanderer]

Lucky for them that they passed a breath test.

Ed

[beast5680]

not too far away from me that, there are a few loons down here in sussex :lol:

[donk_83]

just imagine the conversation before hand......

"mine is better than yours"
"i bet it aint !"
"ok then matey boy,  prove it......"

 :lol:

[DIL]

Would loved to have seen that  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Donk, shall we give it a go down the high street?? The local chavs would give us even stranger looks then.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[LOFTY]

Seems a bit strange, a Patrol outweighs a hilux, and has more power and torque, yet the hilux pulled it uphill???

[jjsaul]

a mate of mine had a hilux with a V8 in...could have been one like that...

[Manicminer]

Seems a bit strange, a Patrol outweighs a hilux, and has more power and torque, yet the hilux pulled it uphill???

I was thinking the same myself.
Could have had some weight in the back to help with traction and maybe the owner was a 'better' driver and snatched the patrol before the other one had a chance :roll:

[Eeyore]

Either way, these two eejits have sent the pro 4x4 cause back to the stone age.

I present both of them with the Order of the Muppet.

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[Henry Webster]

Not big and not clever - in fact particularly stupid.

Once apon a time this was a competition that the All Wheel Drive Club amongst others used to indulge in.  Not the safest though even  in contolled competition environments.

Regards

H

[laser_jock99]

I was once offered a similar challenge by a collegue in his new 250bhp Audi TT....he thought he'd be able to pull my Hilux Surf along backwards. I had a length of stout chain and was ready to go for it but he couldn't find a decent anchorage point on the TT and used that as an excuse to back down! Either way I couldn't explain to him that BHP and torque were different things (especially when concerning a 2.5 tonne 4x4 with a low range gear box!). We were going to do the challenge on the works carpark- not the public highway BTW.

The only foolish thing these two guy's did (other than risk damage to their own cars) was to stage the challenge on the Public Highway thus causing risk to other people & property. Otherwise it is a perfectly legitimate way of proving which car had the most 'grunt'.

The Hilux involved was a Toyota 3.0L TD Surf and not the UK pick-up. So the vehicles were pretty evenly matched. I'm pleased to report the Surf won- we need more nutters like this to make life less dull.

[Bush Tucker Man]

At the Pickering Traction Engine Rally in 2004, they tried it 'Big-Style' with an Abbot SPG & a Caterpiller D8.

I believe it was an honourable draw (we'd left before this)