Off road in a sport !

[jimbob]

Found this link on another site.
http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conrnli12.htm

[Rich_P]

Bonkers.  :shock:

[murph]

Oops !!! :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

[Range Rover Blues]

T*T

[Colin 009]

T*T

I concur  :roll:

[Bishops Finger]

Suspect he didn't get the ride that night :roll:  :twisted:  :twisted:  :lol:  :lol:

[Jas278]

whoooooooooooooooooooops

[missroadrage]

As least Thrasher now knows what not to do in his

[Eeyore]

I like the bit about not having the capability to drive where people may imgaine.

How about them adding a bit about not being allowed to drive where they imagine.

Wonder if Plod will be pressing charges?  :-k

Wonder what his insurance company will say!  :lol:

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[Big-G]

Prat - love to see the insurance claim on that one, better still it is nice to see the local residents were concerned for the two occupants safety, all they were worried about were their bloody gin palaces, some one should point out how un enviromentally friendly they are - i know i run a ships engine room :-)

[The Ant Hill Mob]

I wonder if he's got shares in the company that makes WD-40?!!!

[Tyke]

A pr4t born every minute - bet his girlfreind was pleased with him  :lol:

[bezzabsa]

Can i have the alloys ??? :)

[Wolfie]

better still it is nice to see the local residents were concerned for the two occupants safety, all they were worried about were their bloody gin palaces

Not all boats moored on the Thames are Gin Palaces, the reference to residents on houseboats would suggest that these are not. I doubt that many of the Gin Palaces are used residentially.The price of property in this country had lead to many people being unable to afford to buy a house or even to rent in the private sector, leaving living afloat as one of the few remaining options. Perhaps the boats mentioned were more like these. I don't know about the value of the boats pictured but you could easily buy a reasonable residential boat for a lot less than the cost of a RRS.
The report also reads that it was the residents of the boats who attempted to free the RRS.

Regards

Wolfie

[rollazuki]

iLL BET HE GETS A WINCH FITTED TO HIS NEXT RANGEROVER :lol:

[wing nut]

iLL BET HE GETS A WINCH FITTED TO HIS NEXT RANGEROVER :lol:

and a long snorkel :lol:  :lol:

[Whitelandyman90]

I wonder if he remembered his drain plug?  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

[woody]

They hadn't accounted for a mud pool or the rising tide.

go on send him some stickers  he'll feel a lot better with the mud splat on his Range Rover. rather than sat in a mud splat  :(biglaugh):

[Karen696]

you could easily buy a reasonable residential boat for a lot less than the cost of a RRS.

Having known someone who sold their London houseboat to a yuppie some years ago I don't think they are exactly housing for the poor, so I had a look around for some more recent costs -

prices range from £100,000 upwards: "Our cheapest at the moment is a two bedroom Dutch barge in Brentford for £110,000; our most expensive is £415,000"... you'll need insurance - around £3,500 a year

Moorings on a rolling annual basis can be from £4-5,000 a year upwards, but in London licences are extremely hard to come by.

The biggest cost will be your mooring and maintenance fees, which vary very much according to the level of service and the location. In Cheyne Walk, says Russell, you're looking at £500-1000 a month.

In Brentford it's much cheaper - £250 a month will cover the fees for service connections and the general maintenance of the site. You will, of course, have to pay utility bills and you're also usually liable for council tax.

Running costs should also be borne in mind: fuel, engine oil, repairs and maintenance, toilets and pumps. And last, but by no means least, you'll need to lift and dry dock the boat every five years to ensure all is well (£2,000).

Oh, by the way these costs are taken from an article dated July 2005  http://www.findaproperty.com/edition.aspx?edid=05&opt=story&storyid=7749