A mate took his Range Rover P38 wheeling last weekend, it popped a rear airbag out from its mount. he thought a bag had split so took it to the dealer today.

This is what he got.....

Guy Salmons (LR Dealer) said that the P38 should not be offroaded and were surprised that I had taken it out.

Take care if you wheel a 2nd Gen Range Rover, they're not made for offroading. (not that many actually do!)

:D :laughing:

Guy Salmons should have his franchise taken away and whoever said that should be fired immidiately.

Idiots. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Serious One
Guy Salmons should have his franchise taken away and whoever said that should be fired immidiately.

Idiots. :rolleyes:

and then flogged, drawn and quartered.




j

get a rope!!!

someone should hang for that! and if they don't, well then, they should.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Slade:
You got the connections, do something about it. I doubt mine would be any good.

Paul

Personally my P38a stays on the pavement (SWMBO would throttle me if I filled it with mud)...but that is why I have the '88 Rangie...

However, I have a good buddy who wheels his a lot and the LR dealership warrantied his airbag when it popped wheeling...

Also must say that the P38A with a larger tire is unbelievable off-road...

Dave

Originally posted by RoverOn
Also must say that the P38A with a larger tire is unbelievable off-road...

Dave

i 2nd that...

my dream DD would be a P38A 4.6 with some 265/75 MTs and a set of true tracs in the diffs... man would it go!

Originally posted by 64rovr


i 2nd that...

my dream DD would be a P38A 4.6 with some 265/75 MTs and a set of true tracs in the diffs... man would it go!

At the dealer I was at we had a doctor that lived up in the high country. He had a 4.6 that did a bunch of bolt ons. Tricked sensors, spacers, 32's, and arb's I think, winch in front with gaurds and the steps removed. He even ran studded snows in the winter. The thing was un-frickin stoppable. Something about all that plushness inside, and covered in grime outside with brush-striped paint!

We also fixed up a trek car. Kinda cool seeing them on the trail.


j

the first rover i was ever experienced with was a '97 4.0 that my dad leased when new. he joined the local rover club (BSROA) and we attended the annual "Fall Heritage" rally. the prowess of the stock 4.0 amazed all of the seasoned rover guys on the trail :D

i still say limited slips front and rear because the factory traction control system works unbelievable well.

last summer i went out with a group of rover guys, and the one putting the rest of us to shame was a '97 4.0 with 245/75 mud terrains as the only mods... but i think the difference was that it was driven by an attractive female (if peter vollers is reading this then he knows whats up :D:D:D since it was his wife)

I've always believed that acceptance of body damage is the great equilizer among 4x4's.

The utility of a "rock buggy" is not with trick 4 link suspensions or monster axles - its manifested in the fact that the thing doesn't have panels, and a tremendously lower COG than an equivelently equipped SUV or truck variant.

4.6 HSE - body + roll hoops = ???

Adam....errrr, Jeb,

PKV has been seriously eyeing his wife's 97 as the next project LOL!!!

Originally posted by AV4x4
Adam....errrr, Jeb,

PKV has been seriously eyeing his wife's 97 as the next project LOL!!!

RJ... i know, and i cant say that i blame him!

btw, his wife (kim, btw) couldnt give a damn about body damage. to quote her, "its just a car!" :D:D:D

when i had my first *new* 90 back in 1992 (200Tdi), i had a lot of hassles with it, namely with cambelts snapping, had some 2-ing and fro-ing from the factory with fax's and letters,

anyway, a fax got sent to me by mistake, from the customer 'care' manager :D , and it stated that i had "used this vehicle extensively off road"......

well, DUH!! :mad:

and that "some customers were rather annoying"......

bunch of f*kin :mad2: :evil: wnkers!

Dealers have the same attitude to Rangie's over here in OZ. Years ago the driving instructor who taught me to drive (was into 4x4ing) was looking at buying one of the last models of RR classic (just before the new models came out).

Since he did a lot of 4x4ing/camping, he mentioned to the salesperson that the (very low) front spoiller wasn't very practical as he would probably damage it on its first offroad trip. To which the salesperson replied in horror, "Oh no you wouldn't want to take a Range Rover offroad Sir".

Man, at the dallas, dealer, we removed running boards for people so they could go wheel, and we put them back on after their trip. Offroad ability was always stressed at the Dallas Dealership. I guess some people jsut dont know what rovers can do, stock or modified.

Of the dealers I've visited, however, the Dallas one has always been hands down the best in terms of service, enthusiasm, and offroad emphasis.

Just ask Ben how lame the Austin Wheels Event that one time was. I won't complain about the Salt Lick BBQ, but it was nothing more than driving down a dirt road. The barrel races were the closest thing to excitement.

The one time my truck was to the dealer, they had to back it out of the car wash in the shop as my truck was too tall-they had to use the bay nearest the parts department (with the windows to the show room) as it was the only one where the supports for the lifts wouldn't interfere-and this was at a dealer that sponsored off-road runs and my truck is only lifted a few inches.

Another run-on sentence...

Paul