Was driving home from the pub last night (2 shandies only) and noticed a car in an unusual postion, with hazards on. Thought to myself "This doesn't look right" so slammed on the anchors a bit approaching this right hand bend.

Sure enough, a car was facing the wrong way, backwards off the bend, had slid and stuffed it.

Suddenly notice the BLACK ICE all over the road as I am coming into the bend F**K!

I cut across the corner to give myself more room to slide off the road if it happens, car goes into a 4 wheel slide, heart rate is 200bpm (Don't want to stuff my RR!) I am doing 20 mph tops by now.

Luckily I managed to keep it facing forwards and I actually slid the opposite way, towards the right hand lane (on a right hand bend). As soon as the car slid to the grass verge it came to a sudden halt and all was OK.

That's the closest I've come to a crash in a long time.

Half a mile down the road, another car totally trashed having slid on the ice, then a lorry jack-knifed too. It was a bad night! Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

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Very nearly!

Big heavy cars slide better than small light cars, I know that much. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Yep. Not easy to stop when they get going.

Glad you came out of it OK though.

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Glad you're alright though. Rules are made for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

glad your ok as the FFRR can be replaced you cant (they say you should do something every day that scares you ) onto no6 Range Rover

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speedymarktd6 wrote:

glad your ok as the FFRR can be replaced you cant (they say you should do something every day that scares you )