Freel2.com - View topic - Texas Rovers Thanksgiving weekend


Forum-Gallery-Shop-Sponsors « Advertise on Freel2.com

Home · FAQ · New Posts · My Posts · PMs · Search · Members · Members Map · Calendar · Profile · Donate · Register · Log In

Home > Events > Texas Rovers Thanksgiving weekend

Page 1 of 1

Print this entire topic ·

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

Texas Rovers Thanksgiving weekend

Enjoy! I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

9th Dec 2009 2:59 am

AndyC

Member Since: 30 Nov 2007
Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining!
Posts: 4165

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

was it Wild Turkey's you guys was look'n for in dem woods

Didnt look as though you used HDC on that hill - was there a reason for not using 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

9th Dec 2009 8:08 am

AndyT

Member Since: 28 Dec 2008
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 447

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Sumatra Black

That's some pretty ballsey reversing at 3'20"

9th Dec 2009 2:31 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

AndyC wrote:
was it Wild Turkey's you guys was look'n for in dem woods

Didnt look as though you used HDC on that hill - was there a reason for not using

No, east Texas is a very strange place. It's redneck heaven, it's way too close to the hillbillies in Arkansas and the Cajuns in Louisiana. I thankfully live in west Texas. People have something in West Texas that east Texas lacks, an education past 3rd grade!

My Theory on Texas Intelligence - the further east you are past Interstate 45 (runs between Dallas and Houston) the lower the IQ drops.

I didn't see any Turkey but I think I heard a couple banjos...

HDC - I used it, just covered the brake pedal when I got closer to the bottom. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

9th Dec 2009 7:14 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

AndyT wrote:
That's some pretty ballsey reversing at 3'20"

It wasn't that bad from inside the vehicle. I've been much more off camber in the Freelander 1. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

9th Dec 2009 7:18 pm

lem_jpm

Member Since: 28 Mar 2008
Location: Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Posts: 85

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

If only I had known - we were over in Texas for Thanksgiving!

10th Dec 2009 10:35 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

lem_jpm wrote:
If only I had known - we were over in Texas for Thanksgiving!

Where in Texas?

Every year in April Texas Rovers has their big rally (SCARR - South Central Area Rover Rally), it's usually at the same place from that video but they are thinking of changing it for 2010.

www.texasrovers.com

If you can make it out I'd be more than happy to pick you up from DFW (if you come that way) and if I can work it out properly, I might have an extra vehicle you can get behind the wheel of. Time will tell. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

10th Dec 2009 11:06 pm

lem_jpm

Member Since: 28 Mar 2008
Location: Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Posts: 85

Was staying with my uncle just south of Houston this time, although did include a trip out to New Braunfels and Austin.....and dare I say, a drive over to see some more of my family in Alabama!
Probably won't be back in the States until November next year.

13th Dec 2009 5:05 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

Houston is pretty far from me.

The campground and off road park we went to for Thanksgiving was in East Texas, about 150 miles east of Dallas. I live 330 miles West of Dallas.

How far is it from London to Edinburgh? When I was in the UK in August it took me about eight hours to drive from London to Edinburgh... it was a beautiful drive but didnt' seem that far and took forever!!!

Midland (where I live) to El Paso is 300 miles and it can be done in less than 3 hours and 45 minutes.

If any of you are wanting to make it out for a Land Rover even in April in Texas, let me know and I'll see if I can pick you up from the airport, and if you'll pay for fuel I might be able to let you drive a Land Rover (fuel is much cheaper here than UK/EU). I get mad at people complaing about high fuel prices here and I tell them they shouldn't be complaining compared to Europe. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

14th Dec 2009 12:36 am

MLEE

Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 134

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

TexFreelander wrote:

How far is it from London to Edinburgh?

Approx 400 miles.

14th Dec 2009 11:56 am

christian138

Member Since: 31 Jul 2008
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 946

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Sumatra Black

TexFreelander wrote:

Midland (where I live) to El Paso is 300 miles and it can be done in less than 3 hours and 45 minutes.

That's averaging 80 mph...........thought your speed limit was 55?

14th Dec 2009 12:33 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

In some parts of Texas our speed limit is 80 mph.

The rest of the United States varies from 60-70mph depending on which state.

In Texas, if the population density of the county is less than 10 people per sqaure mile the speed limit is 80. AND I LOVE IT! lol

Most people will go much faster, several people with a radar detector will set their cruise control at around 95mph.

I'm usually going 90 and get passed left and right.

I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

14th Dec 2009 5:01 pm

lem_jpm

Member Since: 28 Mar 2008
Location: Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Posts: 85

Current diesel price over here in UK is approx £1.10 per litre which equates to just under $7 per US gallon.
Over there it is currently about $2.50 per US gallon or 35p per litre

14th Dec 2009 11:19 pm

TexFreelander

Member Since: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Midland, Texas
Posts: 128

I remember paying those prices when I was there in August, it me off when people here complain about fuel being high. They have no clue. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun.

2008 Freelander2/LR2
-Rimini Red

2005 Freelander
-Bonatti Gray
-EBC front brake rotors
-DAP-Inc. Lift
-BFGoodrich All Terrain RWL
-Muffler Delete
-CAI

15th Dec 2009 6:45 am

Page 1 of 1

All times are GMT + 1 Hour

< Previous Topic | Next Topic >

Posting Rules

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum