Terryt12

Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #1

Hi There
I'm now the proud owner of a 110 Utility but have a (possibly stupid) question.

I'm planning going over Hardknott Pass in the Lake District and was wondering whether the turning circle on it will be ok with the tight switch backs!

I've been over the past many times in my 90 years ago but was just making sure as this new 110 has the turning circle of a bus!!! I want to double check before I took my 5 year old over to go camping!

Thanks in advance.

 

Discovery2TD5

Active Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #2

I came over it last year in the Disco and met a Dutch couple in a 109 and they looked to be having a whale of a time.
They got along it no problems.

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Mar 18, 2014

• #3

be fine, my disco loved it

 

DJ Xan

Active Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #4

No problems in my 110. Even gave a guy a bottle of water at the top for his Focus that had ****ed itself.

 

greyhair

Well-Known Member

• Mar 18, 2014

• #5

Yes im sure you will be fine
Although the last time I did itwas about 2 years ago I was on a 2 week old Tiger 800xc with the wife hanging on the back

Happy days

 

Brown

Well-Known Member

Full Member

• Mar 20, 2014

• #6

Well,. it's no great hardship having to take two goes at the corners. There are a couple of bends in mid Wales that I have to have two goes at to get round but it adds to the charm of the route.

 

mlucas110

New Member

• Mar 22, 2014

• #7

I did it last year in my 1.6 civic which has the turning circle of the Queen Mary towing the Queen Mary 2 and it was fine the corners are wider than they look!

Just use low range coming down, the civics engine wouldn't hold me back and my brakes were not happy by the end

 

Terryt12

Member

• Mar 23, 2014

• #8

Do you really reckon I need it in low range coming down??? Don't think I ever did with the 90?

 

suew

Well-Known Member

• Mar 23, 2014

• #9

Terryt12 said:

Do you really reckon I need it in low range coming down??? Don't think I ever did with the 90?

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LOL depends on how hot you want your brakes to get I've driven it in cars when I would have been grateful for low box. And on a very old motorbike with drum brakes (well it had brakes at the top ) not much braking left by the bottom

 

mlucas110

New Member

• Mar 24, 2014

• #10

I would put it low range and save your brakes! Its a long way down to sit on your brakes. Although landy brakes may cope better than my civic so I dunno. You try it and let us know

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Mar 24, 2014

• #11

mine went down it in high range just fine but low range probably would have made it a bit happier

 

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Paulmitchell1984

Well-Known Member

• Mar 24, 2014

• #12

i did it in my disco, used low range as brake fade crept in half way down, but i had 5 people and ahell of aot of camping gear

 

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Oldfogey

Active Member

• Mar 25, 2014

• #13

Been over in an 89 RR - no problem at all with corners, or with the brakes - but the engine wouldn't start in Whitehaven (damp in the ECU connection). Very enjoyable run there and back otherwise.