Should have let the tyres down, not reved it you muppets!
And I thought the driving test was more indepth these days. Honestly *tut*

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grim: Well thats just what I would have done – always carry a pump for such occasions, as well as a winch, rope and chains.

I have rescued two people from sand as it happens buy placing a rock under the jack, jacking up, and filling the hole with rocks.
It amazed me how these people just reved the car until it dug itself down so low the sump was in the sand, at which pint even a 4×4 will struggle to get out of sand.

The moment you loose traction, you need to back off the throttle, but the common mistake is to drive “harder” and dig in. If yiou can’t get grip with a little throttle you certainly won’t get any more with more throttle!

I don’t know if they were scared, just seems like they had no idea – but I’m sure they are wiser for the experience.

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Dave, its like this. The moment you loose traction on sand, stop reving – all it will do is dig you in and make matters alot worse. Its like trying to drive up a 45 degree hill as well as get out of sand when you dig in!

If you had let your tyres down and doubled the area in contact with the sand, you would have effectively halfed the weight of the car, prevented sinking in and double your traction.

One problem is people don’t let the tyres down enough. A couple died in Austrailia because they got stuck even though the let the tyre down a little. When the police recovered the vehicle, they let the tyres down much more and recovered it no problem.

But once you where dug in, I’m not surprised that a 4×4 struggled.

Luckily it was Wales and not the outback.

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So the Coast Guard came out for that? No risk of life? Not cut off by a rising tide? hmmmm?

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