Ouch, glad they made it through that unharmed. Man, it's not my Jeep, but I feel for the owner.
It did seem like "all she's got" was a lot more than what was expected...
He probably was pretty inexperienced and, if so, the spotter should have warned him to take it easy and throttle down quickly because, I dunno, he was ligned up straight into a sharp drop off into a deep creek bed, and had to make a sharp left turn to avoid that coming out of the crevice. Also, IMO, he should have had no trouble traversing that crevice at low speed to begin with--and in first gear. Flooring the pedal is rarely a good idea when offroading, especially when you're near a dangerous obstacle or drop off.
Agree that there was never ANY reason to use that much gas in this situation. With the terrain and height of the dip, even a stock jeep could have crawled up that in 4H or especially 4L and with only steering wheel turning. When the camera guy said "when you get to 2nd, give it all you've got" I cringed.
yeah i was looking at that opening shot, trying to figure out how he was possibly going to flip it. I'd hate to see this guy in the snow, or in the rain, or in traffic. Really anywhere where the driver should be paying attention.
Bad driving/spotting or not, that's some scarey stuff. I do love that the occupants walked away mostly unharmed and that the Rubi was able to drive out.
maybe the driver thought he was in a drag race,, he held it wfo untill the jeep was tipping over,,, VERY bad judgement on every ones part. good to see them all walk away
depends on the insurance company ,,, or how good the owner can lie... here in mass the insurance company's do not have to pay,, reason being , you and you alone caused the damage,, think of it this way ( as explained by my insurance company) if you get mad at your wife and take a hammer to her car,, we're not paying.
I agree, but if he's really green and heading toward a creek and possibly doesn't know that there's a sharp, deep drop off there, not warning him and even affirmatively telling him to "give it what she's got" when "you hit second gear" probably was not very helpful.
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