Jen and I helped our friend the farmer chase cows today. We'd got them out of the field and they were heading in the right general direction, when the farmer suggested I head them off at the pass in her LandRover Defender.
Yeeees!
I'd never driven a LandRover before. I almost fell at the first hurdle, trying to start the bloody thing (handy hint: the ignition is on the left side of the steering column), then I was off down the rough, dirt track at a blistering 10mph.
After a short while, I got a bit cocky and changed up to second. Easy-peasy! But then I came to a slight bend in the track and…
Nothing happened. I turned the bloody steering-wheel and nothing bloody happened!
I was about to scream and slam on the brakes, when the LandRover suddenly turned as I had wanted it to. Then another bend came along and exactly the same thing happened. It turned out there was a two-second delay between turning the steering wheel and the message getting through to the wheels.
I reckon I'll stick with Murphy.
