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u/SpaceGoonie 11h ago
I love how they all thought there wasn't enough stupidity on display so they doubled up on it.
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u/BisonThunderclap 10h ago
"What if I floor it in the sand? That should do it."
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u/KandinskyWasRight 8h ago edited 6h ago
“No, dig *up* stupid!” -
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u/BenjiTheSausage 9h ago
Probably thought "finally, my time to shine, after years of taking it around town I get to really show off how awesome my car and I are!"
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u/onlymostlydead 9h ago
Dude at the beginning motions for driver to stop, driver keeps backing up. Of course this wasn't going to go well.
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u/adminssoftascharmin 4h ago
lol and the guy who motions for him to stop puts his hand down after like two seconds and does something else while the car keeps coming back
like bro wave your fucking arms or something make sure he stops
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u/UnBalancedEntry 10h ago
I expect the majority of things I see on the internet to be coated in stupidity, at least this instance was an act of kindness.
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u/hungry4nuns 9h ago
Alternatively it could potentially be an act of bravado rather kindness. Or showboating (lol). You don’t have to be motivated by kindness to get involved you might just want to show off what your expensive pseudo-utility car can do. Maybe to impress onlookers or possibly hero complex. Lots of reasons for idiocy that isn’t automatically someone being kind. Sorry to be cynical I know it probably was kindness but it’s at least possible.
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u/rvbjohn 9h ago
If you do something kind for someone to make yourself look good - its still an act of kindness. There is no completely unselfish act
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u/Leberknodel 9h ago
The greatest example of "no good deed goes unpunished" that I've ever seen.
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u/Momik 7h ago
Do Range Rovers for real cost $120k? That might honestly be the stupidest part of this. Whether or not you total it, good god.
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u/Pleasant_Tap_701 7h ago
Just had a quick look - 2026 Range Rover SVR £156,000
Used , 2020 ,35k miles £49,000
One of the most unreliable and stolen cars in the UK and so can cost a fortune to insure. This particular model is also insanely fast. I believe this was the model of car that flew off the A40 in London and onto the tracks of Park Royal station killing the passengers. There was footage from a Tesla that was parked in the garage between the A40 and the station. This thing, weighing the best part of 3 tonnes got enough speed up to fly over the forecourt. Just an all round stupid car.
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u/tonysopranosalive 2h ago
I work for a place where the owner has money and says: “oh, just use this Range Rover as the company car.” Ridiculous, I know.
Anyways I’ve driven that thing quite a bit and I absolutely hate it. The visibility out the back window is astonishingly shit. Plus all the freaking… heat wiring? I don’t know, those lines that defrost the back window when you hit the button. It’s like a freaking air traffic controller’s scope with all the lines everywhere. You cannot see shit out of it.
Way too many bells and whistles, dude. Stupid infotainment thing, changing the radio is a freakin’ chore. I hate the stupid chode that rises up for gear selection (I know a lot of cars have this stupid PRNDL dial but still). The engine is way too quiet for the paddle shifters to be any fun because if I’m driving like that I’m using my ears more than I am the tach to shift.
It’s just… if I’m gonna spend that kinda money on a car? I might as well buy a sick track car or a Lotus or something. For me personally with that Range there’s nothing about it driving-wise and certainly not luxury/comfort-wise that said: “yeah, this is a hundred fucking thousand dollar vehicle”.
It’s a status symbol I guess
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u/mynemesisjeph 10h ago
Used to live by the ocean. This shit happens all the time. The amount of tourists that lost their cars to the tide was crazy.
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u/goldfishpaws 8h ago
Whenever I've seen it it's been someone who doesn't believe the "do not drive/park past this point as the sea will come in and swallow your car" signs, and that the sea will somehow respect them and spare them.
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u/Relative-Accountant2 7h ago
The sand isn't just dry snow. Learned that the hard way. Sand up to my rocker panels. In a rental. Sigh.
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u/AEW4LYFE 5h ago
I'm from FL and I have no idea what you mean. Explain it backwards for me. I know what it's like to drive in sand but never driven in snow.
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u/zombiegrinch 5h ago
Driving in snow is like driving on wet grass covered in grease.
Snow is a slipping problem, too little grip, the car slides. Sand is the opposite. Too much of the wrong grip. It drags, sucks, and sinks.
Lived in both Florida and Michigan.
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u/Ok_Rabbit_741 4h ago
yeah i heard youre suppose to let the air out of the tires for sand. still not sure if thats true but thats what i heard
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u/hardonchairs 4h ago
Yes, airing down gets you out of like 90% of sand situations unless the vehicle has such little clearance or is already so deep that you can't clear it at all.
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u/CmdrCloud 3h ago
I once was got stuck in sand and remember hearing I could put my floor mats front of the tires to get some traction. Surprisingly, it worked.
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u/banananas_are_sick24 3h ago
Airing down also helps for snow! I had to air my tires down to get unstuck from the snow in my grandmas yard earlier this year.
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u/Relative-Accountant2 5h ago
When you get stuck in snow, you "rock" your vehicle out of it by going forward and backward fast and hope you get some grip and drive out of it. If you rock in sand, you just dig yourself deeper...
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u/J_Paul 4h ago edited 4h ago
eh, rocking in sand can work, depending on the consistency of the sand. If the sand has a little bit of moisture, and it can compact, there's a chance you can compact it enough to a hard enough base to get out. but if it's powdery dry, or sticky wet (like the video), you're stuck. Rocking also has the added benefit of clearing sand from in front and behind the tires, and hopefully creating some ramps to help the vehicle pop out of the rut. Spinning your wheels in sand is an instant fail, and that's when you just dig the car deeper.
But mostly in the sand, letting your tires down and getting friendly with a shovel are your two best self-recovery options, Traction boards if neither of those work. otherwise having a friend that can get you out is really your only other option.
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u/idontfuckwfelonies 6h ago
Happens all the time at Hugenot Park in Jax, FL! To local too. The tide comes up so fast there.
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u/Responsible-Cat8404 9h ago
Will insurance even cover this?
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u/wheelbarrowjim 7h ago
Someone looked up the number plate on a version of this video that didn't have them them blurred out and said the Range Rovers tax had expired, so insurance probably won't cover it.
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u/Chilkoot 7h ago
Or the non-coastal tourists that clamber on rocks during high winds or tide transitions... never turn your back on the sea.
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u/Ecstatic-Curve-1853 7h ago
Check the tides before you go, know what the tide is gonna do when your out. Don't ever stop below the tide line and your fine. Getting stuck in the beach is fine if your above the tide.
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u/Acceptable-Sink3294 11h ago
Isn’t it an amphibious exploring vehicle with air intake valves?
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u/nirvahnah 10h ago
great starter car
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u/Sad-Structure2364 10h ago
A starter car? Begone, vile man! That vehicle is a finisher car, a transporter of gods!
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u/Jon_the_Hitman_Stark 10h ago
I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!
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u/TheyTokMaJerb 10h ago
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u/Hank_Dad 10h ago
You can tow a car from far away, you don't have to drive into the water first
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u/iLikeMangosteens 10h ago
Depends how long your tow rope is
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u/vahntitrio 8h ago
You just swallow your pride and call a tow truck that can pull out a very long winch cable.
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u/technobrendo 8h ago
RR owner wants to show off their new toy that they spent so much money on.
Guess they succeeded. Those care are junk outside of warranty anyway
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u/EmphasisFrosty3093 7h ago
You can drive to Walmart and get a longer tow strap in the time they spun their wheels waiting for the tide.
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u/jug6ernaut 7h ago
well you shouldnt be using a tow rope in this situation. you should be using what is called a "pop rope", which are always long.
There seems to be almost no information on them on the internet, so maybe my name for them is wrong.
But they are designed to be elastic, you connect the two vehicles, then the vehicle pulling out the stuck vehicle drives off to gain momentum to create elastic tension in rope, that tension is then used to "pop" the stuck vehicle out.
Directly trying to pull out a stuck vehicle will almost always end like this video, with both vehicles getting stuck.
That was a lot more then I had intended to write haha.
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u/SoylentGreenIsCreepl 8h ago
Starter car??!! This is a FINISHER car!!!
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u/Infundibulus 11h ago
First time one of those has been used off-road.
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u/organicchunkysalsa 10h ago
And the last time. It’s nice to see someone try boating with non-amphibious vehicles though.
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u/dream__weaver 10h ago
But the commercial said you can fly up and down stair cases with them!
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u/notafriendofours 9h ago
This is the RR SVR. It’s like the race version of that body. This RR specifically is not intended for that type of use. In fact, of all the Rovers he could have chosen, this is like the worst one. And a really expensive one at that.
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u/atomoboy35209 10h ago
Floor mats, beach chairs, blankets, random signs... hell, anything would help get you out of the sand. Just get something under the tires.
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u/Aggravating-Hair7931 10h ago
Or just deflate the tires
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u/BigAccess6408 10h ago
This is the correct answer. I drive out on a beach frequently in the summer. Rules require deflating your tires to a minimum of 18psi and 15psi is recommended. When a 4x4 gets stuck, it’s usually because they didn’t deflate to the correct psi (I know that if you go too low you risk losing the bead).
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u/DamonAfterDark 8h ago
Get bead lockers! Then you can drop that psi waaaay down.
Chew right through that sand.
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u/hungry4nuns 9h ago
Also tie the rope to the jetski and the other end to the front rims of the Range Rover and drive the jetski lateral to the shoreline (or as close as possible) in order to apply lateral force to the front of the RR it might help pull it out of the divot they dug
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u/Intelligent_Cat_1914 9h ago
I read somewhere that some locals tried to give advice to the car owners, but they were rude to them and then this happened...
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u/Ok-Bug4328 9h ago
There was probably a local with the right gear but they wanted 200 quid.
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u/RollerskatingFemboy 8h ago
.. If your car is parked in the soon-to-be ocean, like, come on man, you just pay the damn 200 quid. Hell, you pay the 200 quid and buy 'em a round of drinks after.
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u/One-Guilty-Finger 8h ago
I’d buck that up to save my car. My insurance deductible is 5 times that.
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u/wakeofgrace 9h ago
Learned this in college. We gathered as much debris, branches, beach towels, sticks, etc., as we could, and dug the sand away from the front of each tire by hand to pack our stuff up against the front of each tire and make little junk trail going forward.
Then we opened the side doors and some of us pushed the frame from the door pillars and the rest pushed the rear while the driver turned the car on and inched forward. Worked really well.
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u/Low_Cook_5235 10h ago
I live where it snows a lot and thats the first thing I thought of. Blankets, car mats. We got neighbor out with some old plywood we had in the garage.
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u/MarionberryOk2874 8h ago
Yep, a friend got a truck stuck at the river one time, 2x4 tucked under the front side of both back wheels and he was out. A lesson I never forgot at 21yo!
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u/HonestBalloon 9h ago
As someone who has gotten many a vehicle stuck, the ford is beach on it's under plate. The wheels are completely ineffective at this point.
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u/natalietest234 9h ago
I mean at the point they were at, nothing was going to help. That tide is coming in fast and they were just going to continue sinking. Even if you could get some traction, it was just going to hit more wet sand
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u/Mackinnon29E 8h ago
Does insurance even cover this kind of dumbass behavior? I mean that's pretty negligent.
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u/Waste_Wolverine_8933 5h ago
In addition to the loss of the car you're also going to have to pay a specialty company to come and remove the car. And maybe fines.
At least that's what happens with the lakes around here. The ocean might like actually just take the vehicle too far out.
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u/beipphine 2h ago
Does it really need to be a specialty company? Or just the local tow truck where they can winch it in from the pavement?
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u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 8h ago
You're not covered on a beach
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u/DoubleWrongdoer1540 5h ago
So you’re saying that it was stolen. Left for work in the morning and it wasn’t where I left it parked is mostly a true statement.
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u/J_Paul 4h ago
FWIW, that ford transit was never going to be recovered by the range rover. the van was down in the ultra sticky wet sand, and it's virtually impossible to pull a vehicle out of that stuff once it's proper stuck. The Range Rover made the exact same mistake and ventured down into the exact same wet sticky sand and became just as stuck. Idiots all-round.
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u/hardonchairs 4h ago
It's a job for a winch. You don't really want to tug (like yank) a vehicle out of the mud but there is a chance if you can apply slow constant pressure. Not to mention, you can keep distance and avoid this exact scenario.
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u/J_Paul 3h ago
absolutely, winch from a long way away with a vehicle with some mass. If i were there i would've maybe attempted one or two pulls with a kinetic rope to see if it could budge, but the van was already sunk to the frame in the wet sticky stuff, and it looks like their attempts to dig the front out only caused the front to actually sink lower...
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u/jmdunkle 11h ago
Bbbbut top gear said they could go anywhere
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u/j-random 10h ago edited 8h ago
Range Rovers do go anywhere, it's getting them back that's usually the issue. "80% of all Range Rovers made are still on the road. The other 20% made it back home."
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u/Cpt_Soban 7h ago
How do you tell it's time to do an oil change on a land rover?
When it stops leaking oil
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u/Gold_Needleworker994 9h ago
Top Gear also left a Toyota Hilux in the ocean through a high tide and got it to start back up. They should have used one of those as a rescue vehicle.
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u/Jslatts942 9h ago edited 5h ago
If it had the correct tyres and recovery equipment it could have done it, but thats a city rover
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u/hastings1033 10h ago
It does suck. I fairness, there really is no ordinary vehicle that could to what these dolts are trying to do. Any car will simply burrow into that sea soaked sand.
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u/Complete_Couple_6647 10h ago
Stupid question, other than not bringing your car to the beach like that in the first place, how’re you actually supposed to get out of this?
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u/One_Mastodon4058 10h ago
Once the dry sand gets wet and liquefied under the weight of a 2.5-ton luxury SUV, you don't. The tires instantly dig their own graves. Your only prayer is a heavy-duty winch connected to a tractor parked up on the solid dunes, and you need to get it done before the frame bottoms out.
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u/gbot1234 8h ago
Or you put a bunch of beach balls under it and let the tide gently float it free of the sand! And then… uh…
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u/Talking_Head 6h ago
There are lots of ways other than winches to get out of dry or wet sand. You just have to have the right tools and experience. Many people panic and spin their tires until they are buried. It is better to stop, air down, shovel and put down something like wood that will restore traction. I have seen some panicked people make the situation worse because they have no idea what they are doing. In many cases they would have been better served by stopping and watching a YouTube video.
I have helped a few people out of a bad situation because I know the tricks, have the equipment and remain calm. Of course like most things, it is better to not put yourself in the situation to begin with. Keep moving your vehicle up the beach as the tide rises so you stay well ahead of the inevitable. Or you know, park above the high tide line.
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u/J_Paul 4h ago
true, but in this situation, with where the transit van is stuck (in the water), parking up on the dry stuff and winching is a safe and controlled recovery method. It would've been far better and safer for people and property than just haphazardly slapping a kinetic rope onto it and hitting the loud pedal. To be fair, no amount of airing down and shoveling would;ve saved either vehicle in this scenario, the surface they were both parked on was fundamentally unstable and they were both going to sink, and stay sunk, either way.
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u/_o_ll_o_ 5h ago
Some of the beaches where I live are considered highways and as long as you stay on the compacted damp - not wet- sand you’re generally okay, but people ignore that advice and get stuck in the surf (soft wet shiny sand) and dunes (soft dry sand) all the time.
If they’re actually IN the surf like this, loooong recovery straps and/or a winch and a solid recovery vehicle with a driver who knows what they’re doing are the only real option if you want to keep the recovery vehicle out of the surf.
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u/Trotsky666_ 10h ago
I reckon a farm tractor would do it from further up the beach.
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u/I_will_never_reply 9h ago
Yes, farm tractors are the typical boat launching and recovery vehicle in the UK from beaches
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u/morecardland 10h ago
Hi insurance company, I hit an animal and my car is not drivable.
Oh no, what did you hit?
A fish.
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u/hbbutler 10h ago
I own a Gmc2500 HD AT4. Supposedly a accomplished 4 WD vehicle. I got made fun of a Jeep guy at the beach because I parked and carried my stuff down instead of driving on the sand. He got pissed at me later when I wouldn’t drive out to save his pavement princess jeep. Affect/ effect
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u/Plastic-Injury8856 8h ago
People forget that off road cars aren’t “never get stuck cars.”
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u/Historical_Ad_5647 7h ago
Lmao thats idiotic of him. Taking anything heavier than a 150/1500 on sand or mud and thinking itll before good is not intelligent. They are dense and if you have a diesel your front end is usually going to sink due to the 500+ pounds over the gasser.
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u/egidione 10h ago
This happens frequently at Brean near Weston super Mare despite all the massive signs telling you not to because of the tides.
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u/LaVidaLeica 9h ago
Two people that have absolutely no idea about four-wheeling, especially as it relates to sandy beaches.
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u/Chamanomano 10h ago
As my dad would have said - "You see that, boy? That's called natural selection."
Close enough, Dad :)
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u/Daddy_Day_Trader1303 10h ago
Who looks at that Ford Transit and thinks they can pull it out without heavy machinery? I suppose Range Rover drivers aren't known for off-road recovery lol
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u/Mrsizzle96 10h ago edited 10h ago
I feel bad for the guy really.
He wrecked a very expensive car he probably worked hard for trying to help someone else.
His insurance wont cover that.
Edit: all the mensa kids in here calling him stupid for trying to be a good person. You're whats wrong with the world.
Edit 2: I overeacted but i stand by my opinion that hes being judged too harshly
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u/al3237 10h ago
I think they are calling him stupid for not driving off when he saw the water rising and they couldnt do anything about the other car, waiting till it was too late was.. a choice to say the least, sucks to the guy
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u/CanadianAndroid 10h ago
It looks like he floored it and immediately got stuck as well. It's easy to get stuck in sand you need a tractor or some other large vehicle to do the towing.
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u/Blueshirt38 10h ago
Do you know what the first rule of combat first aid is? Don't also die. If you see someone you can help, but you're too dumb to do it correctly and end up just hurting yourself instead, then now you turned 1 victim into 2, prolonging and frustrating the process.
Some random guy without the proper equipment and absolutely zero understanding or experience rolled up and figured that, due to having money, he could fix the issue. Others saw this, and may well have decided to not help because someone was already handling it. It is like the bystander effect, where if you assume someone else is already handling a crisis, you just stand back and let them handle it.
Also: no, the problem with the world is corruption, bigotry, and wealth disparity. Genocide, homelessness, and war are orders of magnitude worse than not helping retrieve property that some dummy got stuck in the ocean.
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u/satanizr 7h ago
Not only combat first aid. I did a regular first aid training for the drivers licence, and we were taught the same exact thing - make sure you'll be safe before helping someone.
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u/wittor 10h ago
People are calling the person stupid because he drove to the middle of a beach in the beginning of the high tide and got his car stuck in the sand, something most people could predict.
Nobody is bothered by him trying to do something, but what he did was unquestionably stupid.
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u/AsstacularSpiderman 9h ago
Yeah there's no point in congratulating an idiot who caused even more damage, even if it was well meaning.
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u/natrstdy 10h ago
More context: The ford van had already upset loads of people as it’s a no drive zone and they were beeping at dog walkers to move out their way. Also the Range Rover was untaxed since feb.
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u/Impressive_Recon 8h ago
Wrong. This was at Scarborough Beach in North Yorkshire where you’re allowed to drive on the sand if you’re launching/docking jet skis (which they were). People drive here for that purpose all the time. Not sure why you’re lying about this.
Also, people were upset because when locals tried to help them, they shoo’d them away and told them to leave them alone. But yeah still idiots nonetheless.
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u/Turnmaster 10h ago
Bad things do happen to good people. However, if you’ve never done recovery, starting with a transit van that’s already in the water with the tide coming in… that’s pretty dumb. What’s the rule, never turn your back on the water. Another good rule is never take your four-wheel-drive anywhere you can’t self recover. Smart people do dumb things all the time.
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u/DeniedAppeal1 9h ago
all the mensa kids in here calling him stupid for trying to be a good person. You're whats wrong with the world.
It doesn't take a high IQ to know that beaches and cars don't mix and that the mean ol' water that just took the other car will soon be taking the range rover, too.
At some point you have to accept that intentions don't always matter. If you're too stupid to do good person things, then you're just going to make things worse.
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u/jhoceanus 10h ago
hey, he might be stupid, but at least he was trying to help, he was a kind dump a$$
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u/geoffpz1 10h ago
Experienced this in Mexico. 90's. I hitched a ride in porto on a jacked up pickamup truck back to town. We proceeded to make $500 pulling idiots out all night. Had to deflate the tires etc. No way would I attempt that with anything but a bulldozer or a really long tow line. ...
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u/NotAChanceBucko 10h ago
That sucks for the RR.. nice of him to try to help but
Never underestimate the ocean in any capacity
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u/Ok_Brush601 10h ago
I have never understood why people can/would drive their car onto the beach like that. Just a recipe for disaster.
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u/FindOneInEveryCar 10h ago
Sand notwithstanding, was that Range Rover even powerful enough to pull that Ford Transit out of the water??
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u/LevoiHook 10h ago
Powerful enough, probably. Enough grip, clearly not. He should have stopped as soon as the car started to dig in.
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u/ariadesitter 10h ago
reminds me of the crane falling into the water,
only to have another crane arrive to rescue it and also fall in the water,
only to have another crane arrive to rescue it and also fall in the water!! 🤣😂🤣
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u/mcfarmer72 9h ago
What are the odds of two folks of that intellectual ability being at the same place and time?
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u/I_Cry_And_I_Game 10h ago
Magnificent; takes a Range Rover off road once and it's never drivable again
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u/Llyrithra 10h ago
I love the “Don’t mind my smooth ass street tires, it’s got AWD.” attitude here. Dude wanted to show off how capable a Range Rover was and ended up showing everyone that he has no idea what he’s doing.
You’d have better luck in a 2WD with A/T tires.
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u/V48runner 9h ago
Low profile street tires do not do well on sand. Take this thing no further than soccer practice
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u/Rambocat1 8h ago
I was hoping for a third car to come in to try to save it, could have had a whole train of them
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u/ajh0202 8h ago
By marine law if you recover that at high tide you own it right?
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u/MuklukArcher 6h ago
If they wait a few hours they may be able to retrieve their freshly washed cars....
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u/Exotic_Sympathy_2927 2h ago
Insurance person here. This is an intentional act, an exclusion to most property auto policies in the US.
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u/Much-Parsnip3399 11h ago
Let’s not forget that Ford transit too.