Lightwater wrote:

A carbon fibre tripod fits behind a front seat when not in use.

I was only half joking about cooking the chicken on your bonnet.

Manifold cooking is a thing in some countries. There are even books about it - cooking times are replaced by distance to travel

not unknown for tractor drivers to cook their meals on the machines exhaust manifold, I once used my to rewarm my fish and chips , in the days they were wrapped in newspaper , my sister begrudgingly delivered them but arrived early and left them at the field gate. I discovered them cold after 2 hours of moaning to my self about the lazy cow . pre-mobile phone days.

she didnt bring ketchup though  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

I have heard of food delivery couriers placing food on the passenger's seat ....... with the heated seat turned on !!

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Blimey and I thought the seats in the i3 were hot.......those must have been gas mark 5  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Dartman the one wrote:

What's it useful for? the bonnet won't take much load and I tend not to walk on mine

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I used one, similar to the above which is a bit more heavy duty on my Disco 1 and Freelander 1. Sadly never took a picture. They were also great for bags of wet clothes from when you got muddy offroading and didn't want the smell of muddy bog water wafting through to car on your 40 mile journey home.
As for loading, you spread the weight evenly over the whole bonnet area rather than just in the middle. You'd be surprised how much we got on those bonnets without denting or buckling them. Heaviest single item was a spare wheel

Now that net I can see being useful and actually properly useable, proper strapping rather than borrowing your naughty aunts Saturday night dress up gear  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Two totally different applications.

As stated, my application is to stop items sliding off of the bonnet, whilst stationary, and to act as a convenient large platform.

where as ....

Ian's application is for carrying goods, whilst in motion.



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I only drove with a wheel on the bonnet once, a round trip of probably 90 miles. Weird at first but I had racing bucket seats that gave me a higher sitting position. After a while it was just like driving the many ex-Military Defenders and Lightweights I've had over the years. In fact that was exactly how it felt. Apart from the oversteer with all that weight infront of the steering - going around traffic islands was hair raising !