Stuck at Cape York

[Logsplitter]

Is John Canny the de facto tour leader for that group ? Does he do these tours for his Utube channel ?

 

[hus-iq]

Here is video that no one commenting has watched. It also looks like it was edited to remove Arthur's crossing. It all went down on the Frenchman Track.

View: https://youtu.be/BFJFFipKpVM?si=fNj4hTGPM6_TxfvZ

Exactly. Ineos should take all of their grens off of them for stupidity

 

[Tazzieman]

Is John Canny the de facto tour leader for that group ? Does he do these tours for his Utube channel ?

It's the Queensland Grenadier club. He just happens to have a YT channel.

 

[bakepl]

It is only speculation (entirely by people who were not there) that deep water was the root cause of the failure, and there are plenty of other things that could have happened. As I recall (I'd have to rewatch the videos to be sure) at the time those present thought that a rock may have been thrown up and broken a turbo oil line. My point is that unless or until we know what killed the motor it is rather futile to speculate and no-one should make assumptions.

It is extremely regrettable that Ineos has not shared the findings that led it to conclude it was 'environmental' with the owner since unless or until they do the internet will be alive with speculation and the bad-mouthers will have a field day - as indeed they appear to be doing.

The fact that the owner's insurance company has accepted liability indicates to me (assuming that Australian insurers are as reluctant to accept any liability as UK ones are) that there is compelling evidence that it was accidental damage not a warrantable breakage, because they would not accept liability unless convinced and they won't be stupid - the evidence must be compelling. There should therefore be no question that Ineos is avoiding any responsibility. Do not forget that it was Ineos that towed the dead car for 2600km and undertook the investigation at its expense in order to ascertain if it was a warrantable issue. Most makers and insurers I have dealt with would not have moved it an inch until the cause had been determined.

Finally I have to wonder what would have happened if the vehicle had been an L663 Defender (it would probably still be in Cape York) or a Toyota. If it had been a classic Defender it would have been repairable at the roadside of course!

This fellow broke down a couple of times outback towing heavy with his new defender. Has other videos of those breakdowns but this one is a summary of how LR dealt with it. Not too bad IMHO.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niwx8U-cOZw

 

[LabRat]

I kinda wish John had held off on posting this until it was resolved fully and the cause was known if it could be. This one issue has done more to damage the brand on social media than the drive shaft issue.

 

[Clark Kent]

I kinda wish John had held off on posting this until it was resolved fully and the cause was known if it could be. This one issue has done more to damage the brand on social media than the drive shaft issue.

Well there is this...
He knew he had the scoop and at 35mins with those views it's working out nicely but he definately rushed it out the door to say...nothing.

John is a member on the forum and he may well drop in to add his further thoughts

I like John and appreciate his earlier work but he's lost my subscription after this one.

 

[LabRat]

Well there is this...
He knew he had the scoop and at 35mins with those views it's working out nicely but he definately rushed it out the door to say...nothing.

John is a member on the forum and he may well drop in to add his further thoughts

I like John and appreciate his earlier work but he's lost my subscription after this one.

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I like John's videos and will keep watching but this video created quite the mess.