Your 4x4

[Allan]

I have, after suffering the latest episode of your 4x4, come to the conclusion that this show is nothing but a half hour ARB's promo for anything not Land Rover. The episode I just suffered through was in the jungle's of Malasia, no Land Rover model was recomended as a vehicle of choice in this type of condition. You should use Toyota, Nissen or if you have to, Bitsarmissing. Didn't Land Rover beat all other brands off road racing there, I may be wrong. This show appears to me to be very pro Toyota/Nisson product and to me most times only depicts 2 guys belting s..t out of 2 vehicles that ARB will repair regardless as long as the product looks good and its obvious they dont have to drive to work on Monday. I find the only off road show worth watching at the moment is 4 wheeling, at least they treat the vehicle with respect and catch some very nice fish.

Allan

[long stroke]

I've never seen an episode of it yet, but soon they will have a show out with some landy's from this site:cool:
They came along on a trip with the GCLRO Club last month and did some filming etc.
so keep an eye out for this show coming up...

CHEERS TIM.

[ADMIRAL]

I have, after suffering the latest episode of your 4x4, come to the conclusion that this show is nothing but a half hour ARB's promo for anything not Land Rover. The episode I just suffered through was in the jungle's of Malasia, no Land Rover model was recomended as a vehicle of choice in this type of condition. You should use Toyota, Nissen or if you have to, Bitsarmissing. Didn't Land Rover beat all other brands off road racing there, I may be wrong. This show appears to me to be very pro Toyota/Nisson product and to me most times only depicts 2 guys belting s..t out of 2 vehicles that ARB will repair regardless as long as the product looks good and its obvious they dont have to drive to work on Monday. I find the only off road show worth watching at the moment is 4 wheeling, at least they treat the vehicle with respect and catch some very nice fish.

Allan

Perhaps a bit of that, but I think it also a case of the vehicles they have access to or at hand at the time. The program seems to be aimed more at those interested in extreme off roading ( the muds & guts brigade ) than touring. They have to have a sponsor, or it wouldn't get to air.

[Allan]

Perhaps a bit of that, but I think it also a case of the vehicles they have access to or at hand at the time. The program seems to be aimed more at those interested in extreme off roading ( the muds & guts brigade ) than touring. They have to have a sponsor, or it wouldn't get to air.


I also do some extreme stuff but this show is so one eyed. Its like looking through an ARB sales book under the heading " Toyota ". As a Land Rover owner I would expect ARB to insist on the interest of a wider audiance than just the asian 4x4 vehicle owners and a better service to those LR owners that buy their product. D3 owners at present in W.A. have to wait up to 8 weeks for a winch bar. Dont think the mining compony Toyota utes wait that long:wasntme:.

Allan

Allan

[ADMIRAL]

It will still come down to commercial realities. The money goes to where the volume is. When the overall sales level of LR products improves, there will be more attention paid to products for us.

[Hastykiwi]

I also do some extreme stuff but this show is so one eyed. Its like looking through an ARB sales book under the heading " Toyota ". As a Land Rover owner I would expect ARB to insist on the interest of a wider audiance than just the asian 4x4 vehicle owners and a better service to those LR owners that buy their product. D3 owners at present in W.A. have to wait up to 8 weeks for a winch bar. Dont think the mining compony Toyota utes wait that long:wasntme:.

Allan

Allan

To be honest Allan I quite like the 'extreme stuff', or not so much the touring bit.

As for the Landies, yeah well, I have to admit its a bit hard to swallow all the Jap talk, but they did have the Aulro trip one week, and I did watch a sweet trip they did which had a Disco 3 or 4 included, and it got a good bit of air time. Trouble was, one of the sponsors was along in their Kaymar Toyota, which inevitably got a lot of screen. All in all though an enjoyable watch.

cheers
Nick

[Allan]

To be honest Allan I quite like the 'extreme stuff', or not so much the touring bit.

As for the Landies, yeah well, I have to admit its a bit hard to swallow all the Jap talk, but they did have the Aulro trip one week, and I did watch a sweet trip they did which had a Disco 3 or 4 included, and it got a good bit of air time. Trouble was, one of the sponsors was along in their Kaymar Toyota, which inevitably got a lot of screen. All in all though an enjoyable watch.

cheers
Nick

I have not seen the D3 episode, will watch for it

Allan

[Hastykiwi]

Go to their website, you can watch it online. I think it was around epsiode 16-18 second season.

cheers
NIck

[jazzaD1]

the D3 episode was on austar's Aurora channel last night, the D3 only gets a mention 2 or 3 times, focus is on a stock pathfinder (DPchip), and the Kaymar Landcruiser 200 series mainly, all in all quite boring, well the first section is good, but the following 2 are boring as

the thing that annoyed me most, was the 'tweaking' of angles by tilting the camera to make it look more extreme, but there are trees in the background and it just looks ridiculous, its so obvious

[zuno555]

I think any show that focuses on 4x4s of any kind is good.

Best way to watch this show is to record it, fast forward all the ads and garbage filler. Usually the travel/touring and the serious 4x4 bits are pretty good. I just like seeing different bits of oz and sometimes the overseas 4wding.

So maybe 10mins of good stuff out of 30mins of show, thats what FF button is for.

Land rovers are "fringe" vehicles in oz so are never going to feature much in mainstream media. We have our great forum, have some great forum meets and drives, who cares if landrovers aren't on tv? (tho I do get excited when they are on tv haha :) )

[Nera Donna]

I have, after suffering the latest episode of your 4x4, come to the conclusion that this show is nothing but a half hour ARB's promo for anything not Land Rover. The episode I just suffered through was in the jungle's of Malasia, no Land Rover model was recomended as a vehicle of choice in this type of condition. You should use Toyota, Nissen or if you have to, Bitsarmissing. Didn't Land Rover beat all other brands off road racing there, I may be wrong. This show appears to me to be very pro Toyota/Nisson product and to me most times only depicts 2 guys belting s..t out of 2 vehicles that ARB will repair regardless as long as the product looks good and its obvious they dont have to drive to work on Monday. I find the only off road show worth watching at the moment is 4 wheeling, at least they treat the vehicle with respect and catch some very nice fish.

Allan

Land Rovers in Malasia? Why yes, I work with a Malasian Land Rover nut. He's is the Black 110 with the Kangroo on it. Dont ask me why it's got a roo on it, he's a nut. :woot:
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[Landy Smurf]

i watch these on itunes i like them

[Jeff]

There was a good episode last night. They went to the Victorian high country and they had a Defender along with them, when the going got tough guess what they were relying on to pull their lesser vehicles out. The guy with the Defender even got to have a few words about how suitable it was in the rough stuff and how he had to keep pulling the others.

Jeff

:rocket:

[NOZ]

Yes saw that, that it was brilliant



There was a good episode last night. They went to the Victorian high country and they had a Defender along with them, when the going got tough guess what they were relying on to pull their lesser vehicles out. The guy with the Defender even got to have a few words about how suitable it was in the rough stuff and how he had to keep pulling the others.

Jeff

:rocket:

[Allan]

Best episode thus far I think as far as a positive for Defenders goes. That 110 duel cab did look the part though in those conditions.

Allan

[mikehzz]

There is a gold coloured Disco 3 owned by one of the sponsors. Its on quite a few of the trips. There is a Wrangler owned by DP Chip on a lot of the trips as well.
I think the Tojos and Patrols are highlighted because they are tricked up, cheaper older models. The Disco could handle the same stuff but who wants to risk damaging a $70K car for our entertainment?

[drivesafe]

Well I watched a few episodes and gave up.

Not that fussed whether they showed LRs or not but it would be interesting to see some 4x4 off roading instead of continuos dirt road racing.

The thing that turned me off this crap was the total lack of safety.

When travelling in convoy on dirt roads, if they got any closer to one another, they would be in the rear cargo area of the vehicle in front and in one episode they big noted themselves when they rescued someone who was bogged in sand and while making jokes of how bad a driver the other bloke was, here is the brain-dead offsider walking beside the snatch strap as the pulled the bogged vehicle off the beach.

I don’t know if there is a new series but the first few episodes shown some time back were enough to turn me off for good.

[Allan]

Well I watched a few episodes and gave up.

Not that fussed whether they showed LRs or not but it would be interesting to see some 4x4 off roading instead of continuos dirt road racing.

The thing that turned me off this crap was the total lack of safety.

When travelling in convoy on dirt roads, if they got any closer to one another, they would be in the rear cargo area of the vehicle in front and in one episode they big noted themselves when they rescued someone who was bogged in sand and while making jokes of how bad a driver the other bloke was, here is the brain-dead offsider walking beside the snatch strap as the pulled the bogged vehicle off the beach.

I don’t know if there is a new series but the first few episodes shown some time back were enough to turn me off for good.

My other half feels the same, it's a sure way to get her to do house work, or anything else, but watch your 4x4. She thinks thay are doing to offroad vehicle's as has been done to performance cars. Ruining it for all.

Allan

[BMKal]

My other half feels the same, it's a sure way to get her to do house work, or anything else, but watch your 4x4. She thinks thay are doing to offroad vehicle's as has been done to performance cars. Ruining it for all.

Allan

Couldn't agree more. I watched a few episodes on line, including one or two with segments on AULRO trips - and it is the most boring crap I think I've ever come across. Just the voice of the main presenter alone is enough to drive me up the wall.

I know they're not everybody's cup of tea - but the DVD's that come with Australian 4WD Action crap all over this rubbish any day of the week.

[roverfan]

Couldn't agree more. I watched a few episodes on line, including one or two with segments on AULRO trips - and it is the most boring crap I think I've ever come across. Just the voice of the main presenter alone is enough to drive me up the wall.

I know they're not everybody's cup of tea - but the DVD's that come with Australian 4WD Action crap all over this rubbish any day of the week.

Wow it must be bad then :)

[damo_s]

Couldn't agree more. I watched a few episodes on line, including one or two with segments on AULRO trips - and it is the most boring crap I think I've ever come across. Just the voice of the main presenter alone is enough to drive me up the wall.

I know they're not everybody's cup of tea - but the DVD's that come with Australian 4WD Action crap all over this rubbish any day of the week.

I love 4WD action dvd's! But then again, I just love Roothy in general! The guy is a champ.

Granted, its always toyotas and nissans.. but seriously, show me anything 4x4 related that isn't completely biased towards those 2 companies.

[isuzutoo-eh]

I love 4WD action dvd's! But then again, I just love Roothy in general! The guy is a champ.

Granted, its always toyotas and nissans.. but seriously, show me anything 4x4 related that isn't completely biased towards those 2 companies.

This forum ;)

[gavinwibrow]

AND - read the latest 4WD Action Mag - actually has a few LR articles in it hulleluia!!

[Nera Donna]

AND - read the latest 4WD Action Mag - actually has a few LR articles in it hulleluia!!

Noticed the same thing. Pity Bruce Davis’s 110 was not featured in the DVD. I was looking forward to getting a good gander at it.:thumbsdown: