Bit quiet around here lately!!

[MickG]

:spudnikwaving:

[Slunnie]

shhhhh

:zzz:

[Outlaw]

So speak up a touch louder please :tease:

[Camo]

Yeah I know..been quiet as here. Have had my Rangie in at Brothers for the last month or so getting a few things touched up. Hopefully have it back mid next week for the G4.

Fingers crossed

Camo

[MickG]

Yeah I know..been quiet as here. Have had my Rangie in at Brothers for the last month or so getting a few things touched up. Hopefully have it back mid next week for the G4.

Fingers crossed

Camo

You'd better have it back by then..........i'm still having nightmares about what's in store for us on the night:eek:

[x-box]

i'm still having nightmares about what's in store for us on the night:eek:

how can it be quiet when you're having nightmares??? ;)

[DRanged]

SSSSSSHHHHHH I am trying to get my diff back together for the G4 night run. Its going to be bloody close but I should be there. Sounds like we should have a little bit of fun???????????

Regards Justin

[stevo68]

Im HERE, CAN YOU HEAR ME???????????????????????????????? Got the D3 back today with the repaired rear end, looks great, makes me want to cry at the thought of putting it on the market. Had a try yesterday, but couldnt do it, not yet anyway. Last day of my first real month back in business and looking positive, may even make a few $$$ or more :).

Still tossing up between a D2 and a Fender, will start to take some for a test drive, so great bargains atm on a cuppla D2 V8's O3 models less than 50000 on the speedo, $29990 drive away. Whatever I get, will ideally get them down on price then get them to add some goodies ie tyres, racks, snorkel and whatever else, oh tinting of course. So sad about the D3, excited about the new beast. Tug of war atm, Bolts on one side pushing the D2, Outlaw on the other trying to add another fender brother :D , if I could wait, Id seriously consider the new fender. Ahh we will see. Am seriously hanging out to get off road, looking forward to Fraser, need to get away for a cuppla days, will be good.

Hmmm what else, lost a cuppla kilos, then whacked them straight on again, see me not quiet at all:p

Regards

Stevo

[stevo68]

P.S. Theres always a P.S aint there, once I have my new beast I will be playing catch up on all the things I have missed, hopefully I will have company :) , sort of like a Part 2 for us poor buggers who have missed out ie Coffs Part 2, Cityview Part 2 etc etc, Im KKKEEEENNNNN as mustard, my wordy word ;)

Regards

Stevo

[MickG]

Go the D2 Stevo.............you know you want to..............huge capabilities with a bit of luxury to boot......not as much as the D3 mind you but a hell of a lot more than a fender. Having said all that I will own a 90 one day as I love them for their no nonsense approach and honest good looks.....plus of course they are awsome off road.

But I see you as more of a D2 man myself, if I may venture as far;)

[Camo]

Yeah D2 Td5 I reckon Stevo. Great 4x4


sort of like a Part 2 for us poor buggers who have missed out ie Coffs Part 2, Cityview Part 2 etc etc, Im KKKEEEENNNNN as mustard,

For sure mate.. I'm so keen to get into the 4x4ing again.. My rangie has been in the shop for about 6months of the year! thats about $400 worth of rego! haha. Can't wait to get her back and have some fun.

Camo

[stevo68]

Yeah Im swinging like a pendulum on this one, looking forward to taking the different options for a test spin, would be good to get them overnight so nip down to Coach and give em a burl ;). Be good to catch up with all off road again, Rover seems a memory away now ;) , gotsa to get new ones now ;)

Regards

Stevo

[MickG]

would be good to get them overnight so nip down to Coach and give em a burl ;).

Lyntons are good like that...............although you would have to give it a good clean after. One other thing to remember as you mentioned is leave some coins in the purse for modifications as they are inevitable:D I suppose the cheaper the vehicle the more mods you can do......although they never stop really. The cost of my mods have now supassed what I paid for the stock vehcile 3 years ago:eek: :eek:

Happy for you to test drive the mack truck so you can see what a real 4x4 should handle and feel like;)

Aye

[Camo]

Happy for you to test drive the mack truck so you can see what a real 4x4 should handle and feel like

??? Did you buy a Range Rover Mick?

[MickG]

??? Did you buy a Range Rover Mick?

:D :D :D Yeah nice one...........I get too competitive sometimes:D :D You know what we should do, we should do a trip where we drive another members car for the day....................can you imagine, some wouold want to swap and others would have nightmares:D :D

[MickG]

First dibs on Stevos for the day:D :D

[Camo]

First dibbs on Drivesafes's :p

[x-box]

and i'll be there to tow the whole lot of you out the poo... :p










Fenders RULE

[Outlaw]

First dibs on my newly dualled fender :p

oh yeah... and as X-box said... FENDERS RULE

[stevo68]

One other thing to remember as you mentioned is leave some coins in the purse for modifications as they are inevitable Ahh not so quiet now, hey, and yeah Mick, I figure if I once I choose the new machine, I may as well see what I can get done to it and get it financed as opposed to forking out cash, that way as I am claiming my car for business use ( which it is) I get the best of both worlds.

Hmm I think the swappsie idea is a good one, more than happy for someone to have a go in the D3, before I sell it, though nothing hard core, I only just got the f&^%$#g fixed, as would be good to see how other beasts go. Or at least happy to swap the new one, which will be when I can bring myself to put the D3 up for sale :( .

Can see it now, new beasty, muddies, rock sliders, lift, snorkle, rear locker, if a TD5- chipped, roof rack for camping, winch bar, yeah baby :cool: , ideally in black :D

Regards

Stevo

[dungarover]

Discos are a poor man's Rangie remeber :D :D :D

Rangie forever, there is NO SUBSTITUTE :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

My Rangie is ready to go. Runs, drives and not broken. Maybe I'm being a bit too soft on it. Hopefully getting a winch for it (not in time for the G4 unfortunatley:mad: ), if some bastard doesn't up the bid on ebay I should win it this weekend.

The pre-trip check should be intersting now we have had some rain in the last couple of days.

Trav

[stevo68]

Ever notice how these "rangy" owners have to boost their own image, any other disco/ fender owners think perhaps they have a little bit of insecurity :o , huh, huh, of course not mentioning any names :D. Me I just drive a D3 ( for now) nuff said :p ,

Regards

Stevo

[weeds]

as much as i love my fender the wife hates it due to its lack of creature comforts, i have been looking at D2's lately just have to justify the $$$$ for the upgraded

second thought GO THE FENDER

[MickG]

Can see it now, new beasty, muddies, rock sliders, lift, snorkle, rear locker, if a TD5- chipped, roof rack for camping, winch bar, yeah baby :cool:

Just make me an offer Stevo and stop beating around the bush:cool: :D


i have been looking at D2's lately

Most people come around eventually:cool: :D


and i'll be there to tow the whole lot of you out the poo... :p

Am I the only one who sees a competition here...........tally and fine for the person most recovered throughout the year:angel: there's that competitive streak in me coming out again:twisted:

Aye

[NOZ]

Hi all you guys, I havent been around much due to work and family but cant wait to catch up with some of you on a 4wd run somewhere soon.

Sorry to hear you are selling the D3 Stevo but a D2 would be the next best thing I guess.

Goodluck to all on the G4 run and hope to see you all at a meeting soon.

Cheers
Noz

[MickG]

Wondered where you had go to Noz, you well? Look forward to your camp fire banter again soon and perhaps see you out for a run in the not too distant future.

Aye, Mick

[NOZ]

Thanks Mick, Yep all is well here just buggered every day. With both my wife and I working full time and running the house with 4 children under 7 years old, we dont seem to find much time for snything we enjoy.

But I will find time when the trip is posted that takes my fancy.

Take care Rovering, until then

[DRanged]

All you guys are a bunch of PUSSIES.

Driving around in your cars with ABS, TC, ACE, Climate control, Terrain response, Hill descent, ABC, 123, 13 speaker whatevers, Satnav,Navsat whatever you call it.
I'll put the challenge out to swap cars on road and off road. But I'll tell you now, drive mine on road first to give you a whole new perspective of vehicle wrangling. Then once you have reached your off road destination ( if your lucky) relax and see how you go without your fancy bits. By the way wear long pants if you want to put hot drinks in the cup holder!!!!!!( think about it )

And for some it has 3 pedals and a lever/handle thingy that makes the windows go up & down how cooooool.

Tell you what, I will organise a trip to that place at Old Coach road. How about we find a little play area and line all the cars up and have a go at driving all of them around a set course, just to see how they are all set up to suit their owners. In the club in Sydney I was in, we did a similar thing, it can actually be a good learning experiance..

Who's keen

PS Hey NOZ did you sell the D1

[LoadedDisco]

All you guys are a bunch of PUSSIES.

I'll put the challenge out to swap cars off road.
Tell you what, I will organise a trip to that place at Old Coach road. How about we find a little play area and line all the cars up and have a go at driving all of them around a set course, just to see how they are all set up to suit their owners. In the club in Sydney I was in, we did a similar thing, it can actually be a good learning experience..

Who's keen

PS Hey NOZ did you sell the D1

Yep Ill be in for it if I can get the time away from work.

[MickG]

a lever/handle thingy that makes the windows go up & down how cooooool. :D :D lol


Tell you what, I will organise a trip to that place at Old Coach road. How about we find a little play area and line all the cars up and have a go at driving all of them around a set course, just to see how they are all set up to suit their owners.

Great idea.....i think we start by trying this saturday during our pre night run trip!! Stevo, just round the corner from you so get down there at about 10am (check the trip section) as I'm itching to have a shot of the D3 off road.

Let the games begin!!

P.S. Got my competitive brains cells jumping again:angel: ..........................i'm thinking annual club event where each car completes a series of challenges where points are deducted the more mods you have etc.................:D

[stevo68]

All you guys are a bunch of PUSSIES.

Driving around in your cars with ABS, TC, ACE, Climate control, Terrain response, Hill descent, ABC, 123, 13 speaker whatevers, Satnav,Navsat whatever you call it.
I'll put the challenge out to swap cars on road and off road. But I'll tell you now, drive mine on road first to give you a whole new perspective of vehicle wrangling. Then once you have reached your off road destination ( if your lucky) relax and see how you go without your fancy bits. By the way wear long pants if you want to put hot drinks in the cup holder!!!!!!( think about it )

Good to see you dont own any cars with any of that fancy stuff, hey Dranged :p , or perhaps that you drive a stock standard Rangy without any modifications, hey again Dranged :p . Im Pussy Proud of my electronic, technoligcal machine. Like to bit it up against a couple of other vehicles with same tyres as mine and see how they go, huh, huh, huh.

Good to hear from ya Noz, will be good to catch up soon, you might have to sneak away for the next meet.

As for tomorrow Mick, will see, I think I maybe going away for weekend, if not Ill be down there tomorrow,

Regards

Stevo

[DRanged]

I knew that would get ya biting Stevo, good to see. I had to think up something to get the forum fired up again, and there is nothing like the Rangy v Disco v Defender v technology debate to get things happening. Anyway my car is standard,its just got big tyres on it:twisted: .And yes I do own a piece of the pussy technology, to tell ya the truth Fraser will be the most 4wding that Kathryns D2 has ever done. The only time it goes into low range and CDL is when she is pulling the horse float up the drive way. You can give it a good run on Fraser if you like ,if your still thinking of a D2.

Hey Mick bring on the games

See ya pussies
Regards Justin

[MickG]

Hey Mick bring on the games

It's all on:o :eek: :D :twisted:

[dungarover]

I'm with DRanged here, no ****** **** fitted, simple is best. I wouldn't buy a Rangie with ABS brake again (htis failutre caused me to roll mty Rangie, no power, hardly any brakes and 2/12 tom of Rangie flying down the hill isn't a pleasn't experience).

That's why I like my 87 Rangie. I could live without electric windows but got them anyway nor mirrors. But wanted armrests on my seats (something Disco's don't have bar the ES spec ones), EFI, half-decent refinement as well for bugger all price. Plus I OWN MY CAR, no banks after me:2up: :2up:

While the D2 is a bloody good package, Rangies have a diffrent feel and refinment, even the old dungas do to Discos, hard to explian I guess.

I don't care what you drive in the end, as long as you use it and it's not a shopping trolley.

Trav

[MickG]

I'm with DRanged here, no ****** **** fitted, simple is best. I wouldn't buy a Rangie with ABS brake again (htis failutre caused me to roll mty Rangie, no power, hardly any brakes and 2/12 tom of Rangie flying down the hill isn't a pleasn't experience).

That's why I like my 87 Rangie. I could live without electric windows but got them anyway nor mirrors. But wanted armrests on my seats (something Disco's don't have bar the ES spec ones), EFI, half-decent refinement as well for bugger all price. Plus I OWN MY CAR, no banks after me:2up: :2up:

While the D2 is a bloody good package, Rangies have a diffrent feel and refinment, even the old dungas do to Discos, hard to explian I guess.

I don't care what you drive in the end, as long as you use it and it's not a shopping trolley.

Trav

I'd expect nothing less from you Trav!!:D

[weeds]

It's all on:o :eek: :D :twisted:

hey mick, i think we were talking about this a couple of weeks ago

i was watching the 4x4 show briz 31, oh that right you guys don't get briz 31 down there, i think it was the nissian trials in sydney, they now have a new event that stock cars can enter and they had some good ideas

city view could be a good venue as there would not be track buiding required or steve's property at boonah

just looked on the net and i think it was 4wd TV that covered the nissian thingy

all events had a window of time to complete i.e. cannot do the , with max point awarded for completing the course in the correct time, this makes to equal for most of the cars i.e. the twin diff locked cars on 35" tyres don't scream throught the couse flat out

hear is a couple of ideas

- articulation/wheel placement course every time you have to stop and or reverse points are deducted
- pvc conduit with golf balls placed on a course so the driver has to position the car so the himself and or the passenger can lean out the window to put the golf ball on top of the pipe
- a small stump say 4" off the ground and you have to place each of you front wheels on top 'one at a time', only allowed to come to a complete stop once for each tyre points are awarded for on how central the wheel is placed on stump
- a plastic plate on the bonnet with an egg on it and you have to drive a course keeping the egg on the plate
- articulation ramp
i'm sure there is plenty other ideas

[MickG]

hey mick, i think we were talking about this a couple of weeks ago

Hey Weeds and everyone else, check out the link to an event I am working on getting us involved with. Very keen to look at involving the club in other events like this and like some of your suggestions Weeds.....will chat to you at the next meeting.

Qld Navigation Challenge 2007 (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php?p=434205#post434205)

Should be a bit of fun:D

Aye, Mick

[NOZ]

Dranged: I couldnt bring myself to sell it, The oil leaks and the smoke are somthing you cant get with anything else.;)

[discoute]

I'd expect nothing less from you Trav!!:D

If this is a disco - rangie challenge I'm in. Bring it orrrrrrrn.

glen

[stevo68]

I knew that would get ya biting Stevo, good to see. I had to think up something to get the forum fired up again, and there is nothing like the Rangy v Disco v Defender v technology debate to get things happening. Anyway my car is standard,its just got big tyres on it:twisted: .And yes I do own a piece of the pussy technology, to tell ya the truth Fraser will be the most 4wding that Kathryns D2 has ever done. The only time it goes into low range and CDL is when she is pulling the horse float up the drive way. You can give it a good run on Fraser if you like ,if your still thinking of a D2.
Me fired up...............never :D , yeah would be good to have a little drive, you can have a burl in the D3 as Im probably taking it as too short a time frame to sell and buy another one. Theres a couple of nice 03/04 D2's around at the moment, so keen to see how they go etc. Once I have the new beast sorted, its going to be offroad when I can get the chance, good to have some comps happening too, good idea Mick. Bit like the game I play with the kids ie "Spot the Landy" having points for different things, and have individual winners and group winners ie Disco/Fender/Rangy/ Freelander :eek: ??

Regards

stevo

[harry]

so tomorrow at the quarry,
b damned, i'm off to boonah for work,
can't go - poo.
have fun.

[DRanged]

Steve

The only thing that worries me is Kathryn driving your D3. Once she has, I wont be able to get her out of it. Hers is a TD5 auto 7 seat with rear air suspension, ACE and all that stuff, so you will be able to feel the differance, even though its only on sand. If yours was a diesel we'd be chewin the fat over a deal possibly.

Regards Justin