Thread: 4x4 Monthly DVDs

Agree, it was good value and the best part it's free with the mag .

I think maybe people take things too seriously and should lighten up. I don't think they're too yobbish, they're enjoying themselves not being a bunch of old stiffs crapping on about procidures and all that garbage. I admit that some of the recovery work was a lot to be desired, but being in that situation myself you do what you can to recover a vehicle within the realm of safety.

I guess you can't please everyone

Trav

As a free be with the mag they are something I watch with my boys. Wouldn't go and buy them though.

Interesting enough it was the supercheap challenge with the Patrol vs Rangie that convinced me to buy one as they seemed good value and had all the gear needed to have a ball offroad.

Although there safety practices leave alot to be desired in winching and recoveries. Just need to watch the latest one on the Tassie run and they comment that they are making short cuts due to a time constraint. Not good to film but all up a light harted romp in the bush. Not sure on Roothy as he has not even fixed the old willys he bought.

JTO

I'm stuck on a rig off Vietnam, bought 4WD monthly on way out of country..I have watched the DVD (twice ) though not a big budget movie ..i thoroughly enjoyed it..

I bought the mag in Bangkok but no DVD with it over here Anyone like to burn me a copy? (Oh, no, I didn;t say that, really I didn't, it was someone else, you can't prove a thing).

As long as you don't have high expectations of the vids they're ok/average especially for the beginner. In that High County vid, I was a bit disappointed that they didn't show more of the High Country instead of what they thought was "humour". It was pretty dire really. Nothing wrong with a bit of larking around but... see for yourself. It's hard not to like Roothy but in his Jap-obsessed mind he repeatedly comes over as pretty anti-Land Rover. In a recent vid, whilst showing us an old Toyota, he proclaimed: "and this is where four wheel driving all began in Australia....." he's clearly never heard of Len Beadell and countless others who opened up this country in LRs and you can't make a remark like that without deliberately ignoring the contribution that LR has made here and all over the world. I don't subscribe anymore as it's all getting a bit repetitive and not enough real content. Still, probably ok for newbies.

Well I have to admit that, if given the choice of watching a 4x4 Action DVD or another episode of Top Gear Australia, the 4x4 Action DVD would win hands down every time for me.

I've now got quite a collection of them, and enjoy watching them occasionally. OK - some segments are definitely better than others, and some are not to my taste at all - but who cares. Overall, they're a good bit of entertainment, sometimes educational, and sometimes outright controversial. But I still enjoy watching them.

And I can't see where all the negative comments about Roothy are coming from. He seems like a pretty down to earth decent sort of bloke to me - he'd be welcome at my place any time. So he likes a beer occasionally - big deal. So do I. I suppose that there are always a few "holier than thou" types around who find that idea on the nose - but nobody's compelling them to watch the DVD's. Have you ever seen him actually doing anything wrong - like appearing drunk and loud mouthed on the DVD's, or drink driving.

Anyhow - I'm gonna have another beer and keep looking through the posts .............

I enjoy the dvd most the time, but i can't stand the 4wd action song
They seem to be getting better, the last one was pretty good!!
But i still think the best ones made by them would have to be the coffs coast and tasies wild wild west.

CHEERS TIM.