Thread: not a great advert for g wagons?

That isnt quite as it seems. Firstly, it wasnt organised by insideline, they were just some of the journalists that Mercedes invited on that trip. Insideline wouldnt have spent a cent and certainly wouldnt have had to fly any shocks in, or even have known what VB was.

Secondly, they drove well in excess of the speeds that real 4wders would use in those conditions.

I had a chat with one of the chaps on that trip and the g wagon with the HD suspension set-up, military spec I think he called it, had no issues with its shocks despite the abuse they were subjected to.

I wouldn't let that video put you off the g wagon.

geez, it'd be nice to have a couple of full blown mechanics in your party when out and about ehh,,,

Originally Posted by Chops

geez, it'd be nice to have a couple of full blown mechanics in your party when out and about ehh,,,

I take one with me wherever I go.

Originally Posted by BigJon

I take one with me wherever I go.

Yeah, but he made you buy him a Vogue last time
Lucky bugger..

I thought that was quite a good advert for the G Wagon? Apart from some crappy factory shocks, they really didn't have anything to complain about.

The Military spec shocks obviously don't suffer the same problems...

Originally Posted by steane

I wouldn't let that video put you off the g wagon.

I wouldn't let that video put me off a G wagon. They did remarkably well for a standard off the show room 4wd. Its the price that would put me off one.

I wonder what the military spec shocks feel like on road, what they cost and where you get them.
I heard the military G wagen was around $200K a pop. a tad more than the Defender, eh?