Thread: Shoo roo

I just turn the stereo up LOUD...

OK

Point 1... Doppler effect... Let me google that for you
Have a read and then tell me these BS devices work

Point 2... Roos scatter when seeing certain vehicles approach and others just stand there, there is no real logic. Some hop away, some dont, others suicide into the side of the vehicle as well...

Point 3... I drove the Nullarbor 7 times back years ago and never hit one Roo.
I then drove from Port Augusta to Rawnsley Park Station and hit 30 in 1 trip.

Point 4... I've done 30,000km just up and down the Stuart highway in the last 8 months... I've hit a Galah... Not one Kangaroo has left the edge of the road (and theres been plenty eating at the edges), havent hit an Emu, Wedge Tailed Road Kill remover, Sheep or Bovine. I therefore conclude that Prado 150s are Kangaroo proof...

Point 5... Those with Shoo Roo and Plastic Whistle are "confident", but people walking by are just giggling at how anyone would waste even $2.00 and stick something so useless on their vehicle.

Point 6... Fellow from our club fitted some, one day after a day trip one was missing.. When asked how.. "I hit a Roo and it broke it off"..
Myself and a few other club members couldn't stop laughing!!!

Point 7... This is all too common (can be seen on here a lot)
Post-purchase rationalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have to admit, the guys who make the product are smart, they price it so low that people buy the product anyway...

If only Brocky had done that with his fuel polariser...

Originally Posted by Tombie

Point 7... This is all too common (can be seen on here a lot)
Post-purchase rationalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think that applies to everyone on here. We've all bought a Land Rover or three.

Originally Posted by Scouse

I think that applies to everyone on here. We've all bought a Land Rover or three.

Only to those poor souls who have had problems and keep coming back...

From my families perspective...
Dad had a D2, now a D3
I had a FL1 (wifes choice), D1 and now have D2 and D4..

Only the D1 and D2 ever 'failed to proceed':
D1 was a bad repair by a workshop (D1)
D2 stopped after a Roo damaged the cooling system

Nothing else has left me in tears or stranded.

I've owned over 40 cars in 25 years and the LR ones have been the most reliable and lowest TCO (can prove via receipts and records) by a long shot of anything I've owned..

Would I need to justify the D4? Nope..
I was all set to buy an Amarok but no-one could confirm it could pull my boat satisfactorily and I knew the D4 could as I towed the boat home on the back of Dads D3

Originally Posted by vnx205

This is an interesting bit of information that I stumbled across in the process of reading widely about this subject.

One problem kangaroos face is that they cannot move backwards, so when startled by a moving car, they have to first move forward before they can change direction, which often leads them into the path of the car they are trying to avoid.

Tips for drivers avoiding kangaroos - Heathcote - mmg.com.au

That's why they are on the Australian Coat of Arms!

Originally Posted by Scouse

I know they can jump high but not that high .

Big buggers out here

Originally Posted by vnx205

Have you tried asking your insurance company for a reduced premium because you have a reduced risk of animal strike?

Yes I get a reduced premium because of where I insure.
In the light of all of this try belting a Wallaroo ( Euro) which I have done in a 10 ton truck with bull-bar.The whack left me stranded 15 miles( in the old scale) out of town and to rub salt into the wounds that big bloody sumo wrestler got up and hopped away.Me I had to hoof the 15 miles for help and it was night.So after that I was willing to try anything and for me anyway the shoo roo has worked and it is now on my Discovery.
John.