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  1. 6th December 2018, 08:12 PM #21
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    In the 8 yrs I owned my D2 I was always the only Land Rover out in the bush....all the tracks and crossings we all talk about here..... what used to **** me off was the common question ..."how'd the Land Rover go gettin' out here?" The implication was what ****ed me off. No one ever asks me how my Ranger goes getting out there......same roads , same conditions , same crossings.
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    Hey ramblingboy42 howd ya #%&^n ranger get out there ?? Mmmm wonder why🤯🤣Mmmm wonder why
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Lots of Evoques and Disco Sports around here.
    It was first port of call for "Crispy Creams" around there as well, I believe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobMichelle View Post
    Hey ramblingboy42 howd ya #%&^n ranger get out there ?? Mmmm wonder why🤯🤣Mmmm wonder why
    hahaha, easy peasey japaneasy

    hey, you know its just a 130 with a leaf spring rear.......
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  5. 8th December 2018, 07:15 AM #25
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    We were having a late lunch stop in Finke after towing the FILs Rodeo there from near Lamberts. Waiting for the flatbed from Kulgera. A couple of blokes on KTMs rolled in from the south and we got chatting. Whilst knocking them up a quick cuppa we mentioned we were waiting on the truck and the first response was "what's wrong with the Landy?". *sigh*
    It must just blow their minds to come across something like an L320 or L322 (or later) out there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    hahaha, easy peasey japaneasy

    hey, you know its just a 130 with a leaf spring rear.......
    And rear drum brakes...
    And ergonomics... Mmmm wonder why
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoClax View Post
    And rear drum brakes...
    And ergonomics... Mmmm wonder why
    Ergonomics are so overrated....

    Just like NVH Mmmm wonder why
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    Last week I participated in a drive event on a fairly mild off road track loop for work. We had the new MY18 Ranger, Everest and Raptor, as well as imported LHD F150, Chev Colorado, and Toyota Tacoma as reference vehicles. Drove nearly 2 hrs to and from the event in my L320 TDV8. That wasn't a good idea. Everything else was just rubbish in comparison. The Toyo was especially terrible. I don't know what they were thinking with that thing. I drove the loop in my L320 after it had finished, on my way home, to do a fair comparison in my own head. No contest. Note that I've been doing objective assessments of vehicles for twenty years professionally, so this isn't a fan-boi post.

    Many years ago we had a drive day down at Werribee 4x4 center. After getting approvals and signing my rights away I was begrudgingly allowed to bring my old D1 and participate. Spent the day driving all over that place (it's good fun if you get the chance) in all sorts of vehicles. Gave four others a lift back to work at the end of the day (younglings) but did a quick loop on the way out. They couldn't believe how smooth and comfortable my old heap was. Long travel coil springs set up for offroading compared with cart springs designed for onroad handling and load carrying...
    Oh, and I have a cherished pic of my mighty D1 towing the first-gen US Raptor back to base there after it failed to proceed (transfer case electrical gremlins).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    Gday All

    Just drove from Pt Augusta to Alice Springs and total number of Land Rovers we seen on the road = 0 . Did see 2 wrecks at Kulgera roadhouse but that was it.

    Maybe all the others were taking the off-road route .

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  10. 8th December 2018, 09:23 AM #30
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    Holding your nerve against the Toyota tide is second nature for Land Rover drivers in central and northern Australia. Only those with good taste and big kahunas can handle it. Everyone else retreats to the sheep farm. The thing is that for every predictable negative comment you receive, there is a great experience, discussion and LR comeraderie around the next corner that no one driving a Toyota will ever understand. (There is also no need to wear a kidney belt, dig your leaf spring hangers out of sand or mud, or spend your life savings on fuel!)
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