Thread: Toyo drivers - Is it just happeneing to me???

I would agree with most of that. Up here as soon as they see you are in a Landie they try to pass. More than one Cruiser driver has got a shock when either they could not get around me or when they did I stayed right on their tail. Most flog the guts out of them especially company utes and most times they go past reving their ring out, belching smoke and getting to their destinationa whole few seconds ahead. On the flat cruisers will usually pass me at about 140kph, but on the hills the Rover diesel pulls a lot better and reels them back in. Even on the Duc a lot of cars fly past, now I could leave them for dead but I value my licence so I sit on 120-130. Most think it is a god given right to drive at 140kph.

Hmmm... the fender is really slow through the first few gears, but once it's up into 3/4 it seems to be more than adequate. I've had a few diesel hi-luxes dart away from me at the lights and then I steam past them up the hill. It would appear they are faster 1/2 but the fender is better after than. I think it's the low gearing in part. I'm sure auto disco's aren't too bad.

The other thing that amuses me is that most uninformed onlookers seem to think our car is a fully restored 30yo LR 8O I think this may be part of the problem. I had one guy at a servo say that was the best 74 lr he's seen. I did mention to him that it was only 5 months old at the time... LOL.

Originally posted by harry
8) ah,
lead, follow or get the hell out of the way.

ROTFLMBAO yep words to live by 8)

Originally posted by Captain_Rightfoot


The other thing that amuses me is that most uninformed onlookers seem to think our car is a fully restored 30yo LR 8O I think this may be part of the problem. I had one guy at a servo say that was the best 74 lr he's seen. I did mention to him that it was only 5 months old at the time... LOL.

Yeah I remember getting that a couple of times when I had my Defenders

Nope, it happens to me aswell, again mainly toyo drivers. But the big


<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">LAND ROVER
THE BEST 4X4XFAR</span>


sticker on the back only serves to wind them up.

then the Anything Else Is Crap sticker just kills them.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>on monday i saw a toyota cruiser......it must have had 28 inch chrome rims
with about 30 series tyres....including spare.....which was mounted on a
rear wheel carrier........which also had on it a jerry can......
it had bull bar and i think a winch and spotties........cargo barrier....
it looked well set up for the suburbs...... [/b][/quote]

it wasent a 100series, peach/pinkish in colour was it! one drives past work
everyday, makes me laugh! at least 20inch rims, shiny as.
chrome everywhere! even the fuel flap is chrome!!!
the other one is a troopy. bog stock std wheels 35''simexes
aerials everywhere, mudflaps bigger than the car, with chrome
naked ladies! and the number plate is
[size=24]<span style="color:red">
LEB.04U</span>

ive got the pic in my phone! just need an infared thingy to retreive it!!

phil

Yep I have done the same,once coming back from Goulburn I passed the same toyota 4 times on the hills his run ups were getting bigger and bigger.

Years ago when I had my old series II I was stuck behind a hilux on a track and there was another 4 vehicles behind me this bloke would not let anyone pass after 20 mins got feed up and I knew there was a wide shallow river crossing,pulled back a little and when he entered the river I speed up and passed on his right,water spraying up his window down , he pulled up after that and let everyone pass.

I haven't had a problem yet when it comes to speed.

The D3 might be a bit fat, but when I push the Auto gear lever over to the left, she fairly flies!