Thread: Poor old Toyota..... Clear that Spinifex when your in the Bush.

Originally Posted by sclarke

He He He He...............

Its a Toyota.........................






Burn you Jap peice of...................... CRAP....

He He.....

About the best thing you can do to a prado IMO - i hate them with a passion, bloody yuppy shopping trolleys.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yep.... bloody Yuppy shopping trolleys, but damn capable in the bush........

i guess i look at any 4wd that is ugly and tough is a good 4wd..... these new Jap and god help me for saying so rangies..... look nice on tarmac, but id hate to use it hard in the bush.
I'm not saying they are not capable, becase they are.... sometime more than my defender, but who would want to try to fix one in the bush....
and i hate spending money on expensive things to scratch and dint them.... i like the old rough look.........

When a hot car parks in long dry grass like that, particularly petrols with the cat converter the hot exhaust simply sets the dry grass on fire. Subarus utes are notorius (nothing wrong with subies) for this because they are much lower as some cocky parks it in a paddock in long grass and then returns to an inferno. A friend of mine works for and agronomy company in the riverina and they arent allowed to have petrol work utes for this reason, if they drive into some farmers wheat crop to do some tests the hot exhaust on petrol engines sets the crop alight. Matt

Last couple of summers there have been several cases round here where apparently someone has pulled off the bitumen to answer their phone etc, stopped for a few minutes and driven off leaving a patch of smouldering grass, which soon turns into a real fire - result of everything being so dry.
John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Last couple of summers there have been several cases round here where apparently someone has pulled off the bitumen to answer their phone etc, stopped for a few minutes and driven off leaving a patch of smouldering grass, which soon turns into a real fire - result of everything being so dry.
John

I saw a Commodore burn roadside between Logan Village & Waterford. Hot cat. converter in dry grass. Firies at scene said this is a common occurence. To add some bush knowledge to the char-grilled Toyota scene, spinifex is a resinous plant and burns like gunpowder.

Nice fire ,,,, But check out the damage to the bull bar,

Must a had a bad day...........Thank god for insurance ............Perhaps

Sclarke, where were those pictures taken?

Jeeeze, check out how well that plastic burns, at least it sends a decent smoke signal. Hey doesn't aluminium burn with a white cloud??, God forbid!!..