Thread: Can't help a good stir

JDNSW that is just an awsome read, and a testimony to your outstanding depth and breadth of knowledge, not only of LandRovers but other vehicles also. Thanks for this!

Roothy is a journalist and writes to entertain the masses that buy the mags he writes for.
I have read his motorcycle tests (and saw him as chief tester on the Bike Show that was on some years ago and have admired his knowledge and frankness about the products he tests.
As far as Landcruisers are concerned, I owned a chev powered FJ40 for many years and consider it the best 4wd I have owned in the bush. It was just the right size for the Alpine driving I do with minimal overhangs, good suspension travel helped by good chassis flex. The Rangies I have owned are far more comfortable but dont do the job any easier than the Cruiser. That may be the wrong thing to say on a Landrover site but then sometimes you need to accept that other makes of vehicles do the job just as well as Landrovers. By the way, I dont think any Toyota since the FJ40 has been as capable in the bush.

Ian

all that is all well and good however you forgot the one major difference..

Where you would see the 2 different types of 4x4s on different sides of the one snatch strap the one at the front doing the pulling would typically be the Landrover.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

all that is all well and good however you forgot the one major difference..

Where you would see the 2 different types of 4x4s on different sides of the one snatch strap the one at the front doing the pulling would typically be the Landrover.

At the risk of sounding like a big head I can drive a 2wd hilux further than the average city owning 4wd owner. simply because all I drive are 4wd's and I drive really off road and have for close to 30 years.

I only pull out more toyota coz there is so bloody many of them BUT if it was the other way around and landys were the most common I think I would be pulling out plenty of landies.

All I can say is in the hands of a competent driver arguably a landrover in standard form will go further than any other. But once modifications come in then no rules at all

What I am trying to say without being argumentative is most of the time it is the driver not the vehicle, and from my observations landy owners are some what better then others due to their wanting to get out and try out their vehicle, but I stress that is a generalisation.

Blythe

Aloa and I had a tug-of-war last year. Aloa Vs Slunnie, Defender Vs Discovery, Goodyear MTR Vs BFG MT, TDi Vs TD5, Manual Vs Auto, 110" Vs 100" and a gruelling test of the 8000lb snatch strap. Mate, people we booking seats for this with crowds coming from all over paddock, it was HUGE!

The winner was:
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Well, really we both just sunk.

For goodness sakes guys (and ladies), Roothy is paid to entertain and he does it pretty well for the most part.
Yep, he has a go at Landies....but by reading this thread you all seem to read his diatribe..... so what?
If you don't like his writing style, either don't buy the mag, or skip his articles!
Sometimes..... just sometimes..... I think we all get just a little precious about the LR brand and any criticism (tongue in cheek or not) that goes to print.

Writers can create fantasy or reality, it's an occupation close to my life

Here on AULRO, it's only reality, but as I'm paid to write for others, fiction is entirely plausible.... or Harry Potter and Ron Weasley do have a flying Ford Anglia.....

However, as a paid writer, I do get rather annoyed when fantasy is passed off as reality...

GQ

Originally Posted by wardy1

Sometimes..... just sometimes..... I think we all get just a little precious about the LR brand and any criticism (tongue in cheek or not) that goes to print.

Absolutely. Its all just a bit of fun, you've gotta have thicker skin.