Thread: Can't help a good stir

Roothy is not that bad, bit of a loose goose and a questionable owner of a constsntly modifed tojo but he gets out and about, trys his hardest to get up most tracks, has a different writing style and as a bonus likes jeeps and has the old Willys so that ok in my book! My mate at work eats, lives and ****s Tojo, worked for them for years, his dad was a senior guy for them for over 20 years as well and I pointed out to him that all of the current 4x4 houses all had there first post war 4x4 based on the Willys MB chassis and platform so at the end of the day we are all driving Jeeps!!!!!

Plus I am biased as i drive one and the rangie!!

JTO

Liked his spot on the bike show on bris31. I generally liked his columns in 2wheels, but then they tend to be written in a fashion touching on the A4WDM style, so can get tedious. Kev Wilson & Rodney Rude are funny once.
I'll bet his wife is a glam 20yrs his junior too.

BUT is it just me or does his driving appear to others as mechanically unsymathetic? Hard to tell on film but in the DVDs I have seen he always appears a bit agressive for the situtation & hits things harder than other drivers/vehicles. Seems ironic given the way that 40 is set up it should walk over most stuff with ease. Then maybe it isn't that great and what you see on the vid is his second or third attempt.

Anyway like everyone else I'm green that he drives 4WDs & bikes for a living.

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

guess i must be a underendowed yobbo dude ,at least i know who i am and i am not a WANNABIE
Keep up the good work Roothy us YOBBO'S must stick together

Good to see!Although there's nothing wrong with wannabees. We have to be wannabees before we can be! I spent about 35 years as a 'wannabe' off roader.

(BTW: To anybody reading my last post, just incase it's misconstrued, the 'underendowed' comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek!...maybe)

JTO, saying a Jeep is any good on a LR forum...... Geez your game

After about $10000 of mods to suspension, body work and drivetrain, a Wrangler/XJ Cherokee can go where a Disco 1 goes from the factory.

Enough Jeep bagging for 1 night, Ive owned 2 and never again.

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

Well said Wardy,,,,,,Roothy is liked by some and disliked by others we really are sounding like a bunch pregnant women at a tea party ,bitch bitch bitch......how can you judge somebody when 95% of you have not even met the bloke

I couldn't agree more!

Originally Posted by mcrover

JTO, saying a Jeep is any good on a LR forum...... Geez your game

After about $10000 of mods to suspension, body work and drivetrain, a Wrangler/XJ Cherokee can go where a Disco 1 goes from the factory.

Enough Jeep bagging for 1 night, Ive owned 2 and never again.

JEEP SUCKS

Hi all, interesting reading about John Rooth.

I am almost certain that i knew his kids in the mid to late 90s when i was growing up in QLD, he had a 40 series open top Landcruiser back then, and was mad as a cut snake, literally, from memory he was a very scary guy, had a full on crim vibe about him.

I remember him madly painting the soft top 40 in Army camo colours, quite funny now looking back i would swear he was on something lol.

I cant be sure that it was Roothy, but id put it at about 80%, his family lived across the road from me for a few months and then moved on.

I would be a shame if Roothy is mixed in with outlaw bikers, i do enjoy his style of journalism just as i enjoy a funny movie but bikies are such losers.

Originally Posted by Ken

JEEP SUCKS

I have one of the last TJ's and owned since new. They're awesome, can do an incredible amount of random things...and is the only vehicle (out of 8 that I've owned, thashed, had fun, cared for or whatever) to never once give me grief. 3.5yrs of owning it and nothing has happened, nothing! Check your bias yeah?!

As for Roothy, he writes regularly for bike mags (bike are my main passion btw), and his adventures and stories are entertaining. With the newer breeds of bikes, which is the bulk of his reader audience, he will need to update his tastes or style, or else he's not got long in these mags. Upgrade or walk away imo. :P