Thread: Which 4x4 is best?

Originally Posted by BigJon

I had to rescue a V8 Explorer from Dalhousie Springs back to Alice Springs. Under warranty, the water pump had failed (leaking coolant).

We had an earlier (6 cylinder) one traded in at work. It was a very unpleasant piece of machinery to drive. Seating position very odd, suspension soft and wallowy. Decent amount of grunt in a straight line though.

Should I now duck for cover too?

I had to rescue a certain forum member in a 95 Disco on a track down near Susex Inlet



Baz

You obviously dont think enough of them to add it to your sig line .

Originally Posted by loanrangie

You obviously dont think enough of them to add it to your sig line .

Drowned it

Originally Posted by Redback

Drowned it

Like an unwanted kitten?





before anone gets upset, YES I DO HAVE A CAT

Originally Posted by 100I

Like an unwanted kitten?





before anone gets upset, YES I DO HAVE A CAT

Like the runt that nobody wants !

Originally Posted by mittadisco

A bit off topic..... but may help your decision making.

The caption to the photo may speak a lot of wisdom:

"The happy couple in a horse drawn carriage - a safer option than a Land Rover
SSgt Rick Dawson RLC"

But read the whole story here

Jeez, I hope they don't have offspring, talk about a pair of "hatfuls"
Did anyone read the story attached! ROFLMAO

Now for a bit of ACA/TT style editing and reporting

"In 2003 the couple were serving in the Royal Artillery in southern Iraq when their Land Rover hit a pot hole and Natalie was thrown out onto the ground."
FALSE - She stank and was ugly - they threw her out

"she was then attacked by a gang of Iraqi men who threw stones and kicked her as she lay helpless.
I'm sure she's used to it

But James, who had been driving the Land Rover, came to the rescue. Geez, he must be hard up

"When Natalie flew out of the car I thought she was dead," he said. "The people in the village we were in didn't like British troops and started really laying into her." Sounds familiar



But it seems the Iraqis can be chivalrous too, as James explained:

"I tried to pull them off her,

WHAT??

but there were so many of them I couldn't. It was only when I took her helmet off to show she was a woman that they got water to help her instead of beating her."

Jolly good show chaps

Natalie said:

"James was crying his eyes out."

Not sure that's the procedure set out in the field manual!

He thought he'd killed me.

Obviously he should have been going faster

I smell TROLL

no return comment for the originator

she must realy eat alot of chicken. as for exploders there real quality working at a ford dealer here we see them daily. rear diffs weak chain driven transfers are made out of putty plus the pcm fails and locks it in 4x4 all the time. over head cam v6 that was based on a push rod v6 useing the old cam shaft as a jack shaft to run the over head cams with the chains at the rear of the engine with failing timeing chain tensioners no key ways on timeing sprockets to set up cam timeing failing wheel bearings rear windows that blow out for no reasion. how ever very first of the push rod v6 with 5speed manual only had almost no engine or trans problems. v8s also seem fairly trouble free except valve guied ware on the left hand head and again timeing chain tensioners but much easyer than the v6 to replace. and to finish it off try changeing a fuel filter on one