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  1. 31st December 2007, 09:39 PM #1
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    One in the eye for Discovery owners

    From "Carsguide" 29-30/12/07. "Hema out on Patrols"

    "Hema Maps covers thousands of kilometres every year, so the gear they use has to be reliable.

    They drive ARB-kitted Nissan Patrols on Cooper tyres and use a range of GPS units including the Magellan eXplorist XL, an Asus and a Differential GPS.

    Hema marketing manager Peter Davis said when they started field checking they used Land Rover Discovery vehicles.

    "We drive a lot of rough roads with a lot of gear and it (Discovery) just didn't do it," he said.

    "We then did a test with Patrols and LandCruisers and our field checkers agreed that the Patrol was best."

    "Our field checkers were complaining about getting bad backs from the LandCruiser."
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    I remember seeing the Hema Disco's on my travels and then the Patrols, I wonder how much sponsorship is also involved in selection of the vehicles as well as the kit on and in it. There's a fairly big chunk of brand name identification in that statement.
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  3. 31st December 2007, 10:36 PM #3
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    that's ok I will still tow them out of a bog even if they are supposed to be better
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    Here in Bundy people like the Wimptrols 3.0
    To me they are just a show off 4?WD shoe box.
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  5. 1st January 2008, 08:42 AM #5
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    that might explain why gps maps on nav systems still try to direct people to roads that don't exist
    they couldn't get there pootrols up those tracks to see if they are there or not lol
    have a good one :D ken :wasntme:
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