Thread: Is it a Man thing, this whole my 4WD v You 4WD?

5 Kidlets

all right, I have a now 11 and 9 yr old from previous marriage, my now fiancee ( thought better do the right thing after being together for 6 yrs) has a now 13yr old, we have a 4 almost 5 yr old and I said I wouldnt have anymore after 40, so sneaking in one more in April with a month shy of my 40th . Hence the D3 will be in the family for a long time to come as will now need all 7 seats if we have the tribe all together.

While he was being recovered a group driving another brand came up the track and passed us one by one, those not driving gathering at the obstacle to watch. As one driver passed he yells out to the rest "It can't be a very difficult track if a Land Rover made it this far up before breaking!" Accompanied by many 'Har,Hars' and sneering grins from many of the group. It didn't sound like 'friendly banter' to me (okay - I need thicker skin) and I thought it was a pretty poor way to carry on.

As a club we have come across the reverse, ie stranded "other brand" difference was in those cases we ask if we can assist. Having said that, sometimes it is more a case of the group at hand. Mind you in one instance of Fraser Island where there was a hilux stranded going up a path and from memory a series 40 stranded the other direction, 8 landies zoomed past first, then once showing how it was done, went back to assist ,

Regards

Stevo

I used to be completely one-eyed . . . because I didn't know anything! Then my brother and I had a difficult trip through coastal sand country and I started to understand that not everyone owned a four-wheel-drive for the same reason.

Then I lived in Canada for several years and the four-wheel-drives over there, all being American, were so awful I started to miss the Jap stuff. I mean, for all their faults, a Landcruiser is really capable compared to the typical big, heavy, road-oriented machine they usually build in America.

These days, I see it as basically a case of old Landies and Defenders being for people who like to fix and modify, and other cars being for people who just want to drive the things. Which is fair enough. I have a Toyota for work and there is precious little I could fix or change on it. I don't take it out bush without a lot of food and water, because the only option if something breaks would be to sit and wait.

I've had my SIIA for 18 years and there isn't any other vehicle I can think of that I could have kept for so long and done so much to. But not everyone is like that and I've got enough Landie experience now not to blame them!

Originally Posted by VladTepes

I'm gonna add fuel to a fire here and just say....

I have yet to see another brand of 4wd as capable OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR as a Land Rover. In fact, I think I'm also YET TO SEE a Land Cruiser that hasn't been raised AT LEAST 2 inches, before being any good.

I know that Toyota dealers deliver a GREAT MANY of their vehicles via ARB !

Tick the factory locker option box and I think you'd be in for a suprise

Originally Posted by rovercare

Tick the factory locker option box and I think you'd be in for a suprise

Exactly what Vlad said......"off the showroom floor" Options, I believe are not fitted "off the showroom floor".

BTW, mate did a tagalong across the Simpson a few years ago. In their spiel it advised fitting of after market suspensions.........except Land Rover vehicles. Their opinion was the standard suspension of Jap 4wd's was not up to scratch.

Maby I should have said "off the show room floor" instead of "straight out

of the box"???

T

WELL I JUST HAVE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
for the last month i have been driving cruisers (work vehicles)
and after that theres no way i'd ever go near one,
they are as rough as guts when compared with the landy and (fitted with snorkel )have very poor visibility when negotiating right hand bends.
add all this to the rattles bangs and clunks that go with the 75 series and
GIVE ME THE DISCO ANYDAY OF THE WEEK!