Thread: 4WD Action/Roo Systems acquires a D4... :(

Unofficial....but from 4WD Action:

"G'day Brett, I'm pretty sure the Landy is his missus' car but won't be getting built up to use on DVDs. Cheers Brenno"

:-(

Brett...

Its pretty clear that 4WD Action are going for a different demographic than might ordinarily buy a Landrover- especially a D4 or RRS.

Personally I have enjoyed their vids (or infomercials if you like) and my 6 yr old boy loves them as well. He's come back to me with all sorts of ideas for what we need for our car!

The YouTube vid is obviously tongue in cheek and he probably knows would get the reaction its got here. It's also a bit a a rallying call to the demographic he is going for.

As to being happy with my choice- hey, I'm the one on the hook for 80 grand so I don't have to please anyone but myself!

Perhaps they'll be tempted to throw some more aggressive tyres on itone day and just take it out. It doesn't really need much building up to cope with what's out there.

I did a cover story in 2008 for them with my D3. Although the article itself ended being fairly neutral about the brand, it started off reminding readers how their D3 had "died" on the 2006 Cape shootout.

The guys that came over to do the story were none too slow to remind me of this as well. So I queried them as to what had actually happened, and showed them how they could have fixed it in-situ. I suggested that it was inexperience with the new technology that stranded their D3, to which they readily agreed but of course, that bit never made it into the article.

They were impressed with what a D3 would do on a decent set of tyres, and sort of implied it in the article, but one couldn't help but compare the rather flat language in the piece with the descriptions they'd typically use for a modded Toyo or Nissan.

I chatted with Roothy at the Perth 4WD Action show a few years later - I had my Sport on display in our booth. He didn't consider it a real 4WD

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by gghaggis

I chatted with Roothy at the Perth 4WD Action show a few years later - I had my Sport on display in our booth. He didn't consider it a real 4WD

Because it's not a heap of **** 40 series that's been rebuilt 8-9 times
I can tolerate most of the stuff that's in 4WDA, I do enjoy the DVDs although they tend to get a bit cowboy at times, and Shauno has the on-camera presence of a burnt piece of rubber.
That said, I've got a new 2 year subscription, and I reserve my right to criticize and nit-pick the bits of the magazine and DVDs that I enjoy, and the bits that I disagree with.

I just bought this or last months copy of 4WD Action and wondered why I bothered...I will enjoy the DVD though or should I just wait for it to be shown on Foxtel and save me money!

Originally Posted by stevo68

If you want to LRs being bagged watch the Top Gear USA episode with Rangie v escalade v jeep srt.

Regards

Stevo

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Love top gear,won't watch top gear usa,its crap.

Originally Posted by rangietragic

Love top gear,won't watch top gear usa,its crap.

you forgot to say "its crap. ....in your opinion" Aust Top gear was crap in most peoples opinion. Personally I find the US one pretty good once you get to know the characters. Plus they do some great stuff/challenges on there, not half arsed like the Aust version. I know a good show, the show is excellent, just maybe the hosts aren't everyone's cuppa tea.....in my opinion

Regards

Stevo

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