Thread: Which is better Off Road a D3/4 or a mountain goat?... 'Percival'

Id choose a D4. Tho I hear the ride quality and acceleration times of a mountain goat are at least better than a defender

Cheers

Dan

Mountain Goats are being pressured out of the marketplace given the flood of asian Yaks.

Hi Terry, Grass and water were the only servicing costs I'd budgeted for. But if you have experience with any other services that a mountain goat may require, please add your experiences below. It would be great to hear some first hand knowledge on the matter. To preserve my warranty, I was more interested in taking up the dealer servicing offer throughout the 'new goat' warranty period. Why get one's hands dirty when the experts are willing to give it a go for you? I'm sure most of us would agree.

I think I'm sold by the leather appointed seat and shag-pile carpet. The music system leaves a little to be desired though (mainly some kind of new-age bleating)- I'm sure the Disco 4 would excel in this department.

As for performance on sand, I'm led to believe (on good authority, from a well-respected Saudi camel racer), that the cloven hoof performs exceptionally well in the soft sand. Being 4-legged drive with a wide hoof contact patch and a relatively low weight, the mountain goat comes from a strong offroad pedigree.

Will your goat pass Euro 5 emission standards?
At least the emissions are mostly biodegradable - methane excepted.

Unfortunately a majority of the D4 owners will never consider a mountain goat as the best STD(honestly that means standard!) glitch free models are all Australian sourced and almost 1/2 the price of an imported G4
The imported models that D4, or future G4 owners would prefer are highly restricted with a long wait time from order to delivery and come with no warranty as they could collapse from poor Quality Control in their port of origin. There is also a rumor most have a computer virus.
Although they do have free heated seats, unlike a defender, their payload is a fair bit reduced.
I have heard there are actual videos of night vision filming the servicing schedules of the G4's, a search of "U.S army catch afghans ..................(word not deleted by auto) goats" could illustrate this

I begun reading an interesting article (By a Kiwi!!!) here:
Carbon footprint of dairy goat milk production in New Zealand. - PubMed - NCBI

In brief,
1) Methane from enteric fermentation was a major emission source.
2) The use of supplementary feed was highly variable but an important contributor to the carbon footprint of the goats.
3) Nitrous oxide can contribute up to 18% of emissions (might have to block off the EGR, boys!)

Originally Posted by TerryO

Look on the bright side Toxic, with a goat you won't need the services of a Pajero as much. ...

Not interested in a Pajero...

I'd much rather a power stroke

And here was me thinking that a power stroke was one of the final steps in the routine for servicing the goat.