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off road ready
« on: November 16, 2008, 20:30:31 »
Been looking at Defenders today, e-bay, autotrader etc. and now I'm fed up with seeing 'off road ready' 'fully prepared for off roading' 'every off road extra' and all the other sales patter.

It's a landy..... it came out the factory 'off road ready'  :-k
If it had 'every off road extra' it would weigh approx 44 tonnes  :roll:
If it was fully prepared it would be winning every off road event it entered  :doh:

Decided they are all overpriced and I couldnt sell the rangey anyway

Anyway .... enough moaning ..... top gear is on....... slagging Rangeys off  [-X [-X
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2008, 21:41:27 »
If you really want something off road ready without the weight of all the add ons just buy a Nissan :lol: :D :dance:
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2008, 22:05:07 »
nah ,, stick with the green oval  ;)
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2008, 18:00:18 »
They are talking about he driver being off road ready, not the vehicle :lol: :dance:
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2008, 18:42:52 »
my sportrak was born ready!all ive done is stick a set of gert chunky tyres on it! its all in the tyres people!
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2008, 19:53:14 »
my avatar is out of date now  :doh:
The rangie now wears insa turbo's tubular bumpers 2" susp lift, 2" body lift. etc,

The point I was making was the sales patter, its a Landy, designed to go off road and bolting a few bits on doesnt make it worth a fortune if the chassis and bulkhead are rotten  :roll:

Maybe i was looking in the wrong place but......

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Re: off road ready
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2008, 20:20:29 »
I know what you mean.

But I wonder what is the percentage of people who do drive these type of vehicles, who only manage to park half way on a kerb, I really dont like new cars, I prefer older, buckets of bolts motoring, putting me behind something like a sports car would be a complete waste of machine, plus I probably would not get my behind in the flaming seat! :oops:

At the end of the day nearly all these dealers want to do is sell the vehicle and make as much as possible

Off roaders, soft roaders, and ohh its raining maybe I should not take it out roaders :)

I would love to take a off road ready motor on a test drive with the salesman round some medium lanes :twisted:
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2008, 00:49:16 »
Quote from: hobbit on November 17, 2008, 20:20:29
But I wonder what is the percentage of people who do drive these type of vehicles, who only manage to park half way on a kerb,

hmmm most of them I reckon... I've just been out to am 06 plate 110 CSW with a split fuel tank. I offer to tow the guy to the garage to save him waiting for a recovery truck and tell him to put the transfer box in neutral, he then asks whats that ??

I'll do it says I bloody lever was as stiff as anything..Obviously never been moved in its life...

Such a waste
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2008, 09:20:36 »
Quote from: hairyasswelder on November 16, 2008, 20:30:31
Been looking at Defenders today, e-bay, autotrader etc. and now I'm fed up with seeing 'off road ready' 'fully prepared for off roading' 'every off road extra' and all the other sales patter.

That's the equivalent of 'mint' or 'looks like it's just out of the factory' with every other car. Over used phrases in advertising cars. Caveat emptor, me thinks  :roll:
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2008, 20:45:25 »
Quote from: Ultra Hunter on November 16, 2008, 21:41:27
If you really want something off road ready without the weight of all the add ons just buy a Nissan :lol: :D :dance:

Yeah, but when a LR owner says"off road" he means in the brown sticky stuf, not "off road" as in broken down with an exploded engine ;)
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2008, 21:28:16 »
Quote from: Range Rover Blues on November 19, 2008, 20:45:25
Quote from: Ultra Hunter on November 16, 2008, 21:41:27
If you really want something off road ready without the weight of all the add ons just buy a Nissan :lol: :D :dance:

Yeah, but when a LR owner says"off road" he means in the brown sticky stuf, not "off road" as in broken down with an exploded engine ;)

You may have got that quote the wrong way around  :lol:
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Re: off road ready
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2008, 17:04:02 »
contraversial!! :shock:
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