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« Reply #60 on: October 15, 2005, 23:24:12 »
Its not us it,s the little cars and mopeds fault they squish to easily .
They should make all people buy 4x4,s then their is no problem And ban pedestrians
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« Reply #61 on: October 16, 2005, 11:02:34 »
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..... then there are all these sad rich gits going around in thier road going 4x4's with no proper reason to have one except to show off to nieghbours then we get all the stick because there are too many 4x4's on the road.


Are- but they are there for a reason. Think about it- who keeps us lesser mortals supplied with a constant flow of third hand cars ready for a bit of 'offroad abuse'? All these people who buy shiney new 4x4's of course!

THIRD OWNER THEORY- only the third owner uses 4x4's to offroad regularly. Owner 1- has the cash and buy one just because they (or the company) can. Owner 2- would like to be like Owner 1 but isn't. Owner 3 (onward)- time for fun and to use the car for what it was designed to do!

So- be thankful for those swanky types driving round in a 2005 Ranger Rover Sport- who knows, in 15 years time it could be your plaything!

Actually it's unlikely to be your plaything due to the overcomplex electronic wizardry in it (designed to make it a nightmare to fix and therefore scrap/obsolete in 10 years time)- but you get my drift don't you?
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« Reply #62 on: October 16, 2005, 11:32:48 »
I have one and i love it up to 30% this morning. thats better.
Wanted to vote People can drive what they want but can only vote for one at a time so will vote again in a mo.
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« Reply #63 on: October 16, 2005, 12:17:31 »
/me mutters something about Owner syndrome ....
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« Reply #64 on: October 16, 2005, 20:50:06 »
MERC 500 series - BIGGER FOOTPRINT

BMW 7series  - BIGGER FOOTPRINT

Volvo 70 estate - BIGGER FOOTPRINT

VW Phaeton - BIGGER FOOTPRINT

VW sharan/ Ford Galaxy - SAME AS SIZE WISE

need I go on......

New stickers req me thinks:

'my 4x4 uses less room than your estate'

'my 4x4 uses less fuel than your big ....... (BMW / VOLVO / ETC ETC

Ah, sod it, I give in, they win........................
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il remove a propshaft  :lol:
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« Reply #65 on: October 16, 2005, 21:35:26 »
Range Rover ..... er .... sorry we lost on that one ;-)
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« Reply #66 on: October 16, 2005, 22:14:23 »
Quote from: "nicky"
Its not us it,s the little cars and mopeds fault they squish to easily .
They should make all people buy 4x4,s then their is no problem And ban pedestrians


A very tragic way indeed to prove the Anti's wrong but sadly 4x4's don't always come out better in a collsion:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4346746.stm

I don't know any more detail (i.e. which model of Land Rover) but it just goes to show that some the Anti's arguments are wrong.

Very sad either way.
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« Reply #67 on: October 18, 2005, 20:28:13 »
you guys have lost the plot !

Im Buying a NEW Navara to take on Off road Missions !! it WILL get Scratched, it will get dented, but im in it for the off road Fun !!!!!
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« Reply #68 on: October 18, 2005, 20:30:59 »
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you guys have lost the plot !



 :?:   In what way    :?:
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« Reply #69 on: October 18, 2005, 20:37:47 »
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Quote from: "Brian the Sn@il"
you guys have lost the plot !



 :?:   In what way    :?:


Saying that people who BUY NEW 4x4s are not going to go off raoding and have some fun !

Im looking to spend alot of hard earnd dosh on a nice leather clad Navara Just to go Off roading and push it too the limit.

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« Reply #70 on: October 18, 2005, 20:48:09 »
As if anybody would spend 30k, on a brand new motor. Then spend thousands more getting it the way you want it. Then be daft enough to give it hell, or Pushing it to the Limit on an Off Road Site. Pure Stupidity No One Would Do that.  :oops:  :twisted:  :oops:  :twisted:  :roll:

Who Me?? Never.
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« Reply #71 on: October 18, 2005, 20:52:07 »
Um....only 30k?

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« Reply #72 on: October 18, 2005, 20:57:06 »
I knew you'd have to comment to that.
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« Reply #73 on: October 18, 2005, 20:59:57 »
Well....I couldn't very well not :)

You have to have all the comforts :) Even Piglet has full leather, aircon (when it works), heated seats and eletric everything ..... not as luxurious as Owl tho :)
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« Reply #74 on: October 18, 2005, 21:03:11 »
Ahh well you see I trump you cos I spent 30k on a Defender!!!, Only Half Leather, Air Con, Electric Front Windows, and Heated Seats.

Obviously I'm just roughing it for a while.
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« Reply #75 on: October 18, 2005, 21:17:44 »
<giggle>

One day I'll get some pics of Owl offroad I can use on the net :) The only ones I have are not owned by me, so I can't use them here.

So yes - there are people out there who are willing to use expensive cars offroad :)
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« Reply #76 on: October 19, 2005, 01:15:07 »
Itoo voted...still on tops guys!!! :D
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« Reply #77 on: October 20, 2005, 14:20:50 »
sorry but the Navara is a el cheapo buy, at a steal of 24K  and then VAT back and then 40% TAX back, its a cheap runabout ;)
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« Reply #78 on: October 20, 2005, 14:23:30 »
They don't take kindly to :

"Oh and can you service the runabout?" <pointing at the RR>

At the time of course you have to be wearing scruffs ... ;-)

Having long hair and a taste for metal helps ;-)

I love it. The amount of coffee sprayed is worth it!

Works especially well if you have an anti main dealer t-shirt on, and the wife in the <not runabout> waving at you ;-)
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« Reply #79 on: October 20, 2005, 17:45:05 »
The Defender has just come back from a Weekend Offroading, and I killed the Starter Motor. They have apparently refused to work on it, unitl the valeter cleaned it!!! Mind you it was caked. Despite been a LR dealer I don't think they're quite used to people who don't consider water deep until it starts coming over the doors  :D

The Mud line was well knee high through out the car. They'd apparently don't see the funny side. Still they're fixing it under warranty.
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