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23 Mar 2012, 05:10 (Ref:3049857) | #1 | ||
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This is my ride in Doha. It is automatic, thus the hairdresser's version.
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27 Mar 2012, 08:17 (Ref:3049858) | #2 | ||
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I'm not convince about how "manly" these convertible Jeep things are....
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27 Mar 2012, 10:06 (Ref:3049859) | #3 | ||
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I remember that TV programme with the girls passing comment on the manliness of car-types - indeed the winner was a jeep.
If you want to take friends with you to a country pub on a sunny evening, how about a Phillipino "Jeepney"? Just the job. |
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27 Mar 2012, 13:15 (Ref:3049860) | #4 | ||
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Stand on the naughty step bella, you can't say landy or land cruiser in the same sentence as Jeep. How is this not manly? TW, this is a real Jeep unlike the ghey thing above.
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27 Mar 2012, 13:22 (Ref:3049861) | #5 | |||
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In Australia we have a saying. "If you want to go into the outback, buy a Land Rover, if you want to get home again, buy a Landcruiser." |
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27 Mar 2012, 14:12 (Ref:3049862) | #6 | ||
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Gay men in this country seem to like the smug Toyota Pompous Hybrid or Volkswagens and maybe the odd Nissan or Subaru. |
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27 Mar 2012, 14:23 (Ref:3049863) | #7 | ||
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that is the downside about landys. you spend more time under it than you do in it. however, one of the coolest ones i ever saw was a convertible owned by some friends in france. they hacked the roof off for summer and put a massive rollhoop thing on it, then put the lid back on in winter. perfect |
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27 Mar 2012, 18:06 (Ref:3049864) | #8 | ||
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I have thought about getting an old Range Rover and fitting it out for off road duty, but these cars have a poor reputation in this country for exploding into bits, however capable they are. I'd still be open to one though. |
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27 Mar 2012, 18:43 (Ref:3049865) | #9 | ||
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27 Mar 2012, 22:21 (Ref:3049866) | #10 | ||
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I don't mind a bit of off topic
So just to clarify: Improper big Landy / Proper small Landy / Improper small Landy / Proper big Landy Last edited by dtype38; 28 Mar 2012 at 13:07. Reason: Someone has been shuffling my photos! |
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27 Mar 2012, 22:58 (Ref:3049869) | #13 | ||
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That one's made for wags (wives and girlfriends of footballers) to drop the kids off at school in. The "off-road" concept applies to parking on kerbs/pavements/driveways!
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28 Mar 2012, 00:25 (Ref:3049870) | #14 | ||
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These are cool, but they always want $30k to $45K for them, which is unreasonable for such a truck. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...item256e5ea065 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Red-1...item19ce8d29ba I'd consider something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-...item2a1b8754d3 Install a roll bar and a steel rack in the back to hold your winch, pull pal, hi lift jack, shackles, tree savers, pulleys, snatch straps and shovel. And then on the outside spray it from windows down with Rhino lining(same stuff used in pickup truck beds). Add a gun rack, 2 bolted down ammo cans and a tie down place for a cooler and you are all set. |
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28 Mar 2012, 02:19 (Ref:3049871) | #15 | |||
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Range Rovers have the same reputation here. |
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28 Mar 2012, 02:36 (Ref:3049872) | #16 | ||
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I'm not the biggest fan of Toyotas anymore and most of the Land Cruisers are blinged up with luxury junk. The 4 Runners I've used I've not overly been happy with in off road situations, the Nissans, Chevys and Jeeps doing better. |
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28 Mar 2012, 06:25 (Ref:3049873) | #17 | ||
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There is one factor that sets the Toyota apart from the rest. You can drive them all into the outback. But you can only rely on being able to drive the Toyota back out again. Even if that's twenty years later.
As for bling, there's too much chrome on the latest Land Cruiser for my liking, but it's nothing compared to all the Escalades and Hummers out there. |
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28 Mar 2012, 07:17 (Ref:3049874) | #18 | ||
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Speaking as a 4x4 owner and user in pipeline projects around the world (arctic circle and desert), the Landcruiser is heavy, wallowy and too soft for most uses but it is good for combined road/offroad use. The Nissan provides the best compromise in size, accommodation and comfort. The Grand Cherokee is, in my opinion, the best all rounder for towing, comfort and generally being a great work horse, recognising it is more a millenium falcon than a battlestar gallactica.
For pure offroad, the Jeep Wrangler does exactly what it says on the tin. You can't travel fast but it will go everywhere, up and down dunes, over rocky passes etc. But it isn't a good compromise car. I sometimes take it to our site offices (120kms each way) and frankly as long as you treat it as necessity rather than transport, it's ok. It's also a bit small inside so if you want to carry anything like a large suitcase you have to put the back seats down. That siad we have plenty of sunshine here so it is good for open top motoring. |
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28 Mar 2012, 10:20 (Ref:3049940) | #19 | ||
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Peter you would be seeing the new plush ones I presume? For the 'proper 4x4' set the 100-series Landcruiser with solid front axle is the last one worth bothering with, but we can still also get the 70-series. GU or GQ Patrols are good to, both makes have different strengths. The new 200-series has lost the plot, or at least moved away from its old 'recipe', the new/current Patrol looks the same.
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28 Mar 2012, 10:21 (Ref:3049941) | #20 | ||
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corrr, look at the snorkel and towrope on that |
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28 Mar 2012, 10:26 (Ref:3049945) | #21 | ||
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What about a G-Class. Great off road so ticks the manly box. However you can spec. it with some bling and then there is the softop... |
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28 Mar 2012, 11:01 (Ref:3049961) | #22 | ||
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I recall Top Gear doing a special in Dubai or somewhere in that area, and asking the locals what they preferred - Nissan Patrol every time, apparently. But that was for dune-bashing, and falconry.
They probably liked a blinged Hummer for town posing. |
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28 Mar 2012, 11:08 (Ref:3049964) | #23 | ||
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We wanted something to pull Evil Caravan but also wanted something with a bit of 4x4 capability, basically for race-track camping areas so don't need anything that can go vertically up a mountain.
Have something coming on Monday and will be road-testing it with Evil over the easter weekend. If it all works out fine then I'll admit to what we bought! All I'll say is that it looks like a "Stealth" 4x4 and given the engine in it it should go like stink! |
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28 Mar 2012, 13:11 (Ref:3050026) | #24 | ||
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IMHO the only way to be really, really manly in a 4x4 is in one of these......
It a genuine V12 Lamborghini folks!! |
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28 Mar 2012, 15:02 (Ref:3050068) | #25 | ||
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