Hi dodgy, sorry forgot to say it still lets in water.Thats the wet stuff to our colonial friends down south
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Plenty of the wet stuff here mate, we are swimming right now, cyclone season, they come one after the other at this time of year and batter those stupid enough to live at sea level.
All the Land Rovers leak, its a design prerequisite. “Make it leak”, page 749 in the engineering drawings.
On our 2015 trip round Aus we met up with friends from Tenterfield for a week in the central deserts of Aus. They were at the beginning of their trip around the country, having bought a flash new ‘15 Defender 110 with all the trimmings and a clever inside sleeping conversion. They’d driven straight over on the blacktop to Alice Springs, and this was their first foray off road in their new pride and joy.
What a disaster! We travelled down the Finke River system, hardcore conditions, especially the 200m long bulldust holes. The Landy filled up with fine choking dust and covered all their possessions, got in their eyes, their mouths, their food & drinks bottles, their bedding, ho ho ho is actually wasn’t funny in the slightest. Every evening at camp there was a tedious cleaning process to a soundtrack of extreme grumpiness, bickering and a 12v vaccum cleaner.
When we went our seperate ways at Dalhousie Springs, they drove straight back to Alice Springs to begin an angry battle with the dealership there, who didn’t want to know! That didn’t end well and they decided to grin and bear it, so the dust was a constant companion on their trip. When it rained or they forded a river, the water and bulldust would mix and set rock hard in places where rubber was supposed to be.... They had a long list of other irritating problems that I shan’t bore you with, but an honourable mention goes to their Ford Duratorq engine which ran perfectly. The vehicle was sold at the end of their trip for a significant loss. No prizes for guessing what they drive now.
All the Land Rovers leak, its a design prerequisite. “Make it leak”, page 749 in the engineering drawings.
On our 2015 trip round Aus we met up with friends from Tenterfield for a week in the central deserts of Aus. They were at the beginning of their trip around the country, having bought a flash new ‘15 Defender 110 with all the trimmings and a clever inside sleeping conversion. They’d driven straight over on the blacktop to Alice Springs, and this was their first foray off road in their new pride and joy.
What a disaster! We travelled down the Finke River system, hardcore conditions, especially the 200m long bulldust holes. The Landy filled up with fine choking dust and covered all their possessions, got in their eyes, their mouths, their food & drinks bottles, their bedding, ho ho ho is actually wasn’t funny in the slightest. Every evening at camp there was a tedious cleaning process to a soundtrack of extreme grumpiness, bickering and a 12v vaccum cleaner.
When we went our seperate ways at Dalhousie Springs, they drove straight back to Alice Springs to begin an angry battle with the dealership there, who didn’t want to know! That didn’t end well and they decided to grin and bear it, so the dust was a constant companion on their trip. When it rained or they forded a river, the water and bulldust would mix and set rock hard in places where rubber was supposed to be.... They had a long list of other irritating problems that I shan’t bore you with, but an honourable mention goes to their Ford Duratorq engine which ran perfectly. The vehicle was sold at the end of their trip for a significant loss. No prizes for guessing what they drive now.
John Gryphon
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How would this bus go in the slice of heaven Dave?
John Gryphon
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Ha ha,I still cant work out the live chook though.
How would this bus go in the slice of heaven Dave?
That is a very special truck...obviously a Toyota driver
Wonder what would happen if I did that to mine...?
I think Chris Packham and his posse would have something to say about it!
John Gryphon
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The left front of my old `lux dropped into an old grass hidden wombat burrow last week and the back right wheel came way up off the ground and I thought that she was going over.She see sawed for a moment until I gingerly got it into low R and walked back out.One of the hazards here,new burrows have visible dirt and even though one has a memory map of their whereabouts its easy to forget.It is the old grassed over holes that pull your ute up quick as.
100% hideous these things, designed for a very specifc kind of hunter, the obese lazy arsed drunk type, the type that Texas excels in.
JabaliHunter
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So we should all be driving G-wagens?When will you colonials learn that you can't beat a Land RoverBloody Japanese tat you all drive, you can't fool us that they last longer, break down less often or are more capable. Just have a bit of respect for the mother land and remember who your Queen is.
Have any of you fellas actually inspected or better still driven one of the new G-Wagons?
It is frankly the most insanely overpriced piece of last century blinged up Kraut cobblers available this side of Jupiter, what a joke car. Excellent if you’re a Tottenham gangsta and want to add even more bling to stand out from all the Rangie gangstas, you can get some mean as wheels for it. Or lower it, if that’s the way your bag bobbles. Oooh, and you can get an AMG one too. What a tosser you’d have to be to drive one of those.
Also good for Arabs and Miami curb crawlers.
Better still, this is the vehicle that the Australian Army has selected to replace its 30yr old fleet of Land Rover Perenties. Though to be fair, you won’t see one with oversize mag wheels in silver and ivory, or in “Night Edition” oh ffs. They are of course well suited to the army role. Which is the whole point.
They are not £100,000 (base price) vehicles in this world or the next!
And they're not as nice as my Hummer.
No no don’t believe you. No way, you’ve got Range Rover written all over you. No. Refuse to believe it. Surely not.
I shall remember that feeble attempt to hoodwink me. Now that you are outed as a Chelsea Tractor driver, perhaps you could give us a rundown on the fascinating habit of Range Rover drivers referring to their vehicles in acronyms e.g. FFRR, SFRR, BDRR, TERR, etc., and what they all stand for.
Mate, that's twice in a week.
I'm no expert on the acronyms. FFRR is Full Fat Range Rover, the grown up version and the RRS, the Range Rover Sport. There is the FWRR (Footballers Wife's RR), the DDRR (Drug Dealers RR), OTRR (Obnoxious ****s RR (accounts for a lot of them)), but I have no idea about SFRR, BDRR or TERR.
John Gryphon
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Our DELWP fire runners are "G`s" and on talking to the operators they reckon that they are...ordinary!
DELWP G WAGONS - Google
https://www.google.com.au/imgres?im...Z7ZAhUGNJQKHQe-BOYQMwhKKAswCw&iact=mrc&uact=8
DELWP G WAGONS - Google
https://www.google.com.au/imgres?im...Z7ZAhUGNJQKHQe-BOYQMwhKKAswCw&iact=mrc&uact=8
While visiting a mate today for a bit of moral support after health problems, I was compelled to take a photo of his nice blue Hilux V6 in the driveway, having a love in with mine. I say Bob, what's that rotting away in the corner? What's that you say? Kept breaking down so I bought a Toyota? Ah, I see.
OK. I'll make a confession. Just a wee one. That old 90 is a V8 3500cc, can't remember the year, early 80s. It was lovingly looked after for many years, but just kept on conking out at highly inconvenient moments, as they do. So it got replaced by a Toyota, a sensible decision. But, the old Landy is actually quite a desirable truck, if I was feeling brave and a bit naive and up for a long haul of frustration, I might just buy it.
OK. I'll make a confession. Just a wee one. That old 90 is a V8 3500cc, can't remember the year, early 80s. It was lovingly looked after for many years, but just kept on conking out at highly inconvenient moments, as they do. So it got replaced by a Toyota, a sensible decision. But, the old Landy is actually quite a desirable truck, if I was feeling brave and a bit naive and up for a long haul of frustration, I might just buy it.
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