What few realise is the more modern 4x4s are more efficient than many other types of cars currently on the market. I think it is outrageous that everyone who drives an SUV or 4x4 is tarred with the same "Chelsea tractor" brush.
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13th Jun 2007 5:06 pm
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Re: Ray Mears Talks Sense
Doctor Diesel wrote:
Ray Mears Talks Sense
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13th Jun 2007 5:07 pm
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at least Mears isn't as bad as that other nutter 'bear' or whatever he's called that's doing the rounds at the moment, drinking liquid out of elephant globs and the like and theeeeennn......???
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simon wrote:
What a nice chap... lovely smile.
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13th Jun 2007 6:12 pm
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blue meanie wrote:
at least Mears isn't as bad as that other nutter 'bear' or whatever he's called that's doing the rounds at the moment, drinking liquid out of elephant globs and the like
Met both, that statement is not correct 2004 Discovery 3 - gone
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What you trying to say Dom Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication [email protected] D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
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13th Jun 2007 6:56 pm
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Yes, spill the beans, please. Or spill the bush tucker equivalent, at least.
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13th Jun 2007 7:47 pm
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Good article.
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the Discovery 3 is infinitely more comfortable on a longer journey.
Totally agree. Just driven London to Perth and back in a weekend. 15 hours of driving and as fresh as a fresh thing.
And he's a brave bloke - driving an 04 plate D3...No longer a D3 owner but still subscribed to multiple threads!
13th Jun 2007 8:17 pm
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nobbyclark wrote:
Good article.
Totally agree. Just driven London to Perth and back in a weekend. 15 hours of driving and as fresh as a fresh thing.
And he's a brave bloke - driving an 04 plate D3...
London to Australia and back in a weekend!!!!
You guys have some serious re-chipping happening over there, don't you!!ex - 2006 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, with lots of stuff - R.I.P.
ex - 2009 D3 TDV6 SE, silver, had lots of stuff too!
Now - 2010 RRS 3.0 TDV6, rimini red, 18" rims + Cooper LTZ, rear eLocker, Spider tuning box, GOE protection plates and rock sliders, GOE 3way shortened rods.
Just a couple of points to the article on the road trip:
1.Adelaide was not a penal colony. Free settlers founded Adelaide.
2. Grampians Nat. Park goes from near the coast to the Wimmera, an intense farming area. The desert is about 150 km north west of The Wimmera, as the row flies.
3.The great Ocean Road IMHO is one of the worlds great drives. (Ive done it in a Hooper Equipped V12 cat and it was superb). There never was 12 rock formations (in white mans time in Aus) to be the apostles. We had London Bridge as one of the formations; but time and mass wasting put the span on it into the water as it collapsed (leaving 4 people stranded on a monolith. )
4. A bloke I went to school with lived in Pin Oak crescent, in Vermont South. They HATED it. Wanted to kill every stranger that came into their quiet little court. They moved out and it took 5 years to sell the place.
5.The Star Hotel in Walhalla has great meals & accom. (Conflict of interest here I know Mick Leaney the owner).Did you think I would leave you crying,
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