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Steve
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12th Sep 06 at 22:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok pros of owning a 4x4

Can go off road
May be debatably a fraction safer

cons:
cost more to run
tax more
harder to drive
dangerous to pedestrians
dangerous to other car drivers
unstable
makes you look a cunt if your
a) in a suit
b) a mum with a kid
bad for environment

so unless you need it off road not a great justification of ownership


[Edited on 12-09-2006 by Steve]
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12th Sep 06 at 22:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
going by that, there are no pros to owning a modified car then...
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12th Sep 06 at 22:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nope..
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
going by that, there are no pros to owning a modified car then...


there arent really ...
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12th Sep 06 at 22:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
exactly, but people do it, and justify it.
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and i humour them

[Edited on 12-09-2006 by Steve]
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12th Sep 06 at 22:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
saw a thing where a family who wanted to upgrade there 4x4 were given a merc normal car for a week. at the end they could not justify why they needed a 4x4, but went and bought one, pure status
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Theres an X5 over the road, i might go torch it
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13th Sep 06 at 11:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sorry to hear that Stavs, what happened?
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stavs stop us from guessing whats the damage?
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
saw a thing where a family who wanted to upgrade there 4x4 were given a merc normal car for a week. at the end they could not justify why they needed a 4x4, but went and bought one, pure status


I saw that aswell. Seemed daft to go and buy the 4x4 when they had proved to themselves they didn't even need it
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sorry to hear that...... it is one of the worst things to go through especially when you have to decide what to do next!
Jambo
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Dad had a range rover, i was on the insurance from time to time. One of the best cars ive ever ever driven.

So practical. Loading area is enormous. Drop down lid is exellent. Carries dogs, gardening equipment, stone statue ans all that crap, car parts, moving house it was so helpfull as you can get full erected peices of furniture in there.

On top of all of that, its not THAT big, it is easily the comfiest car ive ever been in, driving position is excellent and its very good and driving through floods! (lived by a river at the time)


I hate all this anti 4x4 crap. People need to channel their anger at something thats actually worth it. Like war, terorism, famine or something.

If pollution is your game, go to cairo then come back here telling me we have to worry about suv's.


Rant over
neiliosxi
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13th Sep 06 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
ok pros of owning a 4x4

Can go off road
May be debatably a fraction safer

cons:
cost more to run
tax more
harder to drive
dangerous to pedestrians
dangerous to other car drivers
unstable
makes you look a cunt if your
a) in a suit
b) a mum with a kid
bad for environment

so unless you need it off road not a great justification of ownership


Its the last point here that makes me frustrated with 4x4 drivers, taking their kids to school 1 miles down the road, people dont care as they will never see the effects if their lifetime.
Ditch
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gutted for ya steve... gimme a bell if you need a hand re-shelling or anything mate...

I just finished putting my old GT4 engine into its new home - it can always be put right ;D
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Oh yea, my cousin is selling a W reg SXI shell complete rolling shell with 1.6 bottom end for around £550...
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sorry to hear about crash but ffs get a grip eveyone talking about 4x4's what exactly has it got to do with you? I would be straight out buying a sc rr sport if I could afford one
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il tell you what its got to do with me, every morning i get held up by 10 minutes+ outside the local village school because twats in 4x4s block the road, cant park, and refuse to let ther kids walk to school
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leave earlier then. I don't moan about having to wait for another bus to come along cos' there's too many school kids on it
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13th Sep 06 at 12:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you think i should alter my routine just because mrs jones wants to be seen to have the biggest and best car out of the mums?
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Dad had a range rover, i was on the insurance from time to time. One of the best cars ive ever ever driven.

So practical. Loading area is enormous. Drop down lid is exellent. Carries dogs, gardening equipment, stone statue ans all that crap, car parts, moving house it was so helpfull as you can get full erected peices of furniture in there.

On top of all of that, its not THAT big, it is easily the comfiest car ive ever been in, driving position is excellent and its very good and driving through floods! (lived by a river at the time)


I hate all this anti 4x4 crap. People need to channel their anger at something thats actually worth it. Like war, terorism, famine or something.

If pollution is your game, go to cairo then come back here telling me we have to worry about suv's.


Rant over


Well said that man .

Im taking delivery of my range rover sport very soon and i can fully agree with Jambo.It is the comfiest and smoothest car i have ever been in .Also for a car its size it handling is out of this world,and i came out of a BMW M sport which had spot on handling.
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sorry to hear this stavs, thought your car was mint and i'd only seen the pics, was hoping to see it in the flesh eventually, gutted for ya

[Edited on 13-09-2006 by fro-dizzle]
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Also i believe it got a four stars in the Ncap test which isnt bad really.Also which plonk said they are hard to drive
Steve
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me...for women they are hard to drive, they cant reverse them or anything
Jambo
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I went from driving a corsa sport to a vogue 4.6hse and it was easy as pie, mine was being serviced and i had the range rover for a meeting (was shop manager for music company) Should have seen peoples faces when i turned up in a range rover It was halarious


Bad points, were the one i drove was the non bmw one and it wasnt that relaible and the engine went porous @ 56k and cost a FORTUNE to fix

My dad now driving a 530i sport misses his and really wants another one.


Id have one in a heartbeat.

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