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27 Mar 2012, 08:17 (Ref:3049218) | #151 | ||
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I'm not convince about how "manly" these convertible Jeep things are....
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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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i think this one is actually the other way around - it's too smart for the hairdressers! what sort of price do they go for second hand? could be a smart buy... (ps i don't think jeeps are at all manly. quite the opposite. if you're serious about off-roading you either have a landy or a land cruiser thing ) |
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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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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:3049446) | #157 | ||
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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:3049454) | #158 | ||
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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, 15:31 (Ref:3049485) | #160 | |
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What about my 1968 Mercedes Convertible? It will run rings around all the off roaders mentioned, it has coil springs and telescopics at each corner. Not very fast and not very economical even with its original 4 cyl 2.4 Diesel. (26k kms from new) It is also a left hooker. I think it is cool. Although my wife doesn't.
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Also, never mind stares and mutterings, when I drove it down my Village main street one winter morning with the roof removed, a local wag shouted - look its Sadam Hussain.
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i'm not *totally* sure the evil dictator look is one that would attract people to a car
but a 1968 mercedes convertible is cool by default. |
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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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Yeah I was talking to this guy from Subaru marketing and he said gay men absolutely adore and love the current model STI, so the next generation STI is getting split from the Impreza lineage and becoming it's own, more masculine car. Who knew? Apparently manufacturers market specifically to gay men but it's a limited market, so that is probably the reasoning for getting the STI back to having more of a mainstream appeal. I guess that explains why so many people are holding on to their 2007 and earlier STI's.
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I don't mind a bit of off topic
So just to clarify: Proper small Landy / Improper small Landy / Proper big Landy / Improper big Landy |
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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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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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Here are some other options, some of which with "targa" tops:
The underappreciated Dodge Viper: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-...item2c63b37931 Ferrari 308: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-...item4ab5b95834 Porsche 993 cabrio: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...item519e84ff8f |
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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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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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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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