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Shame? Dani, have you been to one of PH's nude BBQ's?

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You can - its just suits me if you can't cos I'm selfish like that. :) I don't trust em. perhaps marred by personal experiences that they seem to be driven by people who can't drive but think they can hide their embarrassment behind the steel:D

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Mr.Law I supposing you having inside information.;) :cool:

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Furry nuff

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Not all of them are driven by idiots you know ;) We got one because it's easier to have one with the dog. With all of lupo's rigging equipment and the fact that the rally's are held in the middle of the woods, it's so much easier having a 4x4 than any other car. More comfy for him too especially if we are thinking about getting another Malamute to have my team.

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my favourite car i ever had was this - 1976 Range Rover, 3.5l petrol v8 :D
Sounded better than the SV! I never understood why people wanted big cars- but after having this i completely understand. I used to travel about 200km off road every day though. But having a battered huge car was great - it was like carrying your garage around with you. http://web.mac.com/robinmckeith/iWeb...s/IMGP0569.jpghttp://web.mac.com/robinmckeith/iWeb...s/IMGP0568.jpg

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This is (no offence Triumphumphumph, just using your sentiments as an example) a rather sad relfection on the general populations views. The law (taxes) is not an instrument to be used by people to attack people who do things they don't like. A shame that's the way its going :(

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I agree. I used to have a 1991 Range Rover, and it had a retro-fitted corvette engine. It was the best thing to drive around town, I never had to worry about speed bumps (the faster you go, the less you feel them), kerbs or pot holes, it was automatic and because it was so square it was so easy to park and position. You can see ahead further and you don't get bothered by traffic or bad driving so much because everything seems so much more relaxed. It made a cracking noise too.

I think raising Road Tax in general is a better and ostensibly fairer way of taxation than the one put forward by various London boroughs and individuals to tax any vehicle with a 4-wheel driveline. As correctly pointed out; this would mean cars like the Fiat Panda 4x4 (50 mpg, and as tall and heavy as a biscuit) would be in the same classification as a Range Rover Supercharged (8mpg, with all the mass of Jupiter's moons). Madness, and the work of short-sighted council workers and not long term strategists.

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range rover sport - an oxymoron surely. As much as i like 4x4s, i'm of the school of thought that 4x4a are for offroading. i'd take a kitted up defender any day of the week over a new rangerover.
Bluesteel - fantastic engine! although that mod had a habit of stripping gearboxes with the extra torque! i know a guy who went through 3 range rover gear boxes with that engine! (it was in the older model though). In the end he paid a fortune for a modern discovery manual which seemed to do the trick. We used to do about 90mph offroad all day- no problems. I think its so funny in the uk how delicate people are with their 4x4s offroad. They're designed for that! These new wide tyres are crap offroad though! I could get through anything with the difflock on and thin nobbly tyres. £40000 new landcruisers would just spin the wheels when we went storming past. :oD

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We'll get told off for not talking about the thread soon...

But...

It completely shredded the original gearbox during one full bore take off racing a friends BMW 740 up his quite long driveway. The noise was horrific. I put in a similar gearbox to the one Bentley used in their V8's up until recently- it doesn't have a low ratio, but doesn't really need one. My Mother now uses it as a tow car in Scotland. The horses are not so keen on the stainless steel exhaust, but then kickdown doesn't get much used until I go and visit. :)