a huge can of worms

ok so you put a pic up to test

i think the above mentioned fourby was going to be tied up and pulling the almost unafordable king of the road(coz there no good off) but the unafordable officials put a stop to it

Hey Bob. I am/was a 'dyed in the wool' Toyota fan and mechanic until I bought one 7 years ago. As the 'new member' inductor in my 4 wd club I get to see all types of cars come on my induction days and it pains me to say that the GQs and GUs out perform the Toyotas off and on road. I think the Toyotas are better built but not $10,000 better and to say that Nissan make a second rate car......well you want to see the list of problems I've had with my 80 series. I know what you said was tongue-in-cheek, but I thought I'd vent my spleen and offer some first hand experience to the forum. See ya.

So, other Bob, you'd be a Honda CRV man then? (Since it has been the best seller for some years now)

Hey - don't knock the Honda CRV.

Millions of mothers and their Baby on board stickers can't be wrong!

The Honda CRV is a very nice little car - it's not a 4WD though but I'm glad you like yours Member-Bob. Derek I've read and re read my reply and can't find anywhere that I said Nissan make a second rate car. Was this an unfortunate slip of the tongue from you? I really am surprised that they continue to advertise their Patrol's power by showing it with complete traction loss!! Of course without constant 4wd I suppose it's quite possible to do but why advertise it???

Bob. Sorry about that choice of words. I didn't mean to imply that you said Nissans are second rate cars. What I should have said was " if anyone was to say.......". Sorry about that.

LOL,

John, not sure where you've been but there has been plenty of disputes & unpleasantness - just ask Ozie, Truckster, The Publican.................

Hi Damien,

I have been on this site for quite a while, I am just not a prolific poster. I agree that there has been disputes and unpleasantness but it doesn't mean that we have to accept it or promote it. Unfortunately as a forum gets more and more members we also get a cross section of the community which includes those who delight in controversy and trying to get a rise out of others.

Please see this site for what it is, (maybe my 'mums & dads' comment was a bit woosy), and let's enjoy it to the full. This forum is at the top of my Favorites list and I want it to stay there.

Anyhow, I feel a bit better now (not so grumpy).

Happy 4 wheeling

Woodsy

Is that a pic of of a Nissan saving a pajero......cause it couldn't be a toyota, cause Landcruisers don't get stuck like that......it's the drivers that do that.

PS I love the photo of the roo

Of course its a MIGHTY NISSAN rescuing a little yota

in this case, its not a matter of SURFS UP, cause it was down... at the bottom of coopers creek out Walhalla! Over $5000 damage to the engine.

so a nissan pulling out a toyo. i also have video and photos of nissans pulling out toyos. toyos pulling out nissans. landies(god forbid) pulling out toyos. toyos pulling out toyos and nissans pulling out nissans. even bravos and rodeos pulling things out. in fact people pulling out all manner of things with all manner of vehicles. so my question is this.
are all the different 4x4s crap or are they all better than very thing else? or is it that we are all so busy pulling that we forget when we got pulled?
so i guess whether you like to be pulled or like to pull the main thing is to enjoy it and remember there is always someone else out there who is better or worse at it than you. regardless of what vehicle they drive.
so remember tread lightly out there and be gentle when a good pull is in order.you dont want to needlessly damage anything.

I shoulda got a photo of the train of suzuki's pulling out the Hummer - that was worth a bloody good laugh....

I actually remember being in a Tojo and getting pulled out by a Suzuki Stockman back in the early 80's.... Talk about David and Goliath.

All it takes is one foot difference in your line and you can go from conqueror to conquered with ANY 4wd. In an example like the above you'd never see it or know until too late. Seriously how many of us would get out, get wet walking across a creek crossing that small JUST to be safe?

Mind you - good to see something supporting my "Drowning newfangled electronic controlled 4wd's is not good" theory.....

in you wettest dream :P

Congratulations,

Your are doing a fantastic job, David. My favourite website. Keep up the good work.

Wombat

Yea thanks Dave, thought you should have right of reply.. should be good. So you dont want pics posted in the mean time or its ok to post?

Also any chance of getting the Smiley faces to work here?
EG
:) :P :( ;) :o to name a few!

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Wombat, not my fav site.. Mine is :)~ but nice brown nose job! ;-)~

Does yours have smiley faces.......my fav sites all have smiley faces....lol

I don't think Truckster's looking at their smiley faces on his favourite sites.

I guess seeing this was refered to earlier as a nice wholesum,family sight, with no bad words we shouldn't ask as to what he might be looking at then.......lol

I think they may have been something like this:


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Lets be honest... its the same with a hession bag on the head or not.

Looks like your found the "Damo" button.

Considering how deep the water is there is absolutely no need for a snorkel for this one......

I've crossed heaps of them without a snorkel - but then I don't have a turbo diesel engine that needs mega care on river crossings.... Go the Carby Petrol !!!!!

Have to do something about a snorkel one day.....

Read Trucksters follow up post to the pic , $5000 engine damage.
You cant see how deep the water is as the pic only shows the exit side , it would have to be deeper than that to cause damage.

As you said less risk with a petrol engine but you still will hold up the convoy for 1hour or so.
Cant beat a snorkel

Mate of mine who was gonna buy a rocsta has seen the light after ACTUALLY driving it - he's now looking at a ISUZU MU 2.8 Turbo diesel.

If it's really good I might even buy one and sell the Viagra. At least if I can get one as cheap as he's looking at - 2 grand changeover - yummo!

Better get him a snorkel on his turbo diesel before the first time he tries to keep up with the mighty Viagra on a river crossing though..... don't think he's got an extra extra $5k.

Anyone know where you can get suspension lift for these? I know the diffs are effectively the same as Rodeo and thus ARB difflocks are availalble. I've seen on the internet Calmini and OME lift kits - but ARB say springs for these are custom made (yeah right - just test which Frontera/Rodeo/Jackaroo spring will suit at each end)....

There's quite a few different versions of these - Frontera, MU, Wizard, Honda Jazz etc and there's a lot of variation in them.

One of the very very few cars I'd definately buy a diesel in preference - if you've ever driven the Isuzu 2.8 Turbo Diesel and the 2.6 Petrol you'll know why.......

I STILLm reckon a ________ is better than a ___________ every time!
I don't care what any of you say!!
Cheers- my glass is nearly empty.

ha ha ha coz there no good lol

Where's that Green eyed monster ????

that green eyed monster is stuck somewhere in his landcruiser that he just bought 2nd hand out of the paper lololololololhahahahahahalolol

When it comes to computers which one is beter and witch would you prefer to use the P.C or the Macantosh ?

hmmmmmmmmmm now thats a question worth pondering would be nothing worse than making the wrong decision lolol

A Macintosh is a raincoat, it's not anything else is it?

it coiuld be a scotsman lol