Predjudice against 4x4's
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Originally Posted by rik1471
Chelsea Tractors. No need for them in most cases.
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I often joke with car cleaning places who charge an extra pound for 4x4's when they clean my scooby, thanking them for not charging me the extra
I wonder if people with fiat pandas do the same!!
I wonder if people with fiat pandas do the same!!
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Originally Posted by Abdabz
I often joke with car cleaning places who charge an extra pound for 4x4's when they clean my scooby, thanking them for not charging me the extra
I wonder if people with fiat pandas do the same!!
I wonder if people with fiat pandas do the same!!
How about going in with a big suv and claiming the propshaft has been disconnected so its only 2wd.
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Originally Posted by paul-s
I often wondered this when going through the carwash.
How about going in with a big suv and claiming the propshaft has been disconnected so its only 2wd.
How about going in with a big suv and claiming the propshaft has been disconnected so its only 2wd.
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Originally Posted by paul-s
I often wondered this when going through the carwash.
How about going in with a big suv and claiming the propshaft has been disconnected so its only 2wd.
How about going in with a big suv and claiming the propshaft has been disconnected so its only 2wd.
Anyway, first weekend I went to the beach in my 4x4, there were three pick up trucks and two BIG BIG SUV's being dragged off DAMP sand by a JCB!
Quality! Idiots!
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I don't care what people drive ,given the state of the roads lately a big 4x4 seems to be the sensible choice but I do object to the people who have an SUV which I guess has had the front end designed to be as pedestrian freindly as possilble given the height etc. then go & stick loads of ironmongery on the front to make sure they kill you properly.I havn't seen many elk around here lately!
Is this illegal yet?
Is this illegal yet?
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
I don't care what people drive ,given the state of the roads lately a big 4x4 seems to be the sensible choice but I do object to the people who have an SUV which I guess has had the front end designed to be as pedestrian freindly as possilble given the height etc. then go & stick loads of ironmongery on the front to make sure they kill you properly.I havn't seen many elk around here lately!
Is this illegal yet?
Is this illegal yet?
With all the dippy buggars riding bikes with no lights, a set of bull bars up the *** is just what they need
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these people who protest about such 4*4's moan about them being gas guzzling things but are too stupid to realise that there are certain cars which are worse, and some mpv's and 4x4's have better economy/mpg than cars.
4X4's are meant to go off road. Yet if its not a nissan, mitsubishi or a old landrover theyre pretty much incapable of going offroad properly. Therefore they are just cruising about in great barges that are pointless when a car does everything they require and better.
The reason why no one goes on at performance car drivers is because people actually drive fast in them time to time.
Quite frankly SUV owners are a bit dumb but what make me laugh is all the RAV4 owners who whine at this when a RAV4 I sure as hell dont even consider as a SUV. Dont have a problem with those at all. Still dont see why they buy a RAV4 though because cars have more space than those things.
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
I don't care what people drive ,given the state of the roads lately a big 4x4 seems to be the sensible choice but I do object to the people who have an SUV which I guess has had the front end designed to be as pedestrian freindly as possilble given the height etc. then go & stick loads of ironmongery on the front to make sure they kill you properly.I havn't seen many elk around here lately!
Is this illegal yet?
Is this illegal yet?
brush ? any vehicle can kill ! not just 4x4s. Over 150 people have been killed
by cattle in fields in recent years ! better shoot them all too, just in case anybody else gets killed !!!!!!!
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Personally dont have a problem with 4x4 if you want to drive them, fine with me. Its all comes down to personal choice in my book !
Re the bull bars - most insurance companies dont like them - especially the older style metal ones, had to take them of my old classic gas converted Range Rover, Not fair now have to stop and open the gates instead of just pushing them open !
And yes I have a legitate excuse for a big heavy 4x4 - Scooby will not go down the un made dirt track that leads to my farm house !
Richard
Re the bull bars - most insurance companies dont like them - especially the older style metal ones, had to take them of my old classic gas converted Range Rover, Not fair now have to stop and open the gates instead of just pushing them open !
And yes I have a legitate excuse for a big heavy 4x4 - Scooby will not go down the un made dirt track that leads to my farm house !
Richard
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As Mr.Greenpeace commented ,what wasted opportunity.! New labia wishy washy half measures ..- if they were seriously attempting to make a dent in these peoples outlook then a more realistic figure would have been put forward - say a grand
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Originally Posted by pollack
why oh why do some people keep tarring all 4x4 owners with the same
brush ? any vehicle can kill ! not just 4x4s. Over 150 people have been killed
by cattle in fields in recent years ! better shoot them all too, just in case anybody else gets killed !!!!!!!
brush ? any vehicle can kill ! not just 4x4s. Over 150 people have been killed
by cattle in fields in recent years ! better shoot them all too, just in case anybody else gets killed !!!!!!!
Thanks for your valuable input,sorry about the delay butI have just returned back after strapping some Samuri swords to the front of my car.
Che
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
Welcome to ScoobyNet pollack.I will try and be polite as this is your first post.
Thanks for your valuable input,sorry about the delay butI have just returned back after strapping some Samuri swords to the front of my car.
Che
Thanks for your valuable input,sorry about the delay butI have just returned back after strapping some Samuri swords to the front of my car.
Che
nice yo here from you so quickly, and thanks for being polite ! i hope it will
remain so!
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The people who hate big 4x4's should in therory hate every car, unless its a electric piece of junk like a Prius, what about scoobs, they cant be any better to the environment that a SUV, i get the same MPG| from my 4.6 Range as I do on my 400BHP scoob. whats the difference? Im no rally driver either so should I have a rally car. Nor do I go off road in the range.
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
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Originally Posted by TyPe~~R
The people who hate big 4x4's should in therory hate every car, unless its a electric piece of junk like a Prius, what about scoobs, they cant be any better to the environment that a SUV, i get the same MPG| from my 4.6 Range as I do on my 400BHP scoob. whats the difference? Im no rally driver either so should I have a rally car. Nor do I go off road in the range.
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
Would it be a British tank?
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Originally Posted by rsarjantson
Personally dont have a problem with 4x4 if you want to drive them, fine with me. Its all comes down to personal choice in my book !
Re the bull bars - most insurance companies dont like them - especially the older style metal ones, had to take them of my old classic gas converted Range Rover, Not fair now have to stop and open the gates instead of just pushing them open !
And yes I have a legitate excuse for a big heavy 4x4 - Scooby will not go down the un made dirt track that leads to my farm house !
Richard
Re the bull bars - most insurance companies dont like them - especially the older style metal ones, had to take them of my old classic gas converted Range Rover, Not fair now have to stop and open the gates instead of just pushing them open !
And yes I have a legitate excuse for a big heavy 4x4 - Scooby will not go down the un made dirt track that leads to my farm house !
Richard
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I had a 3 hour drive in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo a few weeks back. To me it was simply dangerous. It had more power than a harrier jump jet but still turned and braked like a 4x4.
Its simply a status symbol as there is no "Legitimate" reason to own one of those things. If you need to go "offroad" you are not going to be doing it in a Porsche, Toureg, X5 etc so what is the point? Why do people feel the need to impress the Jones' with how much money they make ??
Besides the Range Rover Supercharged version was a far, far better car (IMHO).
Its simply a status symbol as there is no "Legitimate" reason to own one of those things. If you need to go "offroad" you are not going to be doing it in a Porsche, Toureg, X5 etc so what is the point? Why do people feel the need to impress the Jones' with how much money they make ??
Besides the Range Rover Supercharged version was a far, far better car (IMHO).
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Originally Posted by TyPe~~R
The people who hate big 4x4's should in therory hate every car, unless its a electric piece of junk like a Prius, what about scoobs, they cant be any better to the environment that a SUV, i get the same MPG| from my 4.6 Range as I do on my 400BHP scoob. whats the difference? Im no rally driver either so should I have a rally car. Nor do I go off road in the range.
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
If I wanted to drive a Tank I would, screw you hippies with your anti SUV mumbo jumbo
Look people dont like SUVs because most of them are basically just jacked up cars with less capabilities therefore making them pointless. Its the pointlessnes of the SUV that people dont like about. You are wasting fuel when a car can do everything better than the SUV but instead you buy it because you think it looks cool.
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I used to drive a 4x4 for a couple of years. I don't think it was overkill as I'm not sure if a family hatchback/saloon would have been adequate for carrying passengers and guns/fishing rods to the places I went.
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what a load of tree hugging disabled lesbians...........has broad band just been installed at some camp site for an anti roads protest????
if you want a big car you should be able to buy one....an X5 is VERY little bigger than an estate car in length and width. this thread smacks of anti money and that it.............an X5 say "i spent £45k" and thats your problem.
i dont fancy them much but the more i read stuff like this the more i want one! with the biggest alloys i can find and drug dealer tints.
get back to your treehuts.
if you want a big car you should be able to buy one....an X5 is VERY little bigger than an estate car in length and width. this thread smacks of anti money and that it.............an X5 say "i spent £45k" and thats your problem.
i dont fancy them much but the more i read stuff like this the more i want one! with the biggest alloys i can find and drug dealer tints.
get back to your treehuts.
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Porsche, Toureg, X5 etc so what is the point? Why do people feel the need to impress the Jones' with how much money they make ??
(IMHO).
(IMHO).
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"Why do people feel the need to impress the Jones' with how much money they make ?? "
why shouldnt they?
if someone works out they wear skimpier clothes to show off what they are proud of......why not the same if they make a bit of money?
why should someone able to drive an X5 drive a cheaper car to make the poor people feel more "less poor"............what next, shall i strap a false belly on my 6pack so faties dont feel ugly?
why shouldnt they?
if someone works out they wear skimpier clothes to show off what they are proud of......why not the same if they make a bit of money?
why should someone able to drive an X5 drive a cheaper car to make the poor people feel more "less poor"............what next, shall i strap a false belly on my 6pack so faties dont feel ugly?
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
"Why do people feel the need to impress the Jones' with how much money they make ?? "
why shouldnt they?
if someone works out they wear skimpier clothes to show off what they are proud of......why not the same if they make a bit of money?
why should someone able to drive an X5 drive a cheaper car to make the poor people feel more "less poor"............what next, shall i strap a false belly on my 6pack so faties dont feel ugly?
why shouldnt they?
if someone works out they wear skimpier clothes to show off what they are proud of......why not the same if they make a bit of money?
why should someone able to drive an X5 drive a cheaper car to make the poor people feel more "less poor"............what next, shall i strap a false belly on my 6pack so faties dont feel ugly?
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Originally Posted by Rabid
An X5 doesn't say I've got lots of money, it says I couldn't afford a Cayenne so bought this..........
A Cayenne is cheaper than an X5 so bit lost on your logic. Thought you were creative or is the creative streak holding the mayo for someone.
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Doo
Rabid,
A Cayenne is cheaper than an X5 so bit lost on your logic. Thought you were creative or is the creative streak holding the mayo for someone.
A Cayenne is cheaper than an X5 so bit lost on your logic. Thought you were creative or is the creative streak holding the mayo for someone.
Why did you change it?
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I drive an X5. It is clear from sitting in my castle that I earn far more money than you and yes I have a massive credit agreement with BMW.