So, Andrew, tell us what you _really_ think. <g>
How'd the X-Pro do?
--Bob
On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Oh, it's a dinky toy!
> There was a time when there were things called 4WD - 'sporting limited
> utility' had bugger all to do with it. They were big and truckish and made by
> people like Land Rover and Toyota and Nissan and International and thirsty or
> diesel and not very comfy. And no, recent Jeeps don't count - tiny inside,
> like jacked up station wagons. Real 4WD were ugly and painted refrigerator
> white or greeny-browny and you could bash out a panel and respray it from a
> can and there was room for fence posts and fishing rods and bags of cement in
> the back and a big dog or two or even, on occasion, a goat. They weren't
> Midnite Black or Sparkle Puce and didn't have mag wheels or DVD players or
> anything 'fancy gadget' that could go wrong in the middle of bloody nowhere
> where you couldn't fix it with a hammer, pliers and a knife. A real bloke
> could even cook on the engine with a bit of foil and the right attitude and a
> decent appetite.
> Today I was in the National Park near here to knock off some shots with the
> Fuji X-Pro, driving my beat up old Nissan pickup (D21) which is painted
> refrigerator white plus a fair covering of last week's mud even though it's
> 2WD and found myself stuck behind a couple of those dinky SUV fake 4WD's
> which were being driven vewy vewy slowly by families who were desperately
> scared not to scratch the metallic duco that they'd paid extra for while
> cursing myself for forgetting that it's the first week of the school holiday
> when they let the idiots out to play with their silly little new toys on real
> bloke's roads just because they think that they're 4WDs. Which they aren't.
> The only proper comfy 4WD was the old Range Rover which was white (usually)
> and had big armchair seats but had clever suspension and exterior body panels
> of aluminium which you could remove with a screwdriver and pliers and replace
> or bash out if you wished.
>
> It's all gone to crap I tell you.
> You've been driving one of those Grob things for too long.
> Andrew Fildes (who has had to strip a Land Cruiser starter motor in the
> middle of abso-bloody-lutely nowhere).
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
>
>
>
> On 01/04/2012, at 3:53 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Well, against the advice of my sons, and to the (muted) derision of one or
>> two colleagues, I have ordered a 170hp 4x4 SUV. But in case anyone thinks
>> that I have lost my environmental marbles, it's only a little Škoda Yeti. I
>> have wanted one for several years, pretty well since they were first
>> produced. The fuel consumption should be about the same as my BMW 320d
>> touring, but it will be more fun to drive . . .
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