A question for 4x4 haters......

[Diane2]

Well mine went in muddy fields, non gritted deep snow covered roads, better MPG than my current car, and yes I live in the country. I have to agree they do seem silly in cities. That said, there are a lot of myths spread about 4x4's most of them plain wrong or misleading.

get away.....yours got driven to morrisons......to school ..and back, and possibly...tho probably not to the train station......muddy field my ar*se.....your 4x4 was a status symbol of your high wage earning capacity......nothing more.....

ps.....guess my R8 is off your xmas shopping list....

Not true, its been off road a few times, and through deep snow, so there!! Yes the R8 is off the shopping list !!!

check your emails....ps....off road....yeah, when you accidently mounted a kerb and drove into someones front garden....hahahahahahahahaha

 

[calorific]

Personally I enjoyed a short cruise we took a few years ago in the Med. However, I don't feel the need to buy an ocean going liner when I fancy an hour or so on the local municipal pond

 

[conny]

Personally I enjoyed a short cruise we took a few years ago in the Med. However, I don't feel the need to buy an ocean going liner when I fancy an hour or so on the local municipal pond

I'd fancy a fully insulated chemical proof suit before going in the municipal pond in Manchester!

 

[calorific]

Personally I enjoyed a short cruise we took a few years ago in the Med. However, I don't feel the need to buy an ocean going liner when I fancy an hour or so on the local municipal pond

I'd fancy a fully insulated chemical proof suit before going in the municipal pond in Manchester!

I'd want one too after you'd been paddling in it

 

[JBR]

In cities they're just pose-mobiles in my opinion.

I feel that many such vehicles, along with the likes of BMWs and Audis are simply a willy-extension. Sad!

Well it depends. The mrs recently got one of them new fangled diesel BMW 1 series hatchbacks which turns itself off at traffic lights. I have no idea of the model number, such is my interest in cars, but it bloody doesn't half get decent fuel consumption, and when I park it doesn't block the two spaces next to me like some selfish car owners do.

Small, functional, can get the hound in the back - just, <100gm/km CO2 so don't even pay road tax. There's a button next to the gear stick which puts into into sport mode and it goes like **** off a shovel, then press it again and you hardly use any diesel at all.

That sounds great, but doesn't it have to re-start the engine every time you pull up at the lights? If you do a lot of stop-starts, is there a chance that the battery will go flat, especially in winter? I do like the idea of saving fuel and yet having the option of high performance when you need it.

No road tax is also an attraction but, like Starbucks, don't you feel duty bound to pay it anyway?!

 

[chapeau]

It has some logic which seems to recognise when you are in stop-start traffic and it doesn't switch off. I haven't quite worked it out yet, guess I could just google it.....

I'd be more worried about the starter moter getting knackered but the car will have been replaced by then I suspect. Cracking little car and 60mpg is achievable without even trying too hard.

The computerisation in these things is amazing compared to how they worked 30 years ago. When we test drove the thing we got a tricked out version and it had buttons everywhere. As you do, you press them. Didn't have my glasses on and pressed one in the roof and the next thing we hear is a lady asking us 'which emergency service do you require'. The friggin car had dialled 999, apparently told them where we were using the sat nav, and piped it over the audio system. None of our phones were used, the car did it all itself. And if you drive into something hard enough to set the airbags off it dials them then too. Weird stuff.

 

[JBR]

The computerisation in these things is amazing compared to how they worked 30 years ago. When we test drove the thing we got a tricked out version and it had buttons everywhere. As you do, you press them. Didn't have my glasses on and pressed one in the roof and the next thing we hear is a lady asking us 'which emergency service do you require'. The friggin car had dialled 999, apparently told them where we were using the sat nav, and piped it over the audio system. None of our phones were used, the car did it all itself. And if you drive into something hard enough to set the airbags off it dials them then too. Weird stuff.

But what a good idea. It could well be a life saver.