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05-08-2011, 03:02 PM | #1 | |||
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Haha, we're all considering grabbing a LandCruiser and rescuing them.
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05-08-2011, 03:07 PM | #2 | ||
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Any vehicle running factory shocks would have ended up with the same result.
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05-08-2011, 03:41 PM | #3 | |||
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05-08-2011, 03:46 PM | #4 | ||
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surprised they dont have an emergency land cruiser to get the parts cos that will at least get the parts back compared to the army-spec model which might crap itself too.
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05-08-2011, 03:57 PM | #5 | |||
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05-08-2011, 04:21 PM | #6 | ||
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Wonder how far a Tezza would get...before it's ball joints explode!
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05-08-2011, 04:24 PM | #7 | ||
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About 5 metres down a real trail
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05-08-2011, 04:48 PM | #8 | ||
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I have an old mate who worked for the original importer of bilstein shocks in the early days of bilstein here ,worked with Brocky on early Commodores and DJ 's Greens Tuf Falcon .Demonstrated to the bilstein boxheads what we do to 4wd 's in this country. They could not believe what we dish out to them . Obviously they still have not learned .
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05-08-2011, 05:10 PM | #9 | ||
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I wonder how the F150 SVT Raptor would have gone?
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05-08-2011, 07:46 PM | #10 | ||
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I wonder if they are stil going to claim they have done a 'full 1900km pass' of the state even though they've had top replace major components on the car.
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05-08-2011, 07:56 PM | #11 | |||
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05-08-2011, 08:09 PM | #12 | |||
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05-08-2011, 08:11 PM | #13 | ||
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Luckily Toyota didn't pull the same stunt when the V8ttd was realeased, as they would need an oil tanker in tow to keep on top of excess oil consumption.
Or Nissan with the 3.0td patrol and Navara, as we all know at least one of the pistons would have blown to bits on the first hard days work. |
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05-08-2011, 08:24 PM | #14 | ||
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I'd love to get all the early V6 Explorers out there and ...... leave them there!
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05-08-2011, 08:31 PM | #15 | |||
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05-08-2011, 08:57 PM | #16 | |||
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05-08-2011, 09:11 PM | #17 | |||
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05-08-2011, 09:16 PM | #18 | |||
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Here's an example of one with the bent frame. And here's the story in this link for anyone interested. There's also a video showing why/how the damage was caused. Basically, it's not fool-proof. http://ca.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/sv...s-w/#continued
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05-08-2011, 09:17 PM | #19 | |||
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If it's a raptor then it wouldn't be out here for a laugh...hmm v8 ranger with a Miami would be freaking sweet...or maybe some tougher off road components? |
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05-08-2011, 09:20 PM | #20 | |||
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05-08-2011, 09:23 PM | #21 | ||
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Most people attempting this track would carry at least 1 spare shock absorber. I wonder what spares Mercedes were carrying or did they think that they wouldnt need any?
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05-08-2011, 09:23 PM | #22 | |||
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Pretty impressive vehicles to have ONLY shock absorber failures, I would put my money/life on one of these overa 200 series any day.
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05-08-2011, 10:40 PM | #24 | |||
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Unless SVT have asked the local arm here to put the Raptor under pressure to design a fix for some issues. They may have thought that the T6 crew would be the best people for this.
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06-08-2011, 01:04 AM | #25 | |||
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06-08-2011, 01:23 AM | #26 | ||
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bahwahh remind me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isC32ev4Lw4
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06-08-2011, 01:30 AM | #27 | ||
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There's someone commenting on the caradvice version of that story that he recently did the CSR with 2 Cruisers and a Ranger Wildtrak... and the Wildtrak was the only survivor unharmed!!
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07-08-2011, 07:47 PM | #28 | |||
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Its hard to think of a reason they might be using it. Maybe they just want to joyride it around the proving ground, i'm sure there would be some good places to thrash it around the you yangs. |
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07-08-2011, 07:50 PM | #29 | ||
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Or they could be using it as a benchmark for something Ford Aus are developing for all we know.
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07-08-2011, 07:53 PM | #30 | ||
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I would be thinking the cruiser would have suffered the same fate. I wonder if the disco 4 would have been a suitable vehicle - the airwags would have made the tripa lot more comfortable
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