I've seen the light - Discovery no more!!!

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Hi Everyone,

I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep
muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!

See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!
 
"The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior off-road
> performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly diesel
> fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them sink
> without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep muddy
> hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!

I thought you were a troll, then I figured that Hairdressers probably
wouldn't bother trolling so you must be just a care in the community
candidate, if so please take your medication before the men in the Green
Discovery come to pay a visit. I'm glad you like your Jimny, like what ever
blows your frock up.

Lee D


 
The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
> diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
> sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep
> muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!

I once nearly ripped the back end off a Suzuki just like yours with my
101, when I had to pull the Suzi out of some mud.

http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk/bobpics/whitworth_tow_1.jpg

Now, fairs fair, we bogged down Bob in wheel deep mud, but it would have
submerged your Tonka Toy.

Bob now carries 1/4 ton of steel in the back end off road and boy does
it help.

Steve
 
On or around Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:12:07 +0000, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I once nearly ripped the back end off a Suzuki just like yours with my
>101, when I had to pull the Suzi out of some mud.
>
>http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk/bobpics/whitworth_tow_1.jpg

far be it from me to teach you your own wibble, but:

>http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk/bobpics/whitworthtow_1.jpg
>http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk/bobpics/whitworth_tow_2.jpg

:)

>Now, fairs fair, we bogged down Bob in wheel deep mud, but it would have
>submerged your Tonka Toy.
>
>Bob now carries 1/4 ton of steel in the back end off road and boy does
>it help.

forgot the cameras on Sunday, buggrit. Mind, 's a good excuse to go back
some other time...
--
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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)
 
Hi Steve,

I have driven around that quarry loads of times. Wonderful place, never done
the big hill though - COOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL

A

"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
>> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
>> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
>> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly diesel
>> fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them sink
>> without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep muddy
>> hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> I once nearly ripped the back end off a Suzuki just like yours with my
> 101, when I had to pull the Suzi out of some mud.
>
> http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk/bobpics/whitworth_tow_1.jpg
>
> Now, fairs fair, we bogged down Bob in wheel deep mud, but it would have
> submerged your Tonka Toy.
>
> Bob now carries 1/4 ton of steel in the back end off road and boy does it
> help.
>
> Steve


 
The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear composed the following;:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
> diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
> sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very
> steep muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!

We used a Suzuki ... er ... SJ something and you're right, it rocks.

Trouble is, it won't pull the caravan, or the kit we need, or the people
we take etc etc .. ;)


--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 
Paul - xxx wrote:

> > We used a Suzuki ... er ... SJ something and you're right, it rocks.
>
> Trouble is, it won't pull the caravan, or the kit we need, or the people
> we take etc etc .. ;)
>
>


I seem to recall from way back an embarrassed article in LRO about a
FIAT Panda 4X4 waltzing past far superior, allegedly, off roaders.
Apparently it was all to do with it's light ground pressure.

Rgds Richard

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Richard wrote:

> Apparently it was all to do with it's light ground pressure.

Which is off-course a great advantage. This is also true for the
Suzuki's.
Kind regards,
Erik-Jan.
 
Has my calendar and body clock stopped working? Is it really the 1st of
April already???
Badger.


"The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1106597239.f53aa41fbec1bbe4e01a253202839f2e@bubbanews...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior off-road
> performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly diesel
> fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them sink
> without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep muddy
> hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!


 
Richard composed the following;:
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>
>> > We used a Suzuki ... er ... SJ something and you're right, it
>> rocks. Trouble is, it won't pull the caravan, or the kit we need, or
>> the
>> people we take etc etc .. ;)
>>
>>
>
>
> I seem to recall from way back an embarrassed article in LRO about a
> FIAT Panda 4X4 waltzing past far superior, allegedly, off roaders.
> Apparently it was all to do with it's light ground pressure.

Quite.

What the troll doesn't seem to appreciate is that Landrover fans are
fans despite their faults, and are apparently much less bigoted than
other marque fans.

Pandas, Suzukis and many others have all been discussed positively in
AFL many times. ;)

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 
On or around Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:16:55 -0000, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear composed the following;:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
>> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
>> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
>> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
>> diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
>> sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very
>> steep muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>>
>> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!
>
>We used a Suzuki ... er ... SJ something and you're right, it rocks.
>
>Trouble is, it won't pull the caravan, or the kit we need, or the people
>we take etc etc .. ;)

yebbut, you really need the original one, with its (part) plastic body and
850cc engine - weighs next-to-nothing; ISTR something a bit over half a ton.
The modern ones are getting bigger, and presumably heavier, and needing more
engine to drive 'em...

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10
 
Austin Shackles wrote:

> yebbut, you really need the original one, with its (part) plastic body and
> 850cc engine - weighs next-to-nothing; ISTR something a bit over half a ton.
> The modern ones are getting bigger, and presumably heavier, and needing more
> engine to drive 'em...

And the Suzuki Vitara/Escudo/Whatever-it's-called has real ground
clearance problems, which combined with the ali front diff housing leads
to regular embarassing breakages (I've welded 3 up for customers).


--
EMB
 
Obviously mentally deranged, dend for the men in white.



"The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1106597239.f53aa41fbec1bbe4e01a253202839f2e@bubbanews...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior off-road
> performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly diesel
> fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them sink
> without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep muddy
> hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!


 
Really ? I think not.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"The Patron Saint of Quality Footwear"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1106597239.f53aa41fbec1bbe4e01a253202839f2e@bubbanews...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
> diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
> sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep
> muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
>
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!


 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I've recently got rid of my Discovery and 'discovered' a Suzuki jimny
> instead - and let me tell you this thing ROCKS! with Far superior
> off-road performance and rugged looks to match, I find myself leaving
> Discovery/Range Rover owners behind in a cloud of their own smelly
> diesel fumes! How I laugh at the unfortunate LR owners as I see them
> sink without trace in the mud behind me while I accelerate up very steep
> muddy hills, thanks to my rorty 1.3 litre engine!
> See the light LR owners - Get a Jimny! the REAL off-roader!

If you like the Suzuki Jimny you might also check Mahindra, Tata,
Hindustani and Lada Niva. Cutting edge cars for physical and mental
pygmies. Real men drive real cars. :)
 
In news:[email protected],
Richard <[email protected]> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a
rant as follows
> Paul - xxx wrote:
>
>> > We used a Suzuki ... er ... SJ something and you're right, it
>> rocks. Trouble is, it won't pull the caravan, or the kit we need, or the
>> people we take etc etc .. ;)
>>
>>
>
>
> I seem to recall from way back an embarrassed article in LRO about a
> FIAT Panda 4X4 waltzing past far superior, allegedly, off roaders.
> Apparently it was all to do with it's light ground pressure.

I was in Weston Coyney on an off road day some time back in '95 and saw a
Panda 4x4 totally take the **** out of a couple of bobtailed Range Rovers.
Probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The Bobtails were
attempting to get to the top of a particularly cliff like section. Tried
everything they did from full on attack to trying a "wall of death" type
attack. The Panda just came screaming across the quarry and rocketed
straight to the top.

Lot of bearded men looking at a scruffy old 4x4 Panda with a look of awe
that day.


--
Pete M

Mercedes 260E
Ford Capri (ressurection started)
"Never moon a werewolf"

COSOC #5
Scouse Git extraordinaire. Liverpool, Great Britain


 
>
>I was in Weston Coyney on an off road day some time back in '95 and saw a
>Panda 4x4 totally take the **** out of a couple of bobtailed Range Rovers.
>Probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The Bobtails were
>attempting to get to the top of a particularly cliff like section. Tried
>everything they did from full on attack to trying a "wall of death" type
>attack. The Panda just came screaming across the quarry and rocketed
>straight to the top.
>
>Lot of bearded men looking at a scruffy old 4x4 Panda with a look of awe
>that day.
>
>

Al these stories about tiny 4x4's scooting over terrain that defied a
land Rover are non seciturs. A good trail bike would do it even a
better. It's comparing apples with oranges. How about setting up a
comparison where a Suzuki, Panda and Land rover have to carry a load or
pull a trailer across country? No doubt the results would reveal the
true strengths and weaknesses.
--
John Lubran
 
Moving Vision composed the following;:
>> I was in Weston Coyney on an off road day some time back in '95 and
>> saw a Panda 4x4 totally take the **** out of a couple of bobtailed
>> Range Rovers. Probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
>> The Bobtails were attempting to get to the top of a particularly
>> cliff like section. Tried everything they did from full on attack to
>> trying a "wall of death" type attack. The Panda just came screaming
>> across the quarry and rocketed straight to the top.
>>
>> Lot of bearded men looking at a scruffy old 4x4 Panda with a look of
>> awe that day.
>>
> Al these stories about tiny 4x4's scooting over terrain that defied a
> land Rover are non seciturs. A good trail bike would do it even a
> better. It's comparing apples with oranges. How about setting up a
> comparison where a Suzuki, Panda and Land rover have to carry a load
> or pull a trailer across country? No doubt the results would reveal
> the true strengths and weaknesses.

My Beamish and Fantic trials bikes go anywhere my Landrovers ever could,
and far more besides, Personally I go to about 10' drop-offs and up
about 3' vertical, but that's more my lack of skill and excess body
weight than the bikes / tyres abilities .

Deep water and very deep mud is a little more awkward though .. ;)

--
Paul ...
http://www.4x4prejudice.org/index.php
(8(!) Homer Rules ... ;)
"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."

 
Paul - xxx <[email protected]> wrote:

> My Beamish and Fantic trials bikes go anywhere my Landrovers ever could, and far more besides, Personally I go to about 10'
> drop-offs and up about 3' vertical, but that's more my lack of skill and excess body weight than the bikes / tyres abilities.
>
> Deep water and very deep mud is a little more awkward though .. ;)

Yes. Wading about waist deep in what is loosly called mud
but is actually a good percent farm slurry feeling for a
Yamaha with your feet does take the edge off your weekend.

nigelH


 
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