One Life Live It!!
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oceanview said:
They are a naff mystery, the "one life, live it" horses
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I have a 4x4 pickup with off road tyres but just because i can drive it across a muddy field, does it make me think iam living the dream here- living life to the full!!??? wkers!!!
Whereas you anger over a mere sticker shows you to be an enlightened fun lover. t.I have a 4x4 pickup with off road tyres but just because i can drive it across a muddy field, does it make me think iam living the dream here- living life to the full!!??? w
kers!!!
I know, they're funny aren't they?
I own and use this:
Which often brings me into contact with the ilk of whom you describe, replete with stickers of this kind stuck on their 'Landies.'
When I go play in the mud with them, it's just a bit of silly fun, generally pissing about and even embracing the odd occasion when we get stuck, in order to bring out even more boy's toys in the shape of winches and recovery ropes.
For me, it's a safer way of playing with vehicles that replaces my once-suicidal requirement to regularly court being killed heinously to death on motorbikes, and latterly in sports cars. (This seems to happen once one gets to a 'certain age...')
But it's still just a laugh - the Jeep is a second vehicle for weekend laughs, if it gets damaged or broken it doesn't matter, if I fail to negotiate a particular muddy hill, bog or obstacle and get stuck, it matters not a jot.
However, our 'sticker carrying' cousins seem to take all this as a near 'life and death' event of a weekend - almost in the fashion of those survivalist mental cases you see on the Discovery channel who are planning for the next armageddon by building bunkers and arming themselves to the teeth....
At the end of the day, it's just people of a particular 'ilk' and their funny ways.
But I must say I would rather mix with a 'one life - live it' earthy-type, than 99% of the chavs and scummers that walk some of our urban streets these days
I own and use this:
Which often brings me into contact with the ilk of whom you describe, replete with stickers of this kind stuck on their 'Landies.'
When I go play in the mud with them, it's just a bit of silly fun, generally pissing about and even embracing the odd occasion when we get stuck, in order to bring out even more boy's toys in the shape of winches and recovery ropes.
For me, it's a safer way of playing with vehicles that replaces my once-suicidal requirement to regularly court being killed heinously to death on motorbikes, and latterly in sports cars. (This seems to happen once one gets to a 'certain age...')
But it's still just a laugh - the Jeep is a second vehicle for weekend laughs, if it gets damaged or broken it doesn't matter, if I fail to negotiate a particular muddy hill, bog or obstacle and get stuck, it matters not a jot.
However, our 'sticker carrying' cousins seem to take all this as a near 'life and death' event of a weekend - almost in the fashion of those survivalist mental cases you see on the Discovery channel who are planning for the next armageddon by building bunkers and arming themselves to the teeth....
At the end of the day, it's just people of a particular 'ilk' and their funny ways.
But I must say I would rather mix with a 'one life - live it' earthy-type, than 99% of the chavs and scummers that walk some of our urban streets these days
Rumple said:
GC8 said:
Krikkit said:
...they still have a mortgage, kids, a job etc; they're not blasting down white water rapids in Ecuador, bumming a ladyboy in Bangkok or living with Masai tribesmen...
As you part the ladyboys arse cheeks, your list and mine part company!
You missed the best part! Clearly you're not living your life to the full if you can't engage in a bit of weird hanky panky.WeirdNeville said:
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Many places are pretty inaccessible, once you're 50 km out of the city, most side roads are unmade. All of this means that if you want to see the "real" Australia, you need to go off road. And, seeing as it's Australia and everything wants to kill you, if you get into the outback, you need to know what you're doing in order to get back out.
So, we bought a Pajero and joined the Mitsubishi 4x4 Club (who all drive Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers). I have to say, it's an absolute blast. We've seen some fantastic spots that are 50+km away from tarmac, and plan to go further afield soon.
Learning how to control a large vehicle on loose surfaces is every bit as much fun, and as challenging as driving a car fast on tarmac, only the 2 year old can come too.
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Good on you, but you don't need the 4x4, unless you need the carrying space. Which you probably do with the 2 year old and accoutrements.Many places are pretty inaccessible, once you're 50 km out of the city, most side roads are unmade. All of this means that if you want to see the "real" Australia, you need to go off road. And, seeing as it's Australia and everything wants to kill you, if you get into the outback, you need to know what you're doing in order to get back out.
So, we bought a Pajero and joined the Mitsubishi 4x4 Club (who all drive Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers). I have to say, it's an absolute blast. We've seen some fantastic spots that are 50+km away from tarmac, and plan to go further afield soon.
Learning how to control a large vehicle on loose surfaces is every bit as much fun, and as challenging as driving a car fast on tarmac, only the 2 year old can come too.
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I have covered tens thousands of km on dirt in sundry rwd cars over the years, including my mk1 MR2; you just need sensible profile tyres and to drive to the conditions.
RWD + loose gravel = fun.
Longest dirt run so far was Alice to Tathra (East coast) via Oodnadatta in a Falcon ute - blew one tyre in the entire trip - about 2000 km from memory.
And no YOLO or other stickers
OT : if you're on the east coast, come and official in club rallying - a night in the bush, some tasty car action to watch, and beers around a fire afterwards.
Apologies, the west is a different planet!
Not knocking the 4wd thing at all - a couple of guys at work have serious off-roaders, and both of them have been gone for weeks somewhere in the centre.
I am a little touchy sometimes because of all the urban warriors I see with immaculate, fully kitted 4wd's that appear to never leave the bitumen, but I didn't mean to imply you were one of that lot.
The PH wheel cover sounds good, although I don't know how many people would recognise it.
Not knocking the 4wd thing at all - a couple of guys at work have serious off-roaders, and both of them have been gone for weeks somewhere in the centre.
I am a little touchy sometimes because of all the urban warriors I see with immaculate, fully kitted 4wd's that appear to never leave the bitumen, but I didn't mean to imply you were one of that lot.
The PH wheel cover sounds good, although I don't know how many people would recognise it.
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